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The second meeting of the senior leaders of three major political parties along with the Speaker held in Baneshwor also ended inconclusively.

The meeting was held at the initiative of Speaker Devraj Ghimire.

The talks ended without making a concrete decision after the leaders of ruling and opposition parties refused to budge from their stances.

A serious discussion was held to resume the House proceedings.

Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Speaker Ghimire said that though a serious discussion was held, ruling and opposition leaders failed to reach a conclusion.

He said that the next meeting has been called for 10 am on Tuesday.

“Hopefully, the parties will reach consensus prior to the meeting called for 3 pm tomorrow,” he said.

Speaker Ghimire said that there is no alternative to agreement.

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.

A meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed till 3 pm tomorrow.

The Parliament meeting has been postponed for tomorrow after the top leaders’ meeting called by Speaker Devraj Ghimire to find prompt measures to end the House deadlock failed to reach consensus.

The meeting called for 1 pm today was also postponed for 4 pm.

Speaker Ghimire had taken initiatives to resolve the ongoing House crisis from Sunday.

The second meeting of senior leaders of the major political parties was held in Baneshwor after the first meeting which took place at Singha Durbar ended without making a concrete decision.

Along with Speaker Ghimire, Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba were present in the meeting.

A meeting of the senior leaders of three major political parties including the Speaker of the House of Representatives held to find prompt measures to clear Parliament impasse ended inconclusively.

The meeting took place at the Speaker’s office in Singha Durbar this afternoon.

Nepali Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak said that a positive discussion was held in the meeting.

He said that the second phase of the meeting was scheduled to take place in the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor today itself.

Lekhak said that preparations are underway to postpone the Parliament meeting scheduled for 1 pm for 4 pm today.

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

The UML lawmakers have been warning that they would not allow the House proceed with its business until the high-level probe committee is formed.

The National Assembly meeting has been postponed till Wednesday following obstruction from the main opposition CPN-UML.

As soon as the meeting began, UML lawmaker Dil Kumari Rawal demanded formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the recent gold smuggling case.

She said that the government is not serious towards investigating the gold smuggling case.

“The CPN-UML has been obstructing the Parliament demanding formation of a high-level probe committee. But the government is not serious towards it,” Rawal said.

She alleged that the government is involved in the smuggling.

Rawal claimed that the smuggling of a huge cache of gold would not have been possible had there not been the involvement of the government.

She said that they would not allow the House proceed with its business until the government answers the questions raised by the opposition.

After lawmaker Rawal put forth her opinion, UML lawmakers stood from their respective seats as a gesture of protest.

Later, Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina informed that the meeting has been postponed till 1 pm on Wednesday.

The Department of Revenue Investigation on June 18 seized around one quintal gold that had passed the airport customs undetected.

So far, 18 persons have been arrested in connection with the case.