House panels’ newly elected Presidents took oath of office and secrecy
The newly elected Presidents of all the ten committees under the House of Representatives took the oath of office and secrecy on Monday.
Speaker Devraj Ghimire administered the oath of office and secrecy to the unanimously elected presidents amidst a program in Singha Durbar.
Ram Hari Khatiwada has been elected as the President of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, Santosh Chalise as the President of the Finance Committee, Arzu Rana Deuba as the President of the Agricultural Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee. All of them are from the Nepali Congress.
Similarly, Rishikesh Pokharel and Kiran Kumar Sah of the CPN-UML have been elected as the Presidents of the Public Accounts Committee and Women and Social Affairs Committee respectively.
Likewise, Bimala Subedi of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been elected as the President of Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, Deepak Kumar Singh as the President of Infrastructure Development Committee, Bhanubhakta Joshi as the President of Health and Information Technology Committee, Raj Kishor Yadav as the President of International Relations and Tourism Committee, and Abdul Khan of the Janamat Party as the President of Industry, Commerce, Labor and Consumer Welfare Committee.
Presidents of all 10 parliamentary committees elected unopposed
The presidents of all the ten committees under the House of Representatives have been elected unopposed.
Ram Hari Khatiwada in the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, Santosh Chalise in the Finance Committee, Arju Rana Deuba in the Agricultural Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee from the Nepali Congress have been elected unanimously.
Similarly, Rishikesh Pokharel and Kiran Kumar Sah of the CPN-UML have been unanimously elected as the presidents of the Public Accounts Committee and Women and Social Affairs Committee respectively.
Likewise, Bimala Subedi of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been elected as the President of Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, Deepak Kumar Singh as the President of Infrastructure Development Committee, Bhanubhakta Joshi as the President of Health and Information Technology Committee, Raj Kishor Yadav as the President of International Relations and Tourism Committee, and Abdul Khan of the Janamat Party as the President of Industry, Commerce, Labor and Consumer Welfare Committee unopposed.
They will take the oath of office and secrecy today itself.
House panels to get leadership today
Ten thematic committees under the House of Representative (HoR) are getting their leadership today, after nine months of the parliamentary elections in the country.
The thematic committees include finance, international relations and tourism, industry and commerce and labor and consumer interests, law, justice and human rights, agriculture, cooperative and natural resources committee.
Likewise, other committees under the HoR are women and social affairs, state affairs and good governance, infrastructure development, education, health and information technology and public accounts committee.
A meeting to take place at 3 pm today will pick presidents of the committees. Nominations were registered for the elections of presidents in 10 thematic committees on Sunday.
According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, candidates of various political parties including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, CPN (Unified Socialist), and Janamat Party have filed their nominations for the leadership of the HoR thematic committees.
A total of 11 candidates have registered their nominations for the presidents of 10 parliamentary committees.
Spokesperson of the Federal Parliament Secretariat Yekram Giri said that the committee presidents will be sworn in on Monday itself.
Likewise, Deepak Bahadur Singh of Rastriya Prajatantra Party has registered his candidacy for the Infrastructure Development Committee and Bhanubhakta Joshi of the CPN (Unified Socialist) for the presidency of the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee. Rhishikesh Pokhrel of the UML has filed his candidacy for the Public Account Committee.
Santosh Chalise of the Nepali Congress has filed his nomination for the Finance Committee while Raj Kishore Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal has filed his candidacy for the president of International Relations and Tourism Committee.
Similarly, Abdul Khan of Janamat and RSP's Ganesh Parajuli have filed their candidacies for the Industry and Commerce, and Labour and Consumer Interest Committee respectively.
Bimala Subedi of Maoist Centre has filed her nomination for Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee while Arju Rana Deuba filed her nomination for Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee and Kiran Kumar Shah for Women and Social Welfare Affairs Committee, and Ramhari Khatiwada has registered his candidacy for the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee.
Janamat Party's Khan and RSP's Parajuli are contesting for the presidency of the Industry and Commerce and Consumer Interests.
11 file candidacies for elections to presidents of 10 parliamentary committees
Eleven candidates have filed their candidacies for the elections to the presidents of 10 thematic committees under the House of Representatives (HoR).
According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, candidates from various political parties including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, CPN (Unified Socialist), and the Janamat Party filed their nominations for the elections.
The Finance Committee receives the candidacy of Santosh Chalise of Nepali Congress while Raj Kishore Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi has filed his candidacy for the President of International Relations and Tourism Committee.
Similarly, Abdul Khan of Janamat and RSP's Ganesh Parajuli have filed their nominations for the Industry and Commerce, and Labour and Consumer Interest Committee respectively.
Bimala Subedi of Maoist Center has filed her nomination for Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee while Arju Rana Deuba filed her nomination for Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee and Kiran Kumar Shah for Women and Social Welfare Affairs Committee, and Ramhari Khatiwada filed their candidacies for the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee.
Likewise, Deepak Bahadur Singh of Rastriya Prajatantra Party has registered his candidacy for Infrastructure Development and Bhanubhakta Joshi, representing the Unified Socialist, is contesting for the presidency of the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee.
Rhishikesh Pokhrel of the UML filed his candidacy for the Public Account Committee.
The election procedures of the thematic committees under the House of Representatives have been initiated after nine months of the completion of HoR election.
The delay in electing the leadership for such thematic committees which are considered as the 'mini parliament' had its impact on the delivery of the committees.
The Secretariat has given the time from 11 am to 4 pm today to register the nominations for the elections, according to Secretary Padma Prasad Pandey.
In absence of the elections of the presidents of committees, their senior-most members (by age) are chairing the committees' meetings.
