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The parliamentary hearing of proposed Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha has been scheduled for Monday.

The complaints against the proposed Chief Justice Shrestha have been discussed in the Parliamentary Hearing Committee on Sunday.

A general discussion was held among the members of the committee about the complaints filed against Shrestha in the meeting held at Singha Durbar this morning.

Committee member Jeevan Pariyar said that three complaints have been registered against Shrestha and the complainants have been called for discussion tomorrow.

“Three complaints have been lodged against proposed Chief Justice Shrestha. A decision has been made to call the complainants at 10: 30 am tomorrow for discussion,” he said.

According to the Parliament Secretariat, two complaints have been filed through email and SP Timilsina lodged the complaint physically.

Earlier on August 8, the meeting of the committee had called to register complaints against Shrestha.

The Constitutional Council meeting held on August 3 had decided to recommend senior Justice Shrestha as the Chief Justice.

Koshi Province Chief Minister Uddhav Thapa is scheduled to take vote of confidence on August 21.

Deputy Speaker of Koshi Province Assembly, Srijana Danuwar, allowed Chief Minister Thapa to present the proposal regarding vote of confidence in the Province Assembly at 1 pm on August 21, said PA Secretary Gopal Prasad Parajuli.

CM Thapa registered the notice regarding the proposal for the trust motion at the PA Secretariat today. 

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dhanraj Gurung has announced not to take medical expenses from the state fund.

He was speaking at a program organized in the Capital on Friday.

On the occasion, Gurung shared his experience, “once a staffer had told me that a large amount of money was spent when I was admitted to the hospital for treatment and suggested that I take the amount from the state fund.”

“Minster Ji, a large amount of money might have been spent for the treatment. You are yourself a minister. He suggested that I take the treatment expenses from the Cabinet,” he said, adding, “I will not take the medical expenses from the state fund until the government provides free treatment to the poor people.”

He said that the people have to improve themselves first to improve the country.

On a different note, he said that property of high-ranking leaders should be investigated.

Minister Gurung was of the opinion that all the leaders should be transparent financially.

“Leaders should be transparent financially. I have already submitted my property details,” he said. “The government will move ahead to investigate the property of the leaders.”

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Speaker Devraj Ghimire held a meeting on Friday.

Speaker Ghimire had reached Baluwatar this morning to meet Prime Minister Dahal.

During the meeting, they discussed ending House deadlock and appointing presidents of parliamentary committees among other contemporary political issues, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said.

On the occasion, Speaker Ghimire urged the Prime Minister to hold a serious discussion with the ruling and opposition parties to end the House obstruction.

“As the Speaker I took initiatives responsibly for consensus, but the positive results could not be yielded,” he said.

In response, Prime Minister Dahal said that he is positive towards opening the House.

The Prime Minister said that he would urge the opposition party leaders to end the House obstruction.

Earlier also, Speaker Ghimire had held a discussion with the senior leaders of the three major political parties to end the House impasse.

The UML has been obstructing the House proceedings for the past few days demanding formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the gold smuggling case.