Prime Minister KP Oli of CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal have decided to impart orientation training to the MPs from the parties before the first meeting of the federal parliament scheduled for March 5.

The two-day training on March 3 and 4 is aimed at teaching parliamentary etiquettes and conduct to the MPs, according to Pampha Bhusal, the spokesperson for CPN (Maoist Centre).

The MPs will also receive political training from Oli and Dahal, who are also the Parliamentary Party leaders of their respective parties. The MPs from both lower house and the upper house will participate in the training.

The lower house has 121 UML MPs and 53 Maoist Centre MPs. The two parties combinedly have 39 representatives in the upper house.