April 17, Kathmandu – The parliamentary committees under the Federal Parliament are now fully constituted. On Friday, 12 parliamentary committees elected their chairpersons, marking the completion of the committees. In the elections held on Friday, chairpersons were unanimously elected in 10 committees, while competitive elections took place in two committees.
Hari Dhakal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party was unanimously elected as chairperson of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee. Similarly, parliamentarian Samikshya Baskota from the Rastriya Swatantra Party was unanimously elected chairperson of the Law, Justice, and Human Rights Committee.
Ashokkumar Chaudhary of the Rastriya Swatantra Party was unanimously elected chairperson of the Agriculture, Cooperatives, and Natural Resources Committee. Ashish Gajurel was unanimously chosen for the Infrastructure Development Committee, and Aakriti Awasthi was unanimously elected to chair the Women and Social Affairs Committee. Bodh Narayan Shrestha, Rahbar Ansari, Sumnima Udas, and Krishnahari Budhathoki were also unanimously elected chairpersons of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee, Industry, Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection Committee, International Relations and Tourism Committee, and the Finance Committee, respectively.
In addition, Bharat Khadka of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress, was unanimously elected as chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee. After gaining support from the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Khadka stood as the sole candidate. The remaining two committees witnessed contests with multiple candidates.
For the chairpersonship of the State Directive Principles, Policies, and Responsibility Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, Ganesh Karki of the Rastriya Swatantra Party competed against Madan Kumari Shah (Garima) of the Nepal Communist Party. Due to the clear majority of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Karki was elected.
Similarly, two candidates contested for chairperson of the Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee under the House of Representatives. Ojaswi Sherchan of the Rastriya Swatantra Party faced Gurup Prasad Baral of the CPN-UML. Sherchan was elected owing to the clear majority held by the Rastriya Swatantra Party.
