Kathmandu, April 29
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota have held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss preparations for the next session of the Federal Parliament.
In the previous years, the session would already begin by this time now. However, it is pending due to the lockdown imposed to control the coronavirus outbreak this year.
The government is under pressure to begin the session as soon as possible as the constitution required the government to present its annual budget statement on May 28. Before that, the government has to announce its annual policy and programme.
Amid this situation, speaker Sapkota went to meet Oli at his residence in Baluwatar today and urged him to recommend the beginning of the session as soon as possible.
The Federal Parliament Secretariat has also said it is ready to conduct meetings by maintaining needful social distance.
As per the constitution, the president announces the beginning and end of a session upon recommendation from the cabinet.
