Kathmandu, June 27: A meeting of the House of Representatives today agreed to reshuffle some joint committees and the thematic committees under the Federal Parliament Secretariat.
Speaker Devraj Ghimire proposed the meeting to appoint Dr Swarnim Wagle in place of Dol Prasad Aryal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party in the Parliamentary Hearing Committee in accordance with Rule 25(2) the Joint Meeting and Joint Committee Business Regulations-2080 BS.
The proposal was endorsed by the meeting. Similarly, the meeting agreed to send Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, the lawmaker from the major opposition Nepali Congress (NC) to the Finance Committee and lawmaker Narayan Prakash Saud to the International Relations and Tourism Committee.
Likewise, Sita Gurung of Nepali Congress and Suhang Nemwang of CPN (UML) have been appointed on the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee while NC lawmakers Ramesh Rijal and Surendra Raj Acharya have been appointed on the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Interest Committee.
NC lawmaker Tek Bahadr Gurung has been appointed on the Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee, Dhanaraj Gurung, Mohan Bahadur Basnet and Dig Bahadur Limbu on the Education, Health and Information Technology while Anita Devi of the Janamat Party to the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee.
Similarly, Hari Dhakal of Rastriya Swatantra Party has been send to the State Affairs and the Good Governance Committee from the Public Account Committee and the Asim Shah of the same party has been transferred to the Public Account Committee from the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Interest Committee.
Similarly, Devi of the Janamat Party has been nominated on the Business Advisory Committee in the place of Abdul Khan.
