South Asian News Network

Kathmandu, May 27: Today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is slated for coming Wednesday at 11:00 am. Issuing a notice here today, Federal Parliament Secretary- General Padma Prasad Pandey informed about the postponement of Lower House’s today’s meeting owing to a ‘special reason’. The postponement follows the protest from the parliamentarians from the major opposition parties who had stood from their respective seats in a gesture of protest as the meeting started today. Parliamentarians from CPN (Maoist Centre), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party among others obstructed the House’s meeting, demanding formation of a high-level probe commission to investigate on visit visa scandal. After that, the meeting was postponed by issuing notice twice. HoR Speaker Devraj Ghimire has been making efforts to forge a consensus between ruling parties and opposition parties in order to remove the House obstruction