Kathmandu, April 22
The House of Representatives Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota and the National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina have urged the government to summon the new session of the Federal Parliament as soon as possible.
Due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country and the consequent lockdown, the government is undecided about when the next session would begin. However, it is under pressure as the constitution requires the government to present its annual budget plan for the next fiscal year on May 28 and both the houses should discuss the government’s annual policy and programme before that.
Sapkota and Timilsina have suggested that the meetings of the houses can be convened by maintaining a certain distance. Further, Timilsina has already directed his secretariat to make preparations to maintain distance, according to Dasharath Dhamala, the Parliament Secretariat’s Information Officer.
The government, however, has not launched any preparation to call the session anytime soon, a minister says, adding the government is capable enough of finding an alternative whenever required.
