Election is likely to take place for the post of speaker of the reinstated House of Representatives (HoR) on Saturday.
Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Dilendra Prasad Badu has tabled a resolution at the HoR on Friday asking the house to go for the election for the vacant post of the Speaker.
The post of Speaker of the HoR remained vacant after Speaker Tara Nath Ranabhat resigned from his post last month.Sources said major parties of the seven party alliance (SPA) NC and CPN-UML decided to go for election of the post of Speaker after the SPA meet failed to choose a consensus candidate.
CPN-UML lawmaker Subash Nemwang has been projected for the post of Speaker, but one of the constituents of the SPA, NC (Democratic) has been lobbying to select its member and Deputy Speaker of the HoR Chitra Lekha Yadav for the post of Speaker.
Reports have quoted Yadav as warning that she will resign from her post if she was not chosen as Speaker.
The meeting of the HoR scheduled for 2 p.m. today is yet to commence due to the controversy.