Kathmandu, March 9 Newly elected members of Nepal's National Assembly took their oaths of office on Monday.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal administered the oaths of office and secrecy to 17 out of 18 NA members at a ceremony in the Parliament building.
They were elected to the National Assembly on January 25 this year.
In the 59-seat NA, the members have a six-year term. However, one-third of them have their terms expire every two years as per the constitution.
The newly elected NA members taking oath include Khamma Bahadur Khati, Gita Devkota, Chandra Bahadur KC, Jagat Timalsina, Dharmendra Paswan, and Prem Prasad Dangal.
According to sources at the Parliament secretariat, the following members of the NA were present: Mahanth Thakur, Ranjit Karn, Ram Kumari Jhankri, Rekha Kumari Jha, Roshani Meche, Lalit Jung Shahi, Lila Kumari Bhandari, Basudev Ghimire, Samjhana Devkota, Sunil Bahadur Thapa, and Somnath Portel.
One of the members of the NA, Mia Rakhal, was absent during the ceremony.