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Rastriya Swatantra Party acting Chairperson Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal and party Chief Whip Santosh Pariyar held a meeting with Speaker Devraj Ghimire at his official residence in Baluwatar today.

Shekhar Adhikari, the Speaker's press expert, said that during the meeting the Speaker urged the RSP to move forward responsibly rather than causing obstruction in the Parliament.

"The opposition's obstruction has held the Parliament hostage for two weeks. We must have extensive discussions about the budget. During this time of making the budget prosperous, the Parliament being obstructed has sent the wrong message to the people. The issues raised by the opposition are serious, and that is why I held back the Parliament for two weeks to reach an agreement, but now there is no room for that any longer," Adhikari quoted the Speaker as saying on the occasion.

The Speaker mentioned that as the leader of the Parliament, one must also take care of the constitutional limits, stating that the National Assembly had instructed to send the Appropriation Bill from the House of Representatives by this June 19.

Speaker Ghimire said, “In such circumstances, the budget must be passed at all costs; you should also understand the constitutional limits and constraints by changing the nature of your movements. Rather, I will facilitate the necessary dialogue with the government; so, let’s discuss the matter seriously.”

The RSP said that the demands raised by the opposition were serious and they voiced the genuine problem of the people.

"We have been forced to obstruct the Parliament because the government is not serious about our demands and issues. In the current situation, we are not in a position to backtrack from our issues; however, we are currently engaged in discussions and dialogues for a solution," RSP acting Chairperson Aryal said during the meeting.

Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn on Monday, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting that the confrontation could lead to a broader regional conflict, Reuters reported.

At least five people were killed in the latest Iranian strikes, the national emergency service said, raising Israel’s death toll to 18 since Friday. At least 100 more were wounded in the overnight blitz, part of a wave of attacks by Tehran in retaliation for Israel’s pre-emptive strikes targeting the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of sworn enemy Iran.

Search and location operations were underway in Haifa where around 30 people were wounded, emergency authorities said, as dozens of first responders rushed to the strike zones. Fires were seen burning at a power plant near the port, media reported, according to Reuters.

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers arrived in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit, overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unresolved trade war, Associated Press reported.

Israel’s strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation, which appeared to catch many world leaders unawares, is the latest sign of a more volatile world. 

Trump in recent days vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a U.S. official told The Associated Press, in an indication of how far Israel was prepared to go.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had discussed efforts to de-escalate the crisis with Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as other world leaders and said he expected “intense discussions” would continue at the summit, according to Associated Press.

President Donald Trump on Sunday said efforts to deport people who are illegally in the United States must be expanded, including from cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, which have seen protests since immigration raids were ramped up, Reuters reported.

"I have directed my entire Administration to put every resource possible behind this effort," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social social media site.

Trump did not elaborate on how specifically he intended to ramp up efforts.

The comments come after a week of tension in Los Angeles, where Trump called in National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to help keep the peace, over the objections of the state's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, according to Reuters.

Trump is carrying out a campaign promise to deport immigrants, employing forceful tactics consistent with the norm-breaking political style that got him elected twice.