Kathmandu, March 6
Elections for National Assembly chair will be hold next week, the House’s senior-most member Taradevi Bhatta, who is currently presiding over the meetings said.
According to Bhatta, a meeting of the National Assembly on Tuesday decided to hold the elections at 1 pm on March 14 in accordance with section 6(1) of the interim regulations of the National Assembly. Bhatta has instructed Parliament Secretariat’s Chief Secretary Manohar Prasad Bhatta to prepare a schedule for the electoral process.
Tuesday’s meeting has also formed a nine-member committee to frame new regulations to govern the proceedings of the upper House. MPs Ganesh Prasad Timalsina, Parsu Ram Meghi Gurung, Dil Kumari Rawal, Surendra Raj Pandey, Radheshyam Adhikari, Dina Nath Sharma, Jeevan Budha, Brijesh Chandra Lal and Pramil Kumari are members of the new committee.
