Speaker urges PM to hold serious talks with oppn party to end House obstruction

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.