House of Representatives meeting adjourned until Aug 22

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: The House of Representatives meeting scheduled to be held today has been adjourned.

The HoR meeting, under the federal parliament, was scheduled for 1 pm today but was postponed until Aug 22 after the primary opposition party CPN-UML decided to obstruct the meeting.

CPN-UML has been continuously obstructing the parliament demanding the formation of high-level probe committee to investigate the gold smuggling case.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire had a meeting with various Chief Whips to end the obstructions but they could not reach an argument as the ruling coalition and the opposition did not budge from their stance.