Chairpersons of all 10 thematic committees under the House of Representatives have taken oath of office and secrecy.
Speaker Devraj Ghimire administered the oath to newly elected chairpersons amidst a function organised at the Federal Parliament Secretariat.
On the occasion, Santosh Chalise of the Nepali Congress was elected Chairperson of Finance Committee, Janamat Party's Abdul Khan as chairperson of the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Interest Committee, Raj Kishor Yadav of Janata samajbadi Party as chairperson of International Relations and Tourism Committee, Bimala Subedi of the CPN (Maoist Centre) as chairperson of Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee while NC's Arzu Rana Deuba as chairperson of the Agriculture Cooperatives and Natural Resources, Kiran Kumar Sah as President of the Women and Social Affairs Committee while Ramhari Khatiwada to the State Affairs and Good-Governance Committee.
Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party's Deepak Bahadur Singh was elected President of the Infrastructure Development Committee while CPN (Unified Socialist)'s Bhanubhakta Joshi to the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee and CPN (UML)'s Rishikesh Pokharel as chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee.
Deputy-Speaker Indira Rana, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Dhan Raj Gurung, chief whips of different political parties, lawmakers, among others were present on the occasion.
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