Senior leaders of major political parties along with the Speaker have agreed to pick the President of the Parliamentary Committee. In the meeting held on Tuesday, Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, main opposition party leader and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba along with Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire have agreed to pick the Parliamentary Committee President at the earliest. Emerging from the meeting held at the Speaker’s office in Singha Durbar this morning, Speaker Ghimire said that the leaders have agreed to finalize the President of the Parliamentary Committee as soon as possible.

“Leaders have expressed their commitment to pick the President of the Parliamentary Committee immediately,” Ghimire said, adding, “The Committee will get the leadership soon. As there is no leadership, the meeting is being conducted by the senior member. The discussions on the bills have not been able to move ahead as the senior member is leading the Committee.”

He said that the discussion was also held to take the Parliamentary activities ahead in an effective way. Similarly, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dhan Raj Gurung said the leaders have agreed to elect the President as soon as possible. The 10 thematic committees of the House of Representatives were formed on April 28. A meeting of the 10 committees was held at the same time on May 16 two weeks after the formation of the Committee. The Committee, however, could not hold discussions on the bills as the President could not be elected on time.