All-party meeting called by President Paudel, UML absent

KATHMANDU, Aug 22: President Ram Chandra Paudel called an all-party meeting today morning for discussing the removal of the obstruction of the parliament along with the current political context.

CPN UML was absent in the meeting held at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas as UML boycotted the meeting claiming that the President showed unnecessary activity in the national politics.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, President of the Rastriya Swatantra Party Rabi Lamichhane, leader of the Janata Samajbadi Party Pradeep Yadav, leader of the Janamat Party Abdul Khan, Chairman of the People’s Front Chitra Bahadur KC, an independent MP Amaresh Kumar Singh and others participated in the meeting.