Speaker administers oath of office to newly-elected lawmaker Sitaula

Kathmandu - Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has administered the oath of office and secrecy to Liladevi Sitaula who has been elected Member of House of Representatives from the Janata Samajwadi Party. She was nominated by the party from the Khas Arya quota under the proportional election system.

Sitaula took the oath before the Speaker at a ceremony organised at the Federal Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar today. On the occasion, Speaker Sapkota presented the locket insignia of the Member of Parliament to lawmaker Sitaula. One post of MP had fallen vacant after the Janata Samajwadi Party sacked Sarita Giri from the party. Giri was elected the Member of House of Representatives from the then Janata Party Nepal under the proportional representation quota.

The party had expelled Giri with the conclusion that the statement she made regarding the inclusion of Kalapani, Lipulek and Limpiyadhura, the Nepali territories encroached upon by India, in Nepal's new political and administrative map, was against the nationality. The Election Commission has declared that Sitaula has been elected the Member of House of Representatives from the Janata Samajwadi Party under the Khas Arya quota.

Sitaula, who entered politics in 2044 BS as the member of the student organisation close to the then Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist Leninist), is also the founding leader of the Janata Samajwadi Party. Sitaula was born on Magh 8 in 2028 BS in Arjundhara of Jhapa district. Responding to journalists' query after taking the oath of office, Sitaula said she would remain committed to the Nepali land and people, and raise voice on topics related to national interest and people's livelihood.