Kathmandu, Dec. 6 -- The winter session of federal parliament is just about to commence. But neither the Parliament Secretariat nor the government knows exactly when. The confusion largely stems from the lack of a set calendar.

Nepal has had parliamentary democracy for the last three decades, but House sessions have always been called as wanted by the government of the day.

At an interaction in the Capital in October last year, then Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara said making a calendar for the House of Representatives would be his main priority. However, after leading the House for over a year, during which he failed to prepare a calendar, Mahara stepped down in early October following allegations of attempted rape.

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