Parliament meeting postponed twice lacking quorum

Kathmandu, Sept 9: The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament was postponed twice for lack of quorum on Friday.
When lawmaker Prem Suwal expressed objection over the lack of quorum for the deliberation on a bill relating to the formation of Madhes commission, Speaker Onsari Gharti directed the officials for ascertaining the number of lawmakers present in the meeting. She directed for it by ringing a bell for three minutes.
With only 136 lawmakers available in the meeting, the meeting was postponed for 15 minutes.
Similarly, as the parliament was to deliberate on the bill relating to the formation of Tharu commission, the number required to run the business lacked again, thereby forcing Speaker to postpone the meeting for 15 minutes.
However, the parliament meeting with quorum later passed the bill on formation of Madhes commission on Friday itself.
The parliament is to meet next on September 19. RSS