Video profiles of lawmakers unveiled

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The video profiles will be uploaded on the Federal Parliament official website Kathmandu, July 1 On the occasion of the 61st Parliament Day,
the Parliament Secretariat today unveiled the video profiles of 231 lawmakers of the Federal Parliament, including 59 lawmakers from the
National Assembly. Although, there are 175 seats in the HoR, three lawmakers& profiles have not been prepared for various reasons. Those
lawmakers, whose video profiles have not been prepared are Rabindra Adhikari (died this year in a helicopter crash), Resham Chaudhary (in
prison after being convicted by the court in the Tikapur carnage case) and Hari Narayan Rauniyar (suspended from the HoR after the
Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a graft case against him). Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara said the Parliament
was a step closer to adopting paperless system
&The profiles of lawmakers are usually published in the form of books, but this time, we opted for video profiles,& he said. Deputy Speaker
Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe said any one could use these video profiles of the lawmakers for information
She said the PS completed the work within two months
The length of each video is three to four minutes
She added that the concept of video profiles of lawmakers was the first of its kind in the country. During the programme, Speaker Mahara
also said the laptops provided to lawmakers were meant to be used during meetings other than the House sessions
He also said the lawmakers were provided laptops in line with the government decision to go paperless. During the programme, the PS screened
the video profiles of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Speaker Mahara, Deputy Speaker
Tumbahamphe, Chair of NA Ganesh Timilsina and Deputy Chair of NA Shashi Kala Dahal. According to media expert at Parliament Secretariat
Shekhar Adhikari, the video profiles will be uploaded on the Federal Parliament official site. The post Video profiles of lawmakers unveiled
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