President administers oath to Rana as oldest HoR member

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec. 21: Pashupati Shumsher JB Rana, 80, as by age the senior-most member of the House of Representatives (HoR) has taken the oath of office and secrecy before President Bidya Devi Bhandari today.

Rana took the oath of office on Wednesday afternoon at President's Office Sheetal Niwas. 

According to the Citizenship certificate, Rana's date of birth is 1941 Dec 9. 

At the oath-taking ceremony, Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli, and National Assembly Chair Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, among others. 

The oldest HoR member will have to run the proceedings of the HoR until the Speaker and Deputy Speakers are elected.

Meanwhile, the swearing of the other HoR members will take place at 1 pm on Thursday, December 22.

HoR members participating in the swearing-in are urged to come up with a copy of the certificate of election, Nepali citizenship certificate and two documents of one’s passport-size photographs. They are also urged to be in either a national dress or their own cultural attire, and those willing to take the oath in their own mother tongue are urged to get the oath translated.

A total of 275 HoR members, 175 through first-past-the-post and 110 through the proportional representation (PR) system, has been elected in the election of the member of the House of Representatives held on November 20.