Nepal Government Requests Postponement of Federal Parliament Session

Kathmandu. The government has sent a letter to the Office of the President to halt the federal parliament session that was scheduled for Baisakh 17.

On the recommendation of the government, President Ramchandra Paudel had summoned the federal parliament session for Baisakh 17 on Wednesday. Today, on Baisakh 10, the government sent a letter to the President's Office to stop the session. The President's Secretariat stated that the letter does not specify a date for when the session will be reconvened.

 ‘The letter to stop the session arrived around 4 PM. There is no date mentioned for when the session will be called again,’ an official from the President's Secretariat told RatoPati.  

The President's Office has not yet officially halted the session.  The President's Office had previously issued a notice summoning the session based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers meeting held on Baisakh 8.

Urmila GC, Joint Secretary (Law) and head of the Legal Division at the President's Office, confirmed that a letter has been received from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers to postpone the federal parliament session.

‘The letter has arrived. We are still in discussions, and no decision has been made on what to do next,’ GC told RatoPati.