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Newly elected National Assembly members took oath of office and secrecy on Monday.

National Assembly Deputy Speaker Urmila Aryal administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly elected members amidst a function at the Parliament building in New Baneshwor.

Out of 20 vacant posts, 19 were elected through the election. One will be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Cabinet.

After the election held to appoint the 19 members, CPN (Maoist Center) became the first party, Nepali Congress second and CPN-UML became the third party in the National Assembly.

Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Ananda Prasad Dhungana, Bishnu Kumari Pudasaini, Jit Jung Basnet, Padam Kumar Pariyar, Kiran Babu Shrestha, Bishnu Kumari Sapkota, Krishna Bahadur Rokaya, Baldev Bohara and Narayan Dutta Bhatta were elected as the National Assembly members from the Nepali Congress.

Similarly, Shree Krishna Adhikari, Manarupa Sharma, Jhakku Subedi, Bishnu Bahadur Bishwokarma and Renu Chand were elected as the NA members from the CPN (Maoist Center).

Likewise, Ghanshyam Rijal and Sabitri Malla from the CPN (Unified Socialist), Rukmuni Koirala from the CPN-UML and Pooja Chaudhary Janata Samajbadi Party were also elected as the NA members.

A meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed.

With the formation of a new coalition under the CPN-UML in Baluwatar, the meeting has been postponed till 11 am, March 7.

According to Shekhar Adhikari, press advisor of the Speaker, the meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed till 11 am, March 7 due to a special circumstance.

The Parliament Secretariat said that the meetings of both the houses of the federal Parliament scheduled for today have been postponed.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the initiative for a communist unity has been started.

In a meeting with the families of Sukhani Martyrs held on the last day of Martyrs' Week at the Prime Minister's residence this morning, he said, "we have high respect for the martyrs and starting today we have taken initiatives for a communist unity."

It may be noted that the then panchayat rulers had murdered Ramnath Dahal, Netra Ghimire, Biren Rajbanshi, Krishna Kuinkel and Narayan Shrestha in the Sukhani forest in Jhapa district on Falgun 21, 2029 BS.

Members of the Sukhani Martyrs' family Biseshwara Dahal, Jeevan Ghimire, Ravin Dahal, Buddha Ghimire and others participated in the meeting.

The CPN (Maoist Center) has been celebrating Martyrs' Week from Falgun 14 to 21 in the lunar calendar to link the communist movement and the people's war.

The current coalition between the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center) has collapsed.

With the collapse of the coalition, it is almost certain that a new equation will be formed between the CPN-UML and the Maoist Center.

CPN-UML Deputy General Secretary Pradeep Gyawali said that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will reshuffle the Cabinet and form a new one today itself.

“The Prime Minister will reshuffle the Cabinet and form a new one today itself if he wants,” Gyawali said.