Kathmandu, December 22

The seniormost member of the House of Representatives, Pashupati SJB Rana administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly elected lawmakers.

He administered the oath to the lawmakers in a special ceremony held today at the Federal Parliament building in New Baneshwor.

After signing on both the scripts in Nepali and their respective mother tongue, they put the Nepalese logo on it.

The lawmakers participating in the oath-taking ceremony were dressed in different traditional attires. On their very first day in the new Parliament, many of them were busy taking group photos and selfies after taking the oath. To take the oath, the newly elected parliamentarians arrived at the parliament building dressed in national dress and clothes reflecting their cultural identity.

According to the Parliament Assistant Spokesperson Dasharatha Dhamala, 28 MPs took oath in 14 different mother tongues. He said that 26 MPs had registered their names yesterday, but Rekha Yadav and Deepak Karki listed their names today.

Pashupati Shumsher JBR, a senior member of the House of Representatives, was sworn in by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari yesterday.

Article 88 of the Constitution of Nepal stipulates that, every member of each House of the Federal Parliament must take an oath before participating in the meeting of the House or any of its committees for the first time in accordance with the federal law.

Altogether 275 members of the House of Representatives were elected - 165 in the FPTP and 110 in the PR system.

Before the swearing-in ceremony, Bharatraj Gautam, Secretary General of the Parliament Secretariat welcomed, congratulated, and wished all the newly elected MPs the best.

CK Raut, including two more MPs, namely Binita Kumari Singh and Anita Devi from Janamat Party took their oath in Madhesi language, said assistant spokesperson Dhamala.

Similarly, Durga Rai, Kiran Kumar Shah, and Ranju Kumari Jha took oath in Koyu, Sanskrit, and Maithali language respectively.

Parliamentarians took oath in Nepali Khas, Tamang, Tharu, Maithali, Madhesi, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Urdu, Hindi, Santali, Koyu, and Sanskrit language.

A version of this article appears in the print on December 23, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.