Parliamentary Office Allocations Shift Following Party Status Changes After Federal Elections

Kathmandu. The status of political parties has changed following the House of Representatives elections held on Falgun 21. With the change in party status, the Federal Parliament Secretariat has reallocated the parliamentary party offices designated for political parties.

The Federal Parliament Secretariat has decided to allow parties to continue using the offices they were given in the previous House of Representatives, while reallocating them based on current party status.

The Secretariat has primarily swapped the party offices of the CPN (UML) and the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The CPN (UML), which was the third-largest party in the previous parliament, has dropped to fourth place, while the RSP, previously fourth, has emerged as the largest party.

The Secretariat plans to give the building previously used by the CPN (UML) to the RSP, the largest party. The Secretariat stated that the parliamentary party office previously used by the RSP in the last term of the House of Representatives has been managed for smaller parties, including the CPN (UML). Now, the parliamentary parties of the CPN (UML), Rastriya Prajatantra Party, and Shram Sanskriti Party will also be housed in that building.

The parliamentary party offices for the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) will remain in their old locations.

The Secretariat is scheduled to hold a formal discussion with political parties on Thursday following the elections. General Secretary Padmaprasad Pandey informed that the meeting will take place at 2 PM at the Federal Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar.

Six political parties have become national parties from the House of Representatives elections. The RSP emerged as the largest party by winning 182 seats. The Nepali Congress became the second largest by winning 38 seats. The CPN (UML) won 25 seats to become the third largest, and the CPN (UML) won 17 seats to become the fourth largest party.

The new party, Shram Sanskriti Party, became the fifth largest by winning 7 seats, and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party became the sixth largest by winning 5 seats.