Kathmandu, Nepal: The Supreme Court (SC), the apex court of the country, has ordered the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and Federal Parliament Secretariat to postpone the oath of office of the three members of National Assembly appointed by the incumbent government overturning the decision of the immediate past Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba led government.
Responding to the writ petition filed at the challenging to the appointment of three NA members by the incumbent government, a single bench of SC Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut issued such an ordered on Sunday to halt the oath of the newly appointed three NA members.
With the order, oath of newly appointed NA members Yubaraj Khatiwada, Bimala Ram Narayan Bidari and Poudel Rai has been canceled. Their oath taking was scheduled for March 4.
Deuba-led government had recommended Gopal Basnet, Krishna Prasad Paudel and Chandani Joshi as NA members. But the President had not approved their name as NA members waiting the new recommendation from the new government formed under the leadership of CPN UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.
The constitution has stated that the president has to appoint three NA members in recommendation of the government. As president did not approved the recommendation made by the previous government to wait the recent one, the issues has also dragged into controversies even in the political level.
