INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 21Rastriya Swatantra Party prospect Indira Ranamagar, 52, was chosen deputy speaker.
She got 166 votes.
Newly-elected
HoR Speaker Ghimire takes oath
Deputy speaker to be chosen tomorrow
She received 166 votes.
Ninety-seven legislators, including those
from the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Unified Socialist), voted versus her
The seven-party ruling alliance partners and some independent lawmakers enacted Ranamagars favour
As the RSP lawmaker had enough votes to get elected as deputy speaker, your house did not have to put her rival and Nepali Congress
legislator Mukta Kumari Yadavs candidacy to vote, said Speaker Devraj Ghimire
Speaker Ghimire stated Ranamagar the winner.In the 275-member HoR, 264 lawmakers existed
According to Secretary at the Parliament Secretariat Gopalnath Yogi, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party lawmaker Prem Suwal stayed neutral
throughout the ballot process and Ghimire did not need to cast his vote.Eleven legislators were absent: CPN-Maoist Centre legislator
Barshaman Pun, who is going through treatment for liver disease; CPN (US) legislator Krishna Kumar Shrestha and Dhan Bahadur Budha, NC
legislators Manorama Sherchan, Bina Kumari Thanet, and Sapana Rajbhandari, Rastriya Prajatantra Party legislator Dhawal Shumsher JB Rana,
UML legislator Laxmi Mahato Koiri, who has been prosecuted in a criminal case; and Nepali Congress lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung, who was
chosen from Manang, but stays suspended.Earlier, RSP lawmaker Sobita Gautam, who had proposed Ranamagars name for deputy speaker prompted
all lawmakers to vote for her describing her as an appropriate candidate for the job
She stated the legislators required to increase above the politics of battle for power and appeasement in order to accomplish goals of
advancement and socio-economic transformation with originalities and approaches.UML legislator Krishna Gopal Shreshta who supported
Ranamagars candidateship stated that Ranamagar, who was inspired by Parijat, had actually been devoting her life to social service and was
well recognised in the national and international arena for her contribution.In an oblique recommendation to former speaker Agni Prasad
Sapkotas function in the aftermath of UMLs split in August 2021, Shrestha said he expected the speaker not to aid in any partys split
In the past, UML had implicated Sapkota of not confirming the expulsion of rebel UML lawmakers, consisting of Madhav Kumar Nepal who later
on formed their own party.CPN (Unified Socialist) lawmaker Metmani Chaudhary stated that Yadav who had protected the highest number of votes
among the women candidates during Nepali Congress 14th National Assembly was an ideal candidate for deputy speaker.Chaudhary took a potshot
at UML Chair and previous prime minister KP Sharma Oli
We heard misinterpretation of the constitutional provisions about the PMs right to liquify your home of Representatives
I desire the house to run a class for those who mistakenly translate the arrangements contained in Article 42 of the 1990 constitution and
provisions of Article 76 of the current constitution.These short articles provision for House dissolution
While Oli has been saying that his relocate to liquify the HoR was right, other celebrations, consisting of CPN (US) called his move a
A former prime minister, and you all know who that person is, is trying to find the right moment to shred this constitution and ditch the
new political system, the republican order, as the predatory animal the tiger is constantly on the prowl, Chaudhary added.Loktantrik
Samajwadi Party-Nepal legislator Sarvendranath Shukla who supported Yadavs candidateship stated the PM had promised himself to the politics
of agreement, however that pledge did not last even 10 days, as a result of which, the speaker was picked through voting, which had not
taken place in the last 15 years after the 2006 popular movement.RPP Chair Rajendra Lingden stated that Ranamagar who was influenced by
Parijat, was from a simple background but was recognised by the country and the worldwide community for her contribution to the nation
He said he was better than anyone else to support her candidacy.NC lawmaker Badri Prasad Pandey who supported Yadavs candidateship stated
she was a suitable candidate for the task as she had actually been a member of the HoR and Natonal Assembly in the past
He flayed UML Chair KP Sharma Olis remark that gave the impression that the high level mechanism which Oli collaborated, was above the
executive.A version of this post appears in the print on January 22, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
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