Kathmandu: The newly elected members of the National Assembly (NA), the upper house of the federal parliament, have taken their oath today. NA Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal administered the oath to 17 out of 18 NA members during a ceremony. These members were elected on January 25 this year.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the National Assembly is composed of 59 seats, with members serving a six-year term. However, as per the constitution, the terms of one-third of the members expire every two years. The newly elected NA members who took the oath today are Khamma Bahadur Khati, Gita Devkota, Chandra Bahadur KC, Jagat Timalsina, Dharmendra Paswan, Prem Prasad Dangal, Mahanth Thakur, Ranjit Karn, Ram Kumari Jhankri, Rekha Kumari Jha, Roshani Meche, Lalit Jung Shahi, Lila Kumari Bhandari, Basudev Ghimire, Samjhana Devkota, Sunil Bahadur Thapa, and Somnath Portel.
Mina Singh Rakhal was absent from the oath-taking ceremony.