Kathmandu, May 27: Senior leaders of the major three political parties are holding discussions on ways to make the functioning of the federal parliament effective.
Various matters related to the
smooth operation of the parliament were discussed in a meeting held this morning
at the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers at Singha
Durbar, the Secretariat of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda"
has said.
Present at the meeting were Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Prachanda, President of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba, Leader of the main opposition party, CPN (UML) Chairperson KP Sharma Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Center) Hitraj Pandey, Nepali Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak and CPN (UML) Chief Whip Padam Giri.
The meeting comes in the wake of
differences between the ruling parties and the opposition leading to
obstruction of the parliament meeting. The meeting of the House of
Representatives was affected on Friday due to the obstruction of the main
opposition, CPN-UML. (RSS)