Kathmandu, April 7 -- The last time the House of Representatives met was HOUSE March 12. Sessions have been deferred three times since March 18, when the government began instituting measures to control spread of Covid-19 by prohibiting gatherings of more than 25 people.

In light of the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, the 334-member federal parliament-275 in the House of Representatives and 59 in the National Assembly-obviously cannot meet physically in its full strength, but the smaller parliamentary committees, each of whose members number are between 15 and 28 could definitely meet by complying with safety norms, say political analysts.

The federal parliament and its committees are critical organs of the state that ...