CPN-UML lawmaker Lila Kumari Bhandari has been elected unopposed as vice chair of the National Assembly of Nepal. The meeting of the upper house held on Monday unanimously endorsed the proposal to elect Bhandari to the post of Vice-Chair and major parties including the UML, Nepali Congress and Nepali Communist Party had common consensus. She has previously served as a Constituent Assembly member and as state minister for education, science and technology.