Chairpersons elected unopposed for four National Assembly committees

Kathmandu. Chairpersons for four committees under the National Assembly have been elected unopposed. The Federal Parliament Secretariat had set a deadline for filing nominations for the chairpersons of all four committees. Since only one candidate filed for each position within the designated time, all committee chairs were elected unopposed.

The Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), Communist Party of Nepal, and Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, which are represented in the National Assembly, had reached a power-sharing agreement regarding the committee chairpersons and vice-chairpersons.

Under the agreement, the CPN (UML) secured the position of Vice-Chair of the Assembly. UML lawmaker Lila Bhandari was elected unopposed as Vice-Chair. She has already taken the oath of office and secrecy and assumed her duties.

Similarly, it was agreed that the Nepali Congress would receive two committee chair positions, while the Communist Party of Nepal and Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal would each receive one. Accordingly, only one candidate filed for each committee chair position today.

Krishna Prasad Paudel and Krishna Bahadur Rokaya from the Nepali Congress were elected unopposed as chairs of the Development, Economic Affairs and Good Governance Committee and the Legislation Management Committee, respectively. Only one nomination was registered for both committees on Tuesday. Paudel is the outgoing Chief Secretary of the Nepali Congress central office, while Rokaya was the Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress in the National Assembly. Puja Chaudhary, a lawmaker from the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, was elected unopposed as the chair of the Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee.

Jayanti Devi Rai, a lawmaker from the Communist Party of Nepal, was elected as the chair of the Federalism Strengthening and National Concern Committee.

The National Assembly currently has 24 members from the Nepali Congress, 17 from the Communist Party of Nepal, 10 from the CPN (UML), and 3 from the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal.

Additionally, there is one member from the Rastriya Janamorcha and two members nominated upon the government's recommendation.