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Bindabasini Kansakar of the Rastriya Swatantra Party has been appointed as a member of the House of the Representatives under the PR category on Monday. The Election Commission appointed Kansakar to one of the vacant posts this afternoon. Rastriya Swatantra Party leader Deepak Bohara confirmed that Kansakar has been appointed as the lawmaker. The RSP had suspended party lawmaker Dhaka Kumar Shrestha after the audio of him asking Rs 20 million from medical entrepreneur Durga Prasain was leaked. The RSP had sent a letter to the Election Commission to appoint Kansakar to the post of lawmaker in the place of Shrestha. Kansakar was attacked with acid at her parents’ store in Hetauda in 2013.

The Supreme Court has issued a short-term interim order in the case of Dhaka Kumar Shrestha, former lawmaker of the Rastriya Swatantra Party. A single bench of Justice Til Prasad Shrestha issued the short-term interim order in the case today. The court has asked for the reason to suspend Shrestha. Shrestha had filed a writ at the apex court demanding that he be reinstated as a lawmaker. Speaker Devraj Ghimire had already read out a notice about Shrestha’s removal from the post of lawmaker. Shrestha had filed the writ making the Rastriya Swatantra Party a defendant. The Rastriya Swatantra Party had expelled Shrestha from the party and Parliament after an audio of him asking Rs 20 million from Durga Prasain was leaked on April 9.  

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chan Song called on Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha on Monday. During the meeting held at the Home Ministry this morning, the duo discussed bilateral ties, exchange of high-level visits, Chinese projects and activities of Tibetan refugees among other issues, a source at the Home Ministry said. The Chinese ambassador also expressed his concern over the current political situation of the country.  

Speaker Devraj Ghimire warned lawmaker Amresh Kumar Singh of taking action as per the parliamentary rules. The speaker directed Singh to be decent after he stripped off his shirt during a meeting of the Parliament on Monday morning. Speaker Ghimire asked Singh to think about the parliamentary dignity after he took off his shirt. Singh and Nepal Workers’ and Peasants Party lawmaker Prem Suwal demanded time after Speaker Ghimire said that special time and emergency time are not promoted in the meeting. Singh took off his shirt in protest after the Speaker refused to give him time to speak.