Bagmati Province Faces Deadlock Over Speaker Election

Hetauda. As the constitutional and legal deadline for electing the Speaker of the Bagmati Province Assembly approaches, the ruling parties have yet to reach a consensus.The countdown for the new Speaker election began following the formal submission of the resignation of former Speaker Bhuwan Kumar Pathak during the provincial assembly meeting held on Chaitra 24.According to constitutional provisions, there is a mandatory requirement to initiate the election process for the Speaker by Baisakh 9. While the agenda for the election must be brought forward by this date, ten days have passed since Pathak's resignation was submitted, yet the major ruling...