Newly elected National Assembly members take oath of office and secrecy

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.