Newly  elected National Assembly (NA) members took the  oath of office and secrecy today.

NA Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal administered the oath to 17 out of 18 NA members amidst a ceremony. They were elected on January 25 this year.  

In the 59-seat NA, the members have six year terms. However, one-thirds of them get their terms expire each two years as per constitution. 

The newly elected NA members taking oath today are Khamma Bahadur Khati, Gita Devkota, Chandra Bahadur KC, Jagat Timalsina, Dharmendra Paswan, Prem Prasad Dangal, Mahanth Thakur, Ranjit Karn, Ram Kumari Jhankri, Rekha Kumari Jha, Roshani Meche, Lalit Jung Shahi, Lila Kumari Bhandari, Basudev Ghimire, Samjhana Devkota, Sunil Bahadur Thapa and Somnath Portel. 

Mina Singh Rakhal was absent on the occasion.