Kathmandu, April 16 (IANS) Nepal’s newly-elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rubi Kumari Thakur, has announced that she will not participate in any wedding where dowry transactions are involved. Thakur, 26, was elected Deputy Speaker on April 9, becoming the youngest person ever to hold the position, as the country’s politics witnessed a generational shift. She was elected to the lower house through the proportional representation system from the Shram Sanskriti Party, a ne…
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Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) Rubi Kumari Thakur, 26, has been elected as the Deputy Speaker of Nepal’s House of Representatives (HoR) on Friday, becoming the youngest person ever to hold the position as the country’s politics witnesses a generational shift.A lawmaker in the lower house elected through the proportional representation system from the Shram Sanskriti Party, Thakur secured the post with backing from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and other parties. Given that the RSP commands …