Parliamentary Committee Meeting Postponed Due to Prime Minister's Absence

Kathmandu. The meeting of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee under the House of Representatives has been postponed without convening as Prime Minister Balendra Shah will not be present. The meeting was called for 11 AM on Monday.

The committee's areas of work include the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, the Public Service Commission, and the Election Commission. Committee Secretary Joint Secretary Kanchha Dulal informed that there is a tradition of not holding committee meetings without ministers, and since the Prime Minister and ministers falling under the committee's jurisdiction could not attend, the meeting was postponed.

‘There is a tradition of not holding committee meetings without ministers. The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers' Office, Home, Defense, and Federal Affairs and General Administration Ministries fall under our jurisdiction,’ Committee Secretary Dulal told Ratopati. ‘The Prime Minister could not attend. He himself handles Home and Defense. The Minister for General Administration had a program elsewhere. Therefore, it was decided to postpone. There is no other issue.’

The agenda for the meeting was to discuss the committee's scope of work and its future activities. The committee secretariat issued a notice stating that the meeting has been postponed due to special reasons.