President Ram Chandra Paudel is scheduled to administer the oath of office and secrecy to the senior most member of the House of Representatives (HoR), Arjun Narsing KC, today. 

The oath-taking ceremony is being held at the President's Office, Sheetal Niwas at 11:15am. 

KC is the senior most leader elected as a HoR member from the March 5 elections. 

KC is a 78-year-old leader elected under the proportional category of election from the Nepali Congress. 

Following the oath-taking, he would administer the oath of office and secrecy to other HoR members tomorrow.

In the 275-member HoR, the lower house of federal parliament, 165 were elected directly while 110 from proportional category.

 

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), established just four years back, became the largest party in the parliament securing 182 seats in HoR, while the NC became the second with 38 seats, while the CPN-UML was the third one with 25 seats.