Chairs of 10 parliamentary committees elected unanimously
File: Nepal’s parliament building Kathmandu, August 29 The ten parliamentary committees under the House of Representatives (HoR) got their chairpersons elected nine months after the general elections. The committees that got chairpersons include finance, international relations and tourism, industry, commerce, labour and consumer interests, law, justice and human rights, agriculture, cooperative and natural resources committees. The house meeting convened on Monday today elected the chairpersons of the committees. Nominations were registered for the elections in 10 committees on Sunday. Janamat Party’s Abdul Khan has been elected chair of the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Interest Committee after his contender Ganesh Parajuli of Rastriya Swatantra Party withdrew his candidacy, according to the Federal Parliament Secretariat. Nepali Congress (NC)’s parliamentarian Santosh Chalise has been elected chair of the Finance Committee while Janata Samajwadi Party’s Raj Kishor...