Newly elected National Assembly member Kumar Dasaudi on Friday took an oath of office and secrecy.

Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, chairman of the National Assembly, administered the oath to Dasaudi amid a function Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar.

Dasaudi was elected to the upper house from Lumbini province in the by-election held on February 8.

The by-election for a National Assembly seat was held after UML’s Khimlal Bhattarai resigned as an upper house member to contest as a member of the House of Representatives.