Speaker effortful to end deadlock in parliament

Kathmandu: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Dev Raj Ghimire has called a meeting of the top leaders of three political parties to remove the deadlock that surfaced in the parliament.

In a meeting to take place today at the Office of the Speaker at Singhadurbar, Speaker Ghimire would once again request the ruling and opposition parties leaders to end the 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 the 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 given the meeting of both Houses at 1.00 pm this afternoon, it is shared.

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