A meeting of the second-rung leaders of the ruling Nepali Congress and the main opposition CPN-UML ended inconclusively on Saturday.

The meeting held at UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli's residence in Balkot ended inconclusively after the leaders refused to budge from their stance.

Talking to journalists after the meeting, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said that the NC leaders urged the UML leaders to lift the House obstruction and to help endorse the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

In response, the UML leaders said that the door to the Parliament is still closed for them and urged the NC leaders to open it.

The UML leaders said that they would not allow the House to proceed with its business until the Speaker is removed or he takes action against the 14 lawmakers.