Kathmandu: A question-answer session scheduled for today’s meeting of the House of Representatives has been affected due to protest by lawmakers of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was scheduled to respond to questions raised by lawmakers in the QandA session of today’s HoR meeting.
According to National News Agency Nepal, lawmakers of both parties protested by standing up from their respective seats soon after Speaker Devraj Ghimire announced the commencement of the meeting. Speaker Ghimire urged the lawmakers of RSP and RPP to create an appropriate environment to proceed ahead with the House business as it was necessary to conclude discussions on the Appropriation Bill and forward other programs including the question and answer session.
The Speaker informed that the question and answer session was removed from the agenda after the lawmakers of both parties denied to take their seats rejecting Speaker Ghimire’s request. The lawmakers of both parties exited from the HoR meeting. However, discussion on the Appropriation Bill was underway.
An agenda was determined to answer the questions of lawmakers by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli as per the House of Representatives Regulation, 2079 BS.