At the outset of the meeting, Shobhakar Parajuli of the NC objected to the reshuffling of the Cabinet by Prime Minister by rejuvenating the ‘seven-point´ agreement against the five-point deal.[break]
He demanded the adjournment of parliamentary proceedings by removing the agenda of the day, while arguing that the people have been mislead by the present Government as many commitments made in the past with regard to regrouping of combatants and bringing the peace process to a conclusion have not been put into practice.
Similarly, Chief Whip of the party, Laxman Prasad Ghimire while expressing concern over the non-implementation of the five-point deal struck two months ago, accused the ruling parties of ignoring the demands put forth by the main opposition party.
Following this, Speaker Subas Nembang informed the Legislature-Parliament about the postponement of the meeting owing to the protest of the main opposition party.
This is the seventh time that the NC has obstructed the procedures of the meeting of the House.
Prior to this, the Parliament meeting scheduled for June 22 was put off due to lack of quorum. Similarly six rounds of meeting scheduled in between June 23 and 30 were postponed due to the obstruction by the NC.
At the meeting today, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Investigation Special Committee, Laxman Prasad Ghimire was scheduled to present the report of the Committee while the charter of the Asian Institute of Technology was to be ratified and the proposal seeking consideration on the Appropriation Bill, 2068 was scheduled to be tabled.
The meeting had begun around one hour later than the original schedule.
The Legislature-Parliament shall meet at 3:00 pm on August 7, Sunday.
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