New Parliament Building to Host Post-Election House Sessions in Kathmandu

Kathmandu. The meeting of the House of Representatives to be formed after the upcoming election on February 21 will operate from the under-construction Parliament building in Putali Bagaincha, Singhdarbar. Parliament Secretariat Spokesperson and Joint Secretary Ekram Giri informed that the government has already stated it will provide the under-construction Parliament building for operating the post-election parliament.

Speaking with News Agency Nepal on Sunday, Spokesperson Giri stated that out of the 12 buildings in the under-construction Parliament complex, 6 buildings will be made immediately available. According to him, once the House of Representatives is formed, the meeting of the National Assembly will also be conducted from the same under-construction Parliament building.

Spokesperson Giri mentioned that 90 percent of the physical infrastructure construction of the Parliament building is complete and discussions are continuously being held with the government to complete the remaining work by Chaitra (mid-March to mid-April). He also stated that the Secretariat has not looked for any other alternative for conducting the sessions of the House of Representatives to be formed after the election.

He further informed that preparations are underway to operate the post-election parliament with state-of-the-art technology. He said, "There are frequent queries about where the meeting of the House of Representatives to be formed after the election will be held. The Secretariat is currently in discussion with the Government of Nepal regarding this matter."

According to the latest discussion, the Government of Nepal has stated that out of the 12 buildings in the under-construction Parliament complex, 6 buildings will be made immediately available, and the meetings of both the upcoming House of Representatives and the National Assembly will take place in the under-construction Parliament building. Currently, 90 percent of the physical infrastructure construction there has been completed."

Previously, the Parliament sessions held at the International Convention Centre in Baneshwor, Kathmandu, were destroyed by arson during the protests. The reconstruction work on that building has not yet begun. Currently, the 19th session of the National Assembly is being conducted from the Agriculture Committee hall in Singhdarbar. –News Agency Nepal