Parliamentary Session Resumes After Speaker Directs PM to Respond to Questions
Summary
The opposition in Nepal’s House of Representatives has ended its obstruction after Speaker Dolprasad Aryal directed Prime Minister Balendra Shah to जवाब answer MPs’ questions under parliamentary rules. Shah now faces clarification demands over his controversial remark that Nepal has encroached on India’s land.
Key Points
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives directed Prime Minister Balendra Shah to answer MPs’ questions under Rules 56 to 59 of the House regulations.
- Opposition parties had been obstructing parliament since Shah’s controversial statement that Nepal had encroached upon India’s land.
- After the Speaker’s ruling, the opposition parties suspended their protest and agreed to resume the House from Monday.
- Shah is expected to clarify his statement in the next parliamentary meeting.
