All-party meeting begins at Singha Durbar

By TRN Online, Kathmadnu, April 1: An all-party meeting has begun at Singha Durbar at the call of the Federal Parliament Secretariat.

The meeting has been called to prepare for the federal parliament meeting called by President Ramchandra Paudel at 2 PM on Thursday. 

Representatives of all parties, including senior member of the House of Representatives Arjun Narsingha KC, are participating in the meeting. 

Similarly, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Sobita Gautam, is also in the meeting.

New parliament will select the speaker and the deputy speaker. 

There are 275 HoR members in the federal parliament. 

The majority winning party, Rastriya Swatantra Party, has secured 182 seats, Nepali Congress got 37 seats, 25 for CPN (UML), 17 seats for Nepali Communist Party, and seven for Shram Sanskriti Party, five for the Rastriya Prajatantra Party in the HoR elections held on March 5. 

The Federal Parliament Secretariat has called a meeting on Wednesday (today) to discuss how to move forward with the meeting called on Thursday. 

Government representatives have also participated in the meeting.