Nepal's Parliamentary Committees Set to Elect Chairpersons Today

Kathmandu. The 12 parliamentary committees are set to elect their chairpersons today. Elections are being held for 10 thematic committees under the House of Representatives and 2 joint committees.

The agenda for today's committee meetings includes the election of the chairpersons.

Nominations for the positions were filed at the Federal Parliament Secretariat on Thursday. While single candidates have been nominated for 10 committees, two candidates have filed nominations for one individual and one joint committee.

Candidates running unopposed include Samiksha Baskota for the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, Ashok Chaudhary for the Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee, Ashish Gajurel for the Infrastructure Development Committee, Aakriti Awasthi for the Women and Social Affairs Committee, and Hari Dhakal for the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee.

For the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee, nominations have been filed by Dr. Ojaswi Sherchan of the RSP and Guru Baral of the UML.

Similarly, nominations have been filed by Bharat Bahadur Khadka of the Congress for the Public Accounts Committee, Sumnima Udas for the International Relations and Tourism Committee, Krishna Hari Budhathoki for the Finance Committee, and Rahbar Ansari for the Industry Committee.

Regarding the joint committees, Bodh Narayan Shrestha has filed a nomination for the Parliamentary Hearing Committee. For the Committee on Monitoring and Evaluation of the Implementation of Directive Principles, Policies and Obligations of the State, nominations have been filed by Ganesh Karki of the RSP and Madan Kumari Shah (Garima), a National Assembly member from the NCP.

The Secretariat stated that the motions regarding the nominations will be presented for a decision during Friday's meetings, followed by the formal announcement of the elected chairpersons.