The House of Representatives (HoR) will be holding a meeting today. During the session which has been scheduled for 1 pm, House Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota will read out the letter issued by the President’s Office regarding the appointment of Umesh Shrestha as state minister.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari had appointed Shrestha as the state minister of health and population on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers on Sunday.
Similarly, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will present the annual report of 2076/77 of the Election Commission at the HoR today. The prime minister will also issue a condolence message on the demise of previous lawmaker BL Waiba.
Waiba had been elected to the Parliament in the general election held in Nepali calendar 2048 from region number 5 in Siraha. He was a member of the Janamorcha Nepal. He had passed away on June 3.