INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

KATHMANDU: The House of Representatives (HoR) has unanimously passed the governmentConstitution (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2077. This bill seeks

to amend Schedule 3 of the Constitution to update the national coat of arms by incorporating Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani in

Nepalmap. A two-thirds majority was required to pass the bill

It was passed with over two-thirds majority, stated Speaker of the House, Agni Prasad Sapkota

He added that out of 258 votes cast (from a total of 275 members), all 258 votes were in favour of the bill being passed. With major

opposition parties including Nepali Congress (NC), Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in favour of the

bill, it was fairly certain that it would have been passed. As the bill has been passed by the Lower House, it will now be sent to the

National Assembly where it will undergo a similar proceeding, apart from a seven-day public notwhetherication. The NA will have to give

lawmakers 72 hours to move amendments against the billprovisions, whether any. The government had registered the bill in the federal

parliament on May 22 and Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe had presented it in the parliament on

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