Kathmandu, Oct. 4 -- Fourteen lawmakers were absent from 10 or more consecutive meetings during the second session of the House of Representatives elected after the March 5 election.

According to details released by Speaker DP Aryal at the final meeting of the session, Nepali Communist Party's parliamentary party leader and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had the longest consecutive absence, missing 24 meetings. He was unable to attend because he was hospitalised.

Nepali Congress lawmaker Yogesh Gauchan Thakali missed 20 consecutive meetings while on an international trip. Rastriya Swatantra Party lawmaker Bidushi Rana was absent from 15 meetings while abroad.

Congress lawmaker Bharat Bahadur Khadka and CPN-UML lawmaker Mohamm...