KATHMANDU: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Indira Ranamagar, has resigned from the post.

Irrespective of the practice that the terms of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are in effect till a day before the candidacy filing for the direct election, Deputy Speaker Ranamagar voluntarily resigned from the post on Sunday.

The Election Commission has scheduled today and tomorrow (Nov 28-29) to submit the closed list of candidates under the proportional category of the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 5, 2026.

However, Speaker Devraj Ghimire is learnt to continue till January 19, a day before the filing of candidacy under the direct election.

Spokesperson at the federal parliament, Ekaram Giri, informed that then Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota had continued incumbency till a day before filing nomination to the direct election in the past.

Article 91 (6.a) of the Constitution has the provision that the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker can remain in the post till a day before nomination of candidates for the HoR election in a state of HoR dissolution.