Five various commissions get their heads

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed chairpersons to five various constitutional commissions.

The president, on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council, appointed Balananda Poudel as the chairman of the National Natural Resources and Finance Commission, Dr Shanta Raj Subedi as the chairman of the National Inclusion Commission, Bijaya Kumar Dutta as the chairman of the Madhesi Commission, Bishnu Prasad Chaudhari as the chairman of the Tharu Commission and Samim Miya Ansari as the chairman of the Muslim Commission.

Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-appointed chairs in the presence of President Bhandari amid a special ceremony organized at Shital Niwas.

Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun; Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Bhanubhakta Dhakal; Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe; heads of constitutional bodies and chiefs of the security agencies; and special class office-bearers of the Nepal government were also present on the occasion.