Speaker Ghimire urges govt to address concerns raised by oppn parties in Parliament

Speaker Devraj Ghimire made a ruling in the House of Representatives (HoR) session today, urging the government to address concerns raised by the opposition parties in the Parliament including in zero and special hours.

He drew serious attention of the relevant minister towards that end as per the Rule 15(2) of the House of Representatives Regulations-2079 BS.

In the lower house meeting today, the opposition parties including the CPN (Maoist Center) demanded the government to inform them about the clarification sought from the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director. They called for the Speaker's ruling towards that end.

Once the meeting convened, the members from the opposition parties stood from their respective seats and the Speaker granted time to Maoist Center's Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey to put his views.

Airing his views, Pandey said they wanted to be clear about the reports the government has been continuously seeking clarifications from NEA Managing Director Ghising and he was also given zero during the work performance evaluation.