The election for the presidents of the parliamentary committees under the House of Representatives has been slated for Monday.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire fixed the date after holding a discussion with the chief whips of parties on Thursday, Speaker’s press advisor Shekhar Adhikari said.

According to him, the election for the presidents of parliamentary committees will be held at 1 pm on August 28.

Though the parliamentary committees were formed, the meeting has been conducted under the chairmanship of senior members without electing the presidents.

There are 10 thematic committees under the House of Representatives and two joint committees with representation from the members of the National Assembly.

Speaker Ghimire had been urging parties to pick the leadership on consensus.

The notice for the election will be published today itself.

It has already been agreed among the major political parties that Nepali Congress will lead four, CPN-UML three, CPN (Maoist Center) two and CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party will lead one committee each.

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