Prime Minister Dahal and Speaker Ghimire meet

January 23, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and the newly-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Devraj Ghimire, met on Monday morning.

Matters related to contemporary affairs were discussed in the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar, according to the PM’s secretariat.

This was the first meeting of Speaker Ghimire with the Prime Minister after being elected to the post.

Ghimire was elected to the post of the Speaker of the House of Representatives on January 19 with support from the ruling parties.

He received support from the CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janamat Party and Janata Samajwadi Party to secure the position.