Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- Contrary to the claim of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government and the ruling parties that the ongoing session of Parliament would be effective, the meeting of the House of Representatives on Thursday was adjourned without entering the agenda for the lack of quorum.

Records of lawmakers' attendance on the day from the Parliament Secretariat show 205 members were present in the House initially. However, most of them left the meeting after registering their attendance. As a result, only 65 lawmakers were left by the time Rekha Sharma, the minister for communications and information technology, appeared to table the bill to amend the Political Parties Act.

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