Kathmandu,14 June : Twelve House of Representatives remained absent during the Constitution amendment bill was presented for voting on Saturday to implement the new map including areas of Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipu Lekh.
A total of 258 lawmakers were present in the 275-strong House when the bill was presented for voting and all 258 voted in support of the bill. It is not clear whether those who abstained from voting deliberately did so but they have betrayed the voters and themselves as it was a momentous moment in the parliamentary democracy.
The absent lawmakers include Gopal Bahadur Bam, Haribol Gajurel, Dhan Bahadur Budha and Shiva Kumar Mandal of CPN; Nagendra Kumar Raya, Surya Bahadur KC and Gyan Kumari Chhantyal of NC; Amrita Devi Agrahari, Dulari Devi Khatweni and Pramod Sah of RJP; and Sarita Giri and Surya Narayan Yadav of Socialist Party.The suspended lawmakers include Vijay Kumar Gachchhadar and Mohammad Aftab Alam of NC, Hari Narayan Chaudhari of Socialist Party and Resham Chaudhary of RJP.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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