President to address joint meeting of Federal Parliament

President Ram Chandra Paudel is scheduled to address the joint meeting of the Federal Parliament.

The Federal Parliament Secretariat said that the President will address the meeting of the Federal Parliament at 4:00 this afternoon in the Federal Parliament Building, Naya Baneshwor.

As per the constitutional provision, the President shall address either a meeting of any House or a joint sitting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament, and summon the MPs.

This is the first address to the parliament after Paudel's election to the post of the President.

The President shall address the first session after election to the House of Representatives and a joint sitting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament after the commencement of the first session of each year, the constitution states.