KATHMANDU: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Sapkota adjourned the House meeting for 15 minutes for the second time following the obstruction by CPN-UML lawmakers on Wednesday.
UML lawmakers came to the well as soon as Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota repeatedly tried to convince the UML lawmakers that their demands were taken note of.
“I have not violated the constitution. I urge you to cooperate with me to conduct the parliamentary sessions,” Speaker Sapkota said.
CPN-UML Whip Bishal Bhattarai had earlier protested against the issuance of the ordinance accusing Speaker Sapkota of having a role to split the UML party.
The party obstructed the meeting of the House of Representatives saying that the lawmakers expelled by the UML were allowed to participate in the meeting.
The UML party has been alleging Speaker Sapkota for being bias.
The ordinance brought by the Deuba government had paved the way for the CPN-UML and the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) to split.
Fifteen ordinances, including the ordinance on Political Parties Act, 2002 (Second Amendment) brought by the Deuba government, were supposed to be tabled in today’s parliament meeting.
The government had introduced the ordinance by ending the ninth session of the federal parliament on August 16.
CPN-UML Chairman and former Prime Minister KP Oli has today morning warned to obstruct the parliament session provided the defecting UML lawmakers (currently in Madhav Kumar Nepal’s CPN-Unified Socialist party) attended the session.
Speaking at a parliamentary party meeting held in Singha Durbar, UML Chair Oli had said that the smooth running of the parliament will depend on whether the UML ‘dismissed’ lawmakers will join the parliamentary session or not.
UML had dismissed 14 lawmakers including former PM Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhala Nath Khanal alleging them of violation of party discipline.
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