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The Janata Samajbadi Party has demanded parliamentary investigation into the Gaur massacre.

Organizing a press conference at the Parliamentary Party Office in Singha Durbar on Friday, the party accused the government of trying to frame the victims by making a deal with them.

Spokesperson Manish Suman said that the party has objected to some of the points of the agreement signed with the victims.

“The investigation process into the Gaur massacre is being taken in the wrong way.  We disagree on many points in the agreement,” he said.

Though the party has no mentality to quit the government, he said, it will depend on the behavior of the government.

“We are politicians. We will not be afraid of cases. But we want to express our dissatisfaction over the way the Gaur incident has been portrayed,” Suman said.

He expressed his doubts over the intention of the government, saying why a deal was made now in an incident that occurred 17 years ago.

Leader Suman also demanded to make public the reports of the past.

“It has been mentioned in many reports that the Maoist foiled the peaceful assembly of the Forum. Why did the government make an agreement after 17 years? Let the reports of the past be made public. Let the facts be ascertained by carrying out a parliamentary investigation,” spokesperson Suman said.

He was of the opinion that there is an involvement of the Maoist in the incident that took place in Gaur of Rautahat on March 21, 2007.

Suman said that the incident occurred due to the mulishness of the then Maoist leader Prabhu Sah.

“It was the Maoist who attacked with weapons in the peaceful assembly of the JSP. The Maoist foiled the assemblies in Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj,” he said.

The JSP leader accused the Maoist of exploding bombs and opening fire in the program venue of the JSP.

Spokesperson Suman made it clear that the incident occurred after the Maoist cadres clashed with the anguished public.

The meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed following obstruction from main opposition CPN-UML on Friday.

The meeting that started at 1 pm today was postponed owing to the obstruction from the UML.

The next meeting has been scheduled from 1 pm on Monday.

As soon as the meeting began, Speaker Devraj Ghimire gave time to lawmaker Jwala Kumari Sah to speak.

The UML lawmakers stood from their respective seats as a gesture of protest while Sah was speaking.

After the UML lawmakers stood from their seats in protest, the lawmakers of the ruling parties also stood from their respective seats demanding that they be given time to speak and Parliament be allowed to proceed with its business.

Speaker Ghimire urged the lawmakers to allow the Parliament to resume its business. He also requested the lawmakers to follow the rules to operate the Parliament smoothly.

But still, the UML lawmakers keep on protesting demanding the formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the latest gold smuggling case.

Marshals had stopped the lawmakers while they were moving ahead to gherao the well.

Afte the lawmakers were stopped by the marshals, they started changing slogans like take action against the corrupt leaders and gold smugglers.

Saying that the House could not be resumed amid the obstruction, Speaker Ghimire informed that the meeting has been postponed till 1 pm on Monday.

The UML lawmakers obstructed the meeting of the National Assembly today as well.

The UML alleged that the government ministers are involved in the gold smuggling.

House of Representatives Speaker Devraj Ghimire and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina met President Ram Chandra Paudel on Friday.

During the meeting, President Paudel expressed his concern over the continuous obstruction in the Parliament.

Earlier on Thursday, President Paudel had held a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

They had briefed the President about the House deadlock and the role of political parties.

Ghimire and Timilsina had urged the President to take an initiative to convince the opposition parties to lift the obstruction as the guardian.

They urged President Paudel to hold a discussion with all the political parties as the guardian.

In response, President Paudel said that all the parties should be united to protect the Constitution.

Following the request of Ghimire and Timilsina, President Paudel assured that he will hold a discussion with the political parties to end the House deadlock.

The main opposition CPN-UML has been obstructing the Parliament proceedings demanding formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the latest gold smuggling case.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday held a discussion with the ministers and secretaries regarding making the labor market of Nepal decorous and safe.

During the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar this morning, they held a discussion on important issues such as the problems being faced by the Nepalis in foreign employment, ways to resolve them and to manage labor market within the country, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said.

The discussion was also held to affiliate the workers to the social security fund.

A formal program will be organized on August 16 for the same.

Saying that the Nepalis have been facing various problems in the course of foreign employment, the Prime Minister directed the ministers and secretaries to carry out a broader study and present a proposal of long-term solution in the next meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, Finance Minister Prakash Saran Mahat, Employment and Social Security Minister Sharad Singh Bhandari, Nepali government Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal, Finance Secretary and Labor Secretary among others were present in the meeting.