Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Devraj Ghimire has called a meeting of the top leaders of three major political parties today in a bid to end the deadlock in the Parliament.

In a meeting to take place at the Office of the Speaker at Singhadurbar, Speaker Ghimire would once again request the ruling and opposition parties' leaders to end deadlock in the Parliament, his secretariat said.

Speaker Ghimire has invited Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal along with Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, main opposition party CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and their chief whips or whips to the meeting today.

The UML has been obstructing the House proceedings demanding formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the 100 kg gold smuggling case.