NEPAL: Nepal bill on Jha’s oath of secrecy

A constitutional amendment bill has been tabled in the legislature Parliament in Nepal, which would facilitate Vice-President Paramananda Jha to take oath in his mother tongue.

Mr. Jha had taken the oath of office and secrecy in Hindi, which sparked a controversy and the Supreme Court asked him to retake the oath in Nepali.

But Mr. Jha, whose mother tongue is Maithili, refused in August to do so. His designation has been inactive since then.