Kathmandu, March 26: The opposition parties have disrupted today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) demanding the Prime Minister’s reply.
As soon as Speaker Devraj Ghimire started today’s meeting of the House, the opposition lawmakers stood up from their seats in protest. The Speaker had given time to CPN (Maoist Centre) lawmaker Shakti Bahadur Basnet to speak at the outset of the meeting.
Lawmaker Basnet charged the government of removing the Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) in the interest of interest groups and middlemen and becoming oblivious of the changed situation.
Stating that the decision to remove NEA Executive Director Kulman Ghising should be withdrawn, he said the Prime Minister should answer on the issue.
As soon as lawmaker Basnet made his statement, the opposition lawmakers again stood up and protested. After this, Speaker Ghimire postponed the House session for 30 minutes.
According to the HoR meeting agenda, the ‘Banking Offences and Punishment (Second Amendment) Bill, 2080’ along with the message received from the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, is to be tabled in today’s meeting.
Similarly, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Kumar Chaurasia is scheduled to present a proposal seeking consideration of the Nepal Council of Legal Practitioners (Second Amendment) Bill, 2081 BS which originated in the National Assembly.
Similarly, the Minister is scheduled to present a proposal seeking a passage of the Constitutional Council (Functions, Duties, Powers and Procedures) (First Amendment) Bill, 2081 BS.
