19 March, Kathmandu. In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Home Minister Sudhan Gurung has submitted three ordinances. In the first meeting of the first session of the Assembly, after the members had put their views on the party basis, under the regular agenda, he submitted ‘Citizenship (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2082’, ‘House of Representatives Member Election (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2082’ and ‘Nepal Special Service (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2082’.

According to the clause (2) of Article 84 of the Constitution of Nepal, the law was amended by ordinance for the reservation of the population to be included in the closed list of proportionality.

After the election date of the House of Representatives was fixed for February 21st, the previous government brought the ‘House of Representatives Member Election (First Amendment) Ordinance’ for the purpose of revising the voter list.

Home Minister Gurung informed that the ‘Nepal Special Service (Third Amendment) Ordinance’ has been issued to place the National Investigation Department under the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers.

In the meeting, a condolence resolution was passed for the passing away of Constituent Assembly members and former members Rishikesh Gautam, Mohammad Aftaw Alam, Krishna Kumari Shrestha, Amod Prasad Upadhyay, Homanath Dahal and Baldev Bohra, a member of the Constituent Assembly and National Assembly.

The next meeting of the House of Representatives will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 22.