Kathmandu. Dol Prasad Aryal, the vice-president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party(RPP), has been elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives unopposed. The House of Representatives on Sunday passed the proposal tabled by Rabi Lamichhane, President of Rastriya Samajbadi Party, seeking the election of Aryal to the post of Speaker. 

So to the Finance Minister Dr. Similarly,Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Swarnim Wagle and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Sunil Lamsal had seconded the proposal.

Senior member of the Assembly, Arjun Narsingh KC, has announced that Aryal has been elected unopposed as only Aryal was nominated.He also congratulated newly-elected Speaker Aryal and wished him a successful term.

Newly elected Speaker Aryal was elected to the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-9. Aryal had already taken charge of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security when party president Lamichhane was arrested on the charge of cooperative fraud.