Newly elected lawmakers took an oath of office and secrecy on Thursday.
Senior-most parliamentarian Pashupati Shumsher Rana administered the oath to the lawmakers at the parliament building in New Baneshwar.
The lawmakers reached the parliament wearing traditional dresses of various ethnic groups.
A total of four lawmakers—Prem Ale from CPN (Unified Socialist), Mahindra Raya Yadav and Ram Kumar Rai from CPN (Maoist Centre) and Maya Rai from Nepali Congress—were absent at the oath-taking ceremony.
According to Article 88 of the constitution, every member of the parliament should take an oath as provided in law before taking part for the first time in the meeting of the parliament and its committees.
Likewise, Section 75 of the House of Representatives Election Act, 2017 also requires newly elected lawmakers to take an oath of office and secrecy.
Senior-most lawmaker Rana took the oath from President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday. Rana will preside over the House until a Speaker is elected.
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