Kathmandu, June 9: The meeting of the House of Representatives scheduled to be held today has been postponed.
A meeting of chief whips of the major political parties held this morning at the official residence of Speaker Devraj Ghimire decided to postpone the meeting for two days to study the budget book.
Discussion on the appropriation bill was scheduled to start from today. It will now be held from June 11. The meeting has been postponed as parties requested time for ministry-wise discussions under the Appropriation Bill, 2081, the Speaker’s Secretariat has said.
Deputy Speaker Indira Rana, Nepali Congress Whip Sushila Thing, CPN-UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula, CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey, Rastriya Swatantra Party Chief Whip Santosh Pariyar and Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chief Whip Gyan Bahadur Shahi were present in the meeting.
Likewise, Chief Secretary Dr Baikuntha Aryal and General Secretary of Federal Parliament Padma Prasad Pandeya attended the meeting.
