KATHMANDU: The election for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) will be held today (Saturday).
Senior member of the HoR Pashupati Shumsher Rana on Thursday said that the House of Representatives will meet at 1 pm on Saturday to elect the Deputy Speaker.
Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) lawmaker Indira Rana Magar has registered her nomination at the Parliament Secretariat for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) on behalf of the ruling coalition.
The HoR meeting held on Thursday elected CPN-UML lawmaker Devraj Ghimire as the Speaker.
Ghimire was elected as the HoR Speaker on Thursday. Out of the total 268 lawmakers present on Thursday, Ghimire got 167 votes from lawmakers of CPN-UML, Maoist Center, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janta Samajwadi Party, Janamat Party, Nagarik Unmukti Party, and 3 independent lawmakers.
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