Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee conducts first meeting

The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee formed in line with the new constitution has sat for its first meeting today. A committee with Ananda Dhungana, Dr. Ganesh Gurung and Anita Pariyar as members has been formed to prepare the working process of the parliamentary committee formed only yesterday. The committee has also urged Speaker Onsari Gharti to publicize the time-table for election of the committee's president. The meeting today was held under the chairmanship of outgoing president of the committee Kul Bahadur Gurung in capacity of the senior-most member. However, Chief Whip of CPN-UML Bhanubhakta Dhakal, during the meeting, had proposed to reinstate Gurung as the committee president, to which all members had voiced consent. However, an official declaration in this regard is yet to be made owing to the procedure that needs to be fulfilled. Most probably, the president will be chosen tomorrow, and all constitutional appointments brought under the process of hearing under the jurisdiction of the special committee, as informed by Congress Chief Whip Chinkaji Shrestha.  Formation of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee was only endorsed by the House yesterday with agreement finally reached after a long-standing debate among the major parties on determining the strength of the committee.