Kathmandu, Aug 7: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Dev Raj Ghimire hs called a meeting of the top leaders of three political parties today to remove the deadlock surfaced in the parliament.
In a meeting to take place at the Office of the Speaker at Singhadurbar, Speaker Ghimire would once again request the ruling and opposition parties’ leaders to end deadlock in the parliament, his secretariat said.
Speaker Ghimire has invited Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ along with Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, main opposition party leader and CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and their chief whips or whips to the meeting today.
The parliamentary meeting has been obstructed calling for formation of a high-level probe committee on the smuggling of gold via the Tribhuvan International Airport. The National Assembly meeting has also been put on hold.
Efforts for consensus were made in view of the meeting of both the Houses at 1.00 pm this afternoon, it is shared.