Speaker Devraj Ghimire held a meeting with senior leaders of the four major political parties representing the Parliament on Monday.
The meeting, however, ended inconclusively after the main opposition Nepali Congress said that it would not backtrack from its stance of forming a parliamentary probe committee to investigate fraud charges against Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.
The Congress has also been preparing to bar the home minister from taking the rostrum.
Home Minister Lamichhane is scheduled to present an amended bill on political parties on Tuesday.
That is why, Speaker Ghimire held a meeting with the four parties representing in the Parliament so that there would be no disruption in the meeting.
Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak clarified that they demanded the formation of a parliamentary probe committee as the savings of millions of Nepali nationals have been embezzled and there is an involvement of sitting ministers.
“We have allowed the House to function. We have not presented ourselves in an irresponsible way. But still the government has not become serious. Now, the government itself will be responsible if the proceedings of the federal Parliament are obstructed,” he said.
Meanwhile, CPN-UML Chief Whip Ramesh Bartaula said that the parliamentary probe committee will not be formed.
He said that it will set a wrong precedent if the parliamentary committee is formed even in a minor issue.
Similarly, CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey said that as Home Minister Lamichhane is scheduled to present a bill in the Parliament tomorrow, he will answer the questions raised against him at that time.
Likewise, Rastriya Swatantra Party said that the Congress has leveled baseless allegations against party President Lamichhane.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Rastriya Swatantra Party Rabi Lamichhane were present in the meeting. Bishnu Paudel attended the meeting from the CPN-UML.
Similarly, chief whips and whips of four major political parties were also present in the meeting.
