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CPN-UML lawmakers have shown concern to the party leadership on several contemporary issues including the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. During a Parliamentary Party meeting held at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor on Sunday, party Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that anyone from the party if found involved in the scam would not be provided protection and the party would fully support the investigation. "We will cooperate with the legal investigation, but there should not be any prejudice against anyone in the course of the investigation. We will help with the probe. The investigation should be transparent and factual, it should be free from political bias," Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai quoted the party Chair Oli as saying in the meeting. On the occasion, UML Parliamentary Party leader Oli directed the lawmakers to present themselves in an effective way, to deeply study the contents of the bills or proposals introduced in the Parliament and to be present in the parliamentary discussions on a regular basis in the Budget session of the Parliament which commenced from today. The meeting also emphasized on emphatically raising voice in the House for resolving the various problems raised at the people's level and experienced by the people in their daily life.

President Ram Chandra Paudel has appointed lawmaker Surendra Raj Acharya as the Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens. Acharya was appointed to the ministerial post today at the recommendation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Acharya took the oath of office and secrecy amidst a program organized at Sheetal Niwas today itself, the Office of the President said. Prime Minister Dahal and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, among other dignitaries were present in the program. Likewise, the President has changed the portfolio of Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen Mahindra Ray Yadav and assigned him the portfolio of the Ministry of Water Supply.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire has urged the parties to finalize the leadership of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee within three days. During a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee held on Sunday morning, Speaker Ghimire directed the parties to finalize the leadership of two joint committees including the Parliamentary Hearing Committee within three days. Similarly, he said that the attendance of the lawmakers in the Parliament will be made public through the Parliament’s website.  

The newly appointed secretaries of the House of Representatives and National Assembly took the oath of office and secrecy on Sunday. HoR Secretary Padma Prasad Pandey and NA Secretary Surendra Aryal were sworn-in this afternoon. Speaker Deveraj Ghimire administered the oath to Pandey and NA Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina to Aryal amidst a program organized in Singha Durbar. The duo were appointed as the secretaries after the five-year tenure of HoR Secretary Gopal Nath Gogi and NA Secretary Rajendra Phuyal had ended recently.