Kathmandu, March 19
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has made public a list of the lawmakers that have the highest absence records in the House of Representatives meeting.
During the House meeting on Friday, Sapkota read out the list of 11 lawmakers who are absent in more than 10 meetings since the last elections in 2017.
Here is the list:
| SN | Lawmaker | Party | Number of absences | Reason for absence |
| 1 | Nagendra Kumar | NC | 25 | Ill health |
| 2 | Surya Bahadur KC | NC | 21 | Ill health (already passed away) |
| 3 | Nabina Lama | UML | 19 | Treatment in India |
| 4 | Kalila Khatun | UML | 17 | Eid holiday |
| 5 | Yasoda Subedi Gurung | Maoist Centre | 14 | Ill health |
| 6 | Nirjala Raut | JSPN | 14 | Ill health |
| 7 | Suresh Chandra Das | Maoist Centre | 13 | District visit |
| 8 | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | UML | 11 | Domestic engagement |
| 9 | Mahendra Kumari Limbu | NC | 11 | Treatment abroad |
| 10 | Ruhi Naaj | JSPN | 11 | Ramadan holiday |
| 11 | Kedar Sigdel | UML | 10 | Domestic engagement |
