Kathmandu, June 9 : The meeting of
the House of Representatives scheduled to be held today has been
postponed.
A meeting of chief whips of the
major political parties held this morning at the official residence of Speaker
Devraj Ghimire decided to postpone the meeting for two days to study the budget
book.
Discussion on the appropriation
bill was scheduled to start from today. It will now be held from June 11. The
meeting has been postponed as parties requested time for ministry-wise
discussions under the Appropriation Bill, 2081, the Speaker's Secretariat has
said.
Deputy Speaker Indira Rana, Nepali
Congress Whip Sushila Thing, CPN-UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula, CPN (Maoist
Center) Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey, Rastriya Swatantra Party Chief Whip Santosh
Pariyar and Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chief Whip Gyan Bahadur Shahi were
present in the meeting.
Likewise, Chief Secretary Dr
Baikuntha Aryal and General Secretary of Federal Parliament Padma Prasad
Pandeya attended the meeting. (RSS)