President calls all-party meeting on Tuesday as House impasse continues
Kathmandu, August 20 President Ram Chandra Paudel has summoned an all-party meeting on Tuesday. President’s press advisor Kiran Pokhrel informed that Paudel called all parties for a meeting at his office this coming Tuesday. It is the first time President Paudel called an all-party meeting after holding the post. The meeting is summoned in a bid to clear the parliamentary deadlock. The house meeting has been continuously obstructed by the UML since July 26. The opposition, UML, has been obstructing parliament continuously with the demand for a high-level probe committee to investigate the gold smuggling case. Prior to that, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called all national parties for a meeting in a bid to end the house impasse. The meeting, held on Sunday, did not reach a conclusion and another meeting has been called for Monday. In the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Sunday, the ruling side had urged for creating an environme...