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CA committee chairpersons begin work
The chairpersons of five committees in the Constituent Assembly (CA) were sworn in at the Legislature-Parliament Secretariat in the Capital on Saturday.CA Chairman Subas Chandra Nembang administered the oath of office and secrecy to chairperson of the Political Dialogue and Consensus Committee Baburam Bhattarai and chairperson of the Constitution Drafting Committee Krishna Prasad Sitaula along with the chairperson of the Committee to Study and Determine Constitutional Records Bishnu Prasad Poudel, chairperson of the Citizen and Public Relations Committee Pramila Rana and chairperson of the Committee to Enhance the Capacity of Lawmakers and Resource Mobilisation Laxmi Kumari Chaudhary. After administering the oath, CA Chairman Nembang urged the committees’ chairs to devote themselves in constitution writing by seriously considering the mandate given by the people to the political parties for drafting a constitution within a year. The chairpersons have assumed their offices from Saturday. The chairpersons were elected unanimously on Friday. Lawmakers and officials of the Parliament Secretariat were present at the swearing in ceremony.