A meeting of the House of Representatives on Sunday endorsed a condolence motion on the demise of lawmaker Manju Sharma Ansari.

At the meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire announced the motion was endorsed by the lower house unanimously.

The meeting also observed one minute-silence over the demise.

The lawmaker from the Janata Samajbadi Party elected under the proportional representation system died of a heart attack on Sunday.

The party on March 16 last year, had recommended her name to the Election Commission for the vacant position of the House of Representatives after lawmaker Shahnaz Rahman died of a heart attack on February 25 of the same year.

Ansari’s name was second in a closed list for the proportional representation system under the Muslim cluster.

The lower house of the Federal Parliament shall meet at 11 am on Monday.