Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire on Thursday ordered the government to inform the Parliament on an attack on Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary Mahendra Yadav.

The Speaker directed the government to inform the House of Representatives about the attack on the leader and the death of a child at Kanti Children's Hospital allegedly due to lack of treatment, after several lawmakers raised the issues in the meeting.

“The issues raised by the lawmakers during the zero and special hours of the Parliament are of serious concern. I direct the government to inform the House about the issues,” said Speaker Ghimire.

Speaking at the meeting of the lower House on Thursday, lawmakers demanded that the government take strict action against the culprits involved in both incidents.

A man armed with a khukuri who styled himself as a pro-monarchy and anti-MCC activist attacked Yadav at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon. Yadav, who sustained deep cuts to the back of his neck, was rushed to the National Trauma Centre, where he is being treated in the intensive care unit and is said to be out of danger. 

Dr Badri Rijal, the chief medical superintendent of the trauma centre, said in a statement that Yadav’s condition is currently stable.

Likewise, a five-year-old girl died in the emergency ward of the Kanti Children's Hospital allegedly due to lack of treatment on Monday.