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NC lawmakers to contribute 15 days' salary to COVID-19 fund

NC lawmakers to contribute 15 days' salary to COVID-19 fund

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

House of Representatives members attending zero hour session at Parliament building in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, on Friday, March 6, 2020. Photo courtesy: hr.parliament.gov.np

KATHMANDU: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress, has written to the federal parliament secretariat to deduct 15 days' salary of its parliamentarians and deposit the same into Coronavirus Infection Prevention, Control and Treatment Fund. The parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress wrote to the parliament secretariat to deposit the contributions of its lawmakers into the government-instituted fund, as per the party's earlier decision. The secretariat informed that it would expedite the process to deposit the amount into the fund.