Kathmandu, Sept. 28 -- In a Facebook post on September 20, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Sobha Khanal shared a screenshot of her 97 percent attendance rate in the House of Representatives, based on the figures available on the federal parliament's new digital portal.

"Through digital technology, you can now track the activities of the parliamentarians you elected. You can now view bills, legal documents, parliamentary sessions, daily agendas, house proceedings, and archives directly ," she wrote.

Social media user Chiranjibi Khatiwada later shared a similar screenshot from the same portal showing the nine MPs with the lowest attendance rates in the House of Representatives. His post showed Nepali Communist Party leader Pushpa ...