Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe is preparing to resign before the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting on Monday.
Communication Expert with the parliament secretariat Shekhar Adhikari told Setopati that Tumbahamphe will resign and the senior-most HoR member Mahantha Thakur will chair today's meeting.
The secretariat meeting of CPN held at the PM's official residence in Baluwatar Sunday afternoon took the decision to field Sapkota as the party's candidate in the election for speaker. The meeting also urged Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe to resign.
The ruling party had to ask Deputy Speaker Tumbahangphe, whose allegiance is now with CPN having won the last general election on a CPN-UML ticket, to resign to keep the post of speaker with the party as the Constitution prohibits appointment of speaker and deputy speaker from the same party.
The secretariat meeting at the prime minister's residence in Baluwatar on January 11 had also asked Deputy Speaker Tumbahangphe to resign but she had defied the party decision. She had also turned down the request by CPN Chairmen KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal to resign two days before that.
