UML boycotts all-party meeting called by President

An all-party meeting is underway at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas. President Ram Chandra Paudel had called the meeting for Tuesday morning.

But the all-party meeting called by President Paudel has become controversial.

The main opposition CPN-UML boycotted the meeting saying that the President is trying to show the activisim, which is not in the Constitution.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane, Rastriya Janamorcha Party Chairman Chitra Bahadur KC, Nagarik Unmukti Party Chairperson Ranjita Shrestha, CPN (Unified Socialist) leader Metmani Chaudhary, Janamat Party leader Abdul Khan and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khakda among others are present in the meeting.

President Paudel’s press advisor Kiran Pokharal said that representatives of all the parties representing the Parliament were called in the meeting.

But the main opposition CPN-UML expressed its dissatisfaction saying that the President called the meeting by showing unnecessary interest.

UML Vice-Chairman and Parliamentary Party deputy leader Subash Chandra Nembang said that President Paudel has shown unnecessary activeness by calling another meeting at a time when the Prime Minister is holding a meeting with the leaders of the political parties.

The UML has been obstructing Parliament proceedings for the past one month demanding formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the recent gold smuggling case.

As the government has expressed its readiness to form the high-level probe committee, the UML said that it would not obstruct the Parliament business today.