KATHMANDU: Members of International Relations Committee (IRC) of the House of Representatives (HoR) engaged in a brawl at a meeting of the IRC held at Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Sunday.
The brawl ensued after HoR member Naradmuni Rana remarked in the meeting that the current existence of the government and reinstated HoR was due to Supreme Court order. Rana is a lawmaker close to UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.
HoR members of the ruling coalition grew furious at Rana’s statement.
UML senior leader and IRC member Madhav Kumar Nepal retorted that lawmaker siding with regressive forces better not attend the meeting. Likewise, other lawmakers of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Maoist Center warned Rana to hold his tongue instead of making unacceptable remarks .
Ruling coalition lawmakers even urged IRC Chairman Pabitra Niraula to dismiss Rana from the meeting.
Chair Niraula, on her part, urged meeting attendees’ to stick to the agenda and issues in hand.
Earlier in the meeting, UML leader Nepal had thanked all sides who supported the restoration of the Lower House and presented his view of making the House effective. He had added that the decisions made by the IRC would have to be implemented after the government got full shape.
IRC Chairman Niraula said the committee was actively pursuing implementation of the decisions taken. She stressed effective functioning of the committee.
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