{"id":436039,"date":"2026-09-15T16:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=436039"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:06:22","slug":"major-opposition-demands-formation-of-parliamentary-body-to-facilitate-disaster-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/09\/15\/436039.html","title":{"rendered":"Major opposition demands formation of parliamentary body to facilitate disaster response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/samsad-1000x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/samsad-1000x500-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/samsad-1000x500-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/samsad-1000x500-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathmandu, Sept 15: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has drawn an attention of House of Representatives (HoR) to the need to form a high-level parliamentary committee to facilitate the rescue operations, the distribution of humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts in the floods-affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The major opposition has called for the continuity of the &#8216; Lawmakers&#8217; Queries with the Prime Minister&#8217; programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NC parliamentary leader Vishmaraj Angdembey drew the parliament&#8217;s attention to such needs during his meeting today with Speaker Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Prime Minister Balendra Shah was scheduled to respond lawmakers&#8217; queries in the August 26 HoR session, the session could not proceed as planned due to the Bhotekoshi floods, Angdembey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the Speaker has been urged to ensure the Prime Minister addresses the lawmakers&#8217; concerns before flying to the United States of America to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).&nbsp; He added that the Speaker was positive about the request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stressed the need to recognize the agreement to form a high-level political mechanism as proposed by the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party to lead the initiatives in addressing the post-flood situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We should send the message that the State and all political parties stand together during times of disaster. Therefore, a high-level political mechanism and a parliamentary mechanism should be formed to facilitate rescue, relief, and reconstruction efforts,&#8221; said the leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that as the opposition, they would continue to draw the attention of the House and the government to these issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Sept 15: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has drawn an attention of House of Representatives (HoR) to the need to form a high-level parliamentary committee to facilitate the rescue operations, the distribution of humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts in the floods-affected areas. &nbsp;The major opposition has called for the continuity of the &#8216; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":436040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-436039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436041,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436039\/revisions\/436041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436039"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=436039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}