Senior RSP Leader Balendra Shah Set to Take Oath as Prime Minister Amidst Parliament Session Delay

Kathmandu. Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which secured a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives election held on Falgun 21, Balendra Shah is scheduled to take the oath of office and secrecy as Prime Minister at 12:34 PM on Friday.

Members of the House of Representatives, elected as representatives, are taking the oath of office and secrecy at the new Parliament building in Singha Durbar on Thursday afternoon.

However, the government has not yet summoned the session of the Federal Parliament, which includes the newly formed House of Representatives and the continuously existing National Assembly. The legal provision states that the President summons the session of the Federal Parliament upon the recommendation of the government. As of now, the interim government led by Sushila Karki has not summoned the Federal Parliament session.

Ram Bahadur Rawal, Press Advisor to Prime Minister Karki, informed that no decision has been made regarding summoning the Federal Parliament session. ‘The cabinet meeting is not scheduled. The incoming government will handle it,’ Rawal told Ratopati.

For summoning the session, the cabinet must make a decision and recommend it to the President.

Earlier, there was talk of summoning the Federal Parliament session for Chaitra 16. Since the government led by Karki is not summoning the session, the possibility of summoning the Federal Parliament session on Chaitra 16 has ended.

The provision requires giving one week's notice for summoning the Parliament session, which is why the possibility of summoning the session on Chaitra 16 has ended.

The government must provide 'business' for the Parliament session. The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has informed that since the current interim 'outgoing' government will not determine the business, the process of calling the meeting by setting the business will begin after the new government takes charge.