Kathmandu. Chairman of former Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal and NCP deputy parliamentary party leader Subash Nembang has said that a person who has lost the election of the House of Representatives can’t be a minister during that parliamentary term.

In a conversation with DCNepal, he defined the clauses in the constitution and explained that any person defeated in the election of the House of   Representatives is deemed disqualified to become a minister for that term of parliament.  Avoiding any direct reference as to whether Bam Dev Gautam could become a minister or not, he noted that the major parties had played important role in issuing the present constitution and they they would not go beyond the constitutional process.

His statement alludes to Bam Dev Gautam, recently appointed as a member of the Upper House, and NCP spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha, as being unqualified for ministership. The issue of making somebody barred by the constitution a minister has sparked a new discussion in the political and the civil society.

Previously, Bam Dev Gautam had been explicitly vocal about adding a provision in the constitution through amendment that would allow members of the Upper House to become the prime minister. As the members of his own party claim his chance of being a minister being slim, there is curiosity about the strategy he would make now.