List Released of 47 MPs Taking Oath in Languages Other Than Nepali
News Summary
- Forty-seven MPs have expressed the desire to take their oath in languages other than Nepali.
- The oath-taking ceremony for members of the House of Representatives will be held on Chaitra 12.
- MPs are preparing to take oaths in various languages, including Maithili, Tharu, and Nepal Bhasa.
Chaitra 10, Kathmandu – Forty-seven members of parliament have registered to take their oath in languages other than Nepali. Ekram Giri, Deputy Secretary and spokesperson of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, confirmed that 47 MPs have listed their names to take the oath in their mother tongues.
The oath-taking ceremony for the members elected in the Falgun 21 election will be held on Chaitra 12. Kusbu Oli, a proportional representation MP from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), will take her oath in Sanskrit.
MPs Ujjwal Kumar Jha and Matrika Prasad Yadav plan to take the oath in Maithili. Kriparam Rana and Rana Tharu are preparing to take the oath in the Tharu language. MPs Geeta Chaudhary and Pramila Kumari Gachhadar have also registered to take the oath in Tharu.
MPs Birajbakta Shrestha and Kulbakta Shakya will take their oath in Nepal Bhasa. In previous years, 35 MPs in 2070, 46 MPs in 2074, and 28 MPs in 2079 took their oath in mother tongues other than Nepali.
During the 2064 Constituent Assembly, 264 members took the oath in their respective mother tongues. These languages included Maithili, Bhojpuri, Magar, Gurung, Western Tharu, Hindi, Newari, Limbu, Tamang, Rai, Eastern Tharu, Urdu, Rajbanshi, Thakali, Sherpa, Rana Tharu, Dhimal, Kumal, Darhichuwa Western dialect, Awadhi, Madwari, Jirel, Chepang, Bantar, Majhi, Sunuwar, Baram, and others.
The detailed list of 47 MPs who plan to take their oath in various languages other than Nepali is as follows:
