The video profiles will be uploaded on the Federal Parliament’s official website

Kathmandu, July 1

On the occasion of the 61st Parliament Day, the Parliament Secretariat today unveiled the video profiles of 231 lawmakers of the Federal Parliament, including 59 lawmakers from the National Assembly.

Although, there are 175 seats in the HoR, three lawmakers’ profiles have not been prepared for various reasons.

Those lawmakers, whose video profiles have not been prepared are Rabindra Adhikari (died this year in a helicopter crash), Resham Chaudhary (in prison after being convicted by the court in the Tikapur carnage case) and Hari Narayan Rauniyar (suspended from the HoR after the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a graft case against him).

Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara said the Parliament was a step closer to adopting paperless system. “The profiles of lawmakers are usually published in the form of books, but this time, we opted for video profiles,” he said.

Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe said any one could use these video profiles of the lawmakers for information. She said the PS completed the work within two months. The length of each video is three to four minutes. She added that the concept of video profiles of lawmakers was the first of its kind in the country.

During the programme, Speaker Mahara also said the laptops provided to lawmakers were meant to be used during meetings other than the House sessions. He also said the lawmakers were provided laptops in line with the government decision to go paperless.

During the programme, the PS screened the video profiles of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Speaker Mahara, Deputy Speaker Tumbahamphe, Chair of NA Ganesh Timilsina and Deputy Chair of NA Shashi Kala Dahal.

According to media expert at Parliament Secretariat Shekhar Adhikari, the video profiles will be uploaded on the Federal Parliament’s official site.