Federal Parliament's budget session begins

Kathmandu, May 10: The budget session of the National Assembly (NA) under the Federal Parliament has kicked off at the International Convention Centre at New Baneshwor in Kathmandu today.

While NA meeting has already commenced, the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting has been delayed due to ongoing meeting of the Working Arrangement Consultative Committee.

The joint session of the Federal Parliament was called for 2:00 PM. It may be noted that the budget session commenced today after President Ram Chandra Paudel summoned the session of the federal parliament on May 2 in accordance with the Article 93 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal, on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. 

Initiating the NA meeting, Speaker Narayan Dahal urged the lawmakers to make the ongoing session effective and creative and reminded the concerned ministers in the government to be responsible towards the issues raised in the parliament. 

Furthermore, Speaker Dahal appealed with the parliamentarians to hold deliberations on the under-consideration and non-governmental bills and create an enabling environment for those bills to return to the NA.

On the first day of the session, lawmakers from political parties representing in the parliament continue to air their voices. (RSS)