Newly elected members of the House of Representatives are scheduled to take the oath of office and secrecy today.

Eldest member of the House of Representatives, Arjun Narsingh KC, of the Nepali Congress will administer the oath of office and secrecy to fellow HoR members at 2 pm, shared Federal Parliament Secretariat Spokesperson Ekram Giri. 

President Ram Chandra Paudel had administered the oath of office and secrecy to KC on Wednesday.

The oath of office and secrecy ceremony of the members of the House of Representatives will be held at the newly constructed multi-purpose hall in Singha Durbar. 

According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, 47 MPs have registered to take the oath in their mother tongue, other than Nepali language. Out of them, 17 are to take the oath in Maithili language.

In the election of members of the House of Representatives held on March 5, the Rastriya Swatantra Party came first with 182 seats while the Nepali Congress stood second with 38, the CPN-UML won 25 seats, the Nepali Communist Party 17, the Sram Sankriti Party seven, and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party won five seats.