UML province parliamentary party leader Hikmat Bahadur Karki and Maoist Centre's parliamentary party leader Indra Bahadur Angbo handed over the letters with signatures of 52 province assembly members to province chief Khapung.
A meeting of the party's parliamentary party today decided upon withdrawing the backing it had lent to the provincial government, said Hari Bahadur Chuman, the parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Gandaki Province Assembly.
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Bhuvan Kumar Pathak of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has registered his candidacy for the post of Speaker of Bagmati Province Assembly on behalf of the ruling coalition. His proposer is CPN-UML parliamentary party leader Jagannath Thapalia and seconder is Yuvraj Dulal of the CPN (Maoist Centre).
GANDAKI: Hari Bahadur Chuman has been unanimously elected the Gandaki province parliamentary party leader of the Maoist Centre. A meeting of the parliamentary party decided to elect Chuman as the parliamentary party leader of the province, shared party’s Gandaki province chairperson Gayatri Gurung. Chuman was directly elected from Tanahun constituency 1(2). Senior-most member Krishna Dhital […]
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been elected the parliamentary party (PP) leader in the House of Representatives (HoR) unopposed.
A meeting of the PP held today at the parliamentary party office in Singhadurbar chose Dahal to the post.
Likewise, Hitraj Pandey has been elected the chief
KATHMÀNDU, Dec 20: The CPN (Maoist Centre) would elect its parliamentary party leader only after an oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members of the House of Representatives.
According to lawmaker and party leader, Madhav Sapkota, the decision regarding the election to the parliamentary party leader and formation of a new government will only be taken after the swearing-in ceremony.
"There is no dispute in our party regarding the PP leader. Party Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' is the PP leader," said Sapkota.
The Federal Parliament Secretariat has scheduled an oath-taking ceremony for newly elected HoR members on December 22.
The CPN (Maoist Centre) has a total 32 members—18 elected under first-past-the-post and 14 under proportional representation in the Lower House.
The fifth session of Province-2 Assembly will be taking place on Monday- first time after around six months. It is mandatory for the Province to ensure its regular session in six months. According to PA Parliament Secretariat officiating secretary Ranjit Yadav, the fourth session of Province 2 was concluded on October 20 last year.
As Yadav said, though a business advisory committee meeting was called before the PA session, it has not been possible as the names of new faces on the committee are yet to be finalised.
It requires to reshuffle the committee in the aftermath of the split of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the unification of the Janata Samajbadi Party. The meeting has been uncertain as the related parties are yet to recommend the names of people representing in the committee.
Shah replaces Mandal from parliamentary leader
Meanwhile, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has elected its parliamentary party leader for the Province 2. Bharat Shah has been elected to the post by the party meeting. Likewise, Jagat Yadav has been elected the deputy-leader while Dilip Shah named as the chief whip and Ruby Karna the whip.
Before the unification of the CPN (UML) and the CPN (Maoist Centre) to form the NCP, Ramchandra Mandal was elected as the parliamentary leader of CPN (Maoist-Centre). But he was stripped off the responsibilities as he stood with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's faction following the December 20 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives. Now Bharat Shah replaces Mandal, according to newly elected chief whip Shah.
The Parisdanda meeting has already decided to seek clarifications from four lawmakers including Mandal who have sided with Oli. Three others are Kundan Shah, Jwala Shah and Mohammad Samir Ansari. The party plans to relieve them as lawmakers as well. A total of 11 lawmakers represent the Maoist-Centre in Province 2.
