Even after six and a half years since the construction of the Parliament building in the Singha Durbar complex began, the work is still not completed. The Ministry of Urban Development had awarded a contract to hold the meeting of the House of Representatives formed in the 2079 elections in the new Parliament building. However, even after the new Parliament came into being after the 2082 elections, the building has not been fully prepared.

The deadline was extended for the second time until 19 Asoj 2080, the third time until 19 Chaitra 2080, the fourth time until 18 Chaitra 2081 and the fifth time until 16 Poush 2082. After the work was not completed during that period, preparations are being made to extend the deadline again for a short time. After the work on the Parliament building was not completed, work is being done to prepare the multipurpose hall under the same building for the first meeting of the new Parliament. The Federal Parliament Secretariat is preparing to administer the oath on Chaitra 12. Since the work on the Parliament building will not be completed, preparations are being made to administer the oath in the multipurpose hall, informed Rabindra Bohara, Director General of the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction.

‘The entire building cannot be completed, a multi-purpose hall will be prepared for the oath-taking and the parliament meeting for the time being,’ he said. Tables, chairs, and microphones have been installed in the hall. The place for the Speaker and the Secretary-General of the Federal Parliament to sit has also been prepared. According to Director General Bohara, only the installation of a television in the hall remains to be completed and that too will be completed by Thursday. He claims that the blacktop work of the road in front of the parliament building entrance will be completed by Friday and the work of laying tiles on the ‘fountain’ in front of the building will be completed by Saturday.

‘The multi-purpose hall will be ready within the next three days,’ he said, ‘The construction work of the building will continue, and its work will also be completed by Baisakh.’ The contract for the new parliament building was awarded on 16 Asho 2076 with the construction to be completed by 16 Asho 2079. The construction contract was awarded by Tandi-Sek JV with the construction to be completed at a cost of 5.67 billion 27 million rupees.  After the work was not completed within the initial deadline, the deadline was extended for the first time until 30 Chaitra 2079.

The deadline was extended for the second time until 19 Asoj 2080, the third time until 19 Chaitra 2080, the fourth time until 18 Chaitra 2081 and the fifth time until 16 Poush 2082. After the work was not completed during that period, preparations are being made to extend the deadline again for a short time. The construction of the Parliament building has begun on an area of ​​156 ropanis in the Singha Durbar complex. The new building is up to five floors. The House of Representatives, the National Assembly building, the 'Central Lobby', the office building of the very distinguished persons, the library and the museum are being prepared there.

The parliamentary party office building, the parliamentary committee building, the parliament secretariat building, the canteen, the press and printing building have been built separately. Infrastructure is being prepared to park 476 four-wheelers and 800 two-wheelers. A building for the security personnel has also been constructed. Chainlink Engineering Company has taken a separate contract for ‘roofing’ for Rs 37.9 million. According to the contract signed on 27 Falgun 2080, the work has not been completed even though the deadline was till mid-Magh.

The parliament secretariat has stated that preparations are being made to hold the parliament meeting temporarily in a hall built for a different purpose. There is a multipurpose hall on one floor of the road leading from the House of Representatives to the National Assembly.   KC-Shyamsundar-Baniya JV was responsible for ‘interior’. The contract amount for this is Rs 2.34 billion 54 million. The agreement was signed on 17 Ashad 2080 to complete the work by Ashad 2081. Later, the time was extended to 16 Chaitra 2081, but after the work was not completed, the deadline was extended again to 16 Poush 2082. However, preparations are being made to extend the deadline after the work was not completed. Protesters vandalized and set fire to the International Conference Center in New Baneshwor, where the parliament was previously held, on 24 Bhadra. 

After that, the Parliament Secretariat did not renew the agreement with the Center. The work of the National Assembly Hall is not currently prioritized. Currently, the National Assembly is operating in the old hall of the Agriculture Committee on the Singha Durbar premises. Even though pressure has been exerted to complete the construction of the Parliament building quickly since Dashain, the work has not been carried out accordingly, said Ekram Giri, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Parliament Secretariat. ‘The MPs have not been called to be sworn in on 12 Chaitra, we are planning to call them,’ he said. ‘There was a plan to prepare the building for the House of Representatives meeting and provide it to the Ministry of Urban Development, but that did not happen. The hall that has been prepared now is for short-term purposes.’

The Parliament Secretariat has stated that preparations are being made to hold the Parliament meeting temporarily in a hall built for another purpose. There is a multipurpose hall on one floor of the road leading from the House of Representatives to the National Assembly. Giri informed that the Speaker's office and the meeting room of the business committee will also be managed there. Two multi-purpose halls with a capacity of 150 and 300 are also being built on the upper floors of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, which are currently under construction.

One of those, a 300-capacity hall, is being prepared to hold the oath of office of the House of Representatives members and meetings for a while. Where 275 lawmakers will be sworn in and the meetings will be held, said spokesperson Giri. 'There was a problem in finding a hall outside to administer the oath and hold the meetings, there were security issues, technical issues, and costs,' he said. 'Right now, the hall has been prepared only as a working facility, it has only limited space, where there is a risk of lack of space for journalists and spectators.'