HoR meeting postponed to August 7
KATHMANDU, August 1: The main opposition party, the CPN-UML, has obstructed parliament today again as the ruling parties rejected the proposal to form a parliamentary probe committee to investigate gold smuggling, arguing that the government’s investigation is underway. As no agreement could be reached between the ruling parties and the CPN-UML, the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) was adjourned until August 7.
NC obstructs HoR meeting (live)
The CPN-UML demands that the government prepare to form a parliamentary probe committee to investigate gold smuggling. It has been said that the parliament meeting will not be allowed to proceed until this demand is met as per the agreement made in the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee called by Speaker Devraj Ghimire.
The Federal Parliament Secretariat issued a notice on Tuesday and scheduled the meeting of the House of Representatives for August 7 at 1PM.
The CPN-UML has demanded that a separate parliamentary probe committee be formed to conduct investigation into the case of 100 kg gold smuggled on July 18. With this demand, the CPN-UML has not allowed the meeting of the House of Representatives to proceed since July 26.
