Finance Minister Wagle discloses assets
Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle has disclosed ownership of four houses and apartments in his public asset statement released on Sunday.
His properties include apartments worth Rs 20m in Sanepa (Lalitpur), Rs 50m in Lalitpur, Rs 37.5m in Kavre, and a house worth Rs 20m in Tanahun.
The statement also shows a bank balance of Rs 19m.
He cited income sources including international employment, property sales, bank loans, and personal loans.
PM Shah discloses financial assets
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has disclosed a bank balance of Rs 14.6m in his public asset statement released Sunday by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
He stated that his income is largely generated from social media, where he has 4m Facebook followers, 1.2m YouTube subscribers, and 500,000 Instagram followers.
The statement also reveals that his wife, Sabina Kafle, owns 190 tolas of jewelry (gold, silver, and diamonds), categorized as ancestral property.
President Poudel Meets NA Chair Dahal
President Ram Chandra Poudel received a courtesy call from National Assembly Speaker Narayan Prasad Dahal on Sunday morning at Sheetal Niwas.
According to the Presidential Secretariat, Chairperson Dahal informed President Poudel that he would be participating in the general assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to be held in Turkey and discussed current issues.
Thakur elected Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives
Rubi Kumari Thakur has been elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. She was the candidate for the post from the Shram Sanskriti Party.
In the election held this evening, Thakur secured 229 votes, while another candidate, Saraswoti Lama of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, received five votes.
Likewise, 22 votes were cast as “none of the above.” Out of the 275-member House of Representatives, 256 members participated in the election.
Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal announced Thakur’s election to the post and congratulated her.
The 26-year-old candidate had the support of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party as well as three major opposition parties: Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the Communist Party of Nepal.
The first session of the House of Representatives is being prorogued this midnight.
