Political parties reach consensus on National Assembly leadership and committee roles

Kathmandu. Political parties have reached a mutual agreement on the distribution of the vacant Vice-Chairperson position and committee leadership roles in the National Assembly.

Krishna Bahadur Rokaya, Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress in the National Assembly, stated that an agreement was reached to allocate two of the four committees to the Nepali Congress, one to the Communist Party of Nepal, and one to the Madhesi-based parties.

The agreement was finalized during a meeting held on Sunday morning at the Parliamentary Party office in Singha Durbar, involving representatives from the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Communist Party of Nepal, and Madhesi-based parties.

It has been agreed that the CPN-UML will hold the position of Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly.

'The Nepali Congress is the largest party in the National Assembly. With the understanding that we must move forward by accommodating everyone, our leadership convened a meeting of the parties represented in the National Assembly to reach this consensus,' Rokaya told Ratopati. 'We have distributed the Vice-Chairperson and committee chair positions among the parties.'

According to Rokaya, the Nepali Congress will take the chairmanships of the Economic Affairs and Good Governance Committee and the Legislation Committee.

The Communist Party of Nepal will lead the Federalism Strengthening and National Concern Committee, while the Madhesi-based parties will head the Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee.

The National Assembly currently consists of 24 members from the Nepali Congress, 17 from the Communist Party of Nepal, 10 from the CPN-UML, 3 from the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, 1 from the Rastriya Janamorcha, and 2 nominated members.