Speaker Ghimire talks with Aryal, Ligden in bid to resume House proceedings

Kathmandu, June 15: Speaker Devraj Ghimire today held discussions with Acting Chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Dol Prasad Aryal, and Chair of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rajendra Lingden, seeking their cooperation to create an environment conducive to ending the ongoing obstructions in the House.

During his meeting with Aryal at New Baneshwor, the Speaker urged the RSP to change the form of parliamentary protest , keeping in mind the constitutional obligation to begin budget discussions within the stipulated timeline. In response, Aryal stated that the party would continue its obstruction but pledged to make parliamentary proceedings more decent. 

It may be noted that the chief whips of various political parties had earlier drawn the Speaker’s attention to ‘non-parliamentary performance' during the House of Representatives (HoR) obstruction on Friday.

The Speaker also sought the cooperation of RPP Chair Lingden in resuming House business. According to the Speaker’s private secretariat, he spoke with Lingden over the phone, requesting him to consider the constitutional necessity of starting budgetary discussions and to cooperate  in resuming House proceedings.(RSS)