KATHMANDU: Chairmen of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Prachanda-Nepal faction Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Madhav Nepal have discussed today’s agenda of the reinstated House of Representatives (HoR) with Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota this morning.
It is learned that the meeting was held to discuss the agenda of the HoR, which is commencing from today.
The meeting also discussed the uneasy situation in the parliament sitting amidst the NCP dispute.
The seventh session of the HoR is commencing today after the Supreme Court reinstated it in a landmark verdict on February 23.
The House session is taking place at a time when the dispute within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is at its peak.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has summoned the first meeting of the Seventh Session of the HoR for 4 pm on Sunday.
The Head of State has summoned the HoR session on the recommendation of the government as per the constitutional provision.
The session is convening as per the Supreme Court’s order of reinstating the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister KP Oli had dissolved the HoR on December 20, 2020, and announced a fresh mid-term poll.
The constitution has a provision that says there should not be a gap of more than six months between the Monsoon Session and the Winter Session of the Federal Parliament. The Sixth Session of the HoR was concluded on July 1.
The Seventh Session of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, was summoned on January 1 and it concluded after running for a few days.
Today’s HoR meeting has been taken as meaningful following its restoration by the court recently. A total of 269 parliamentarians and the Speaker are expected to be present in the meeting.
Like earlier, a letter calling the session sent from the President’s Office would be read out and top leaders of political parties representing in the HoR would deliver a welcome speech.
According to a constitutional provision, there are 275 HoR members including 165 elected under the direct electoral system and 110 under the proportional electoral system.
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