A meeting of top leaders of the three major political parties has begun today in Singha Durbar. The meeting took place on the initiatives of Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire is said to be discussing issues ranging from removing the parliament stalemate to the appointments of presidents of parliamentary committees.

Present in the meeting are Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, party chief whip Hitraj Pandey, Chairperson of main opposition CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli, party’s parliamentary party deputy leader Subas Chandra Nembang, whip Mahesh Bartaula, and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and party chief whip Ramesh Lekhak.

The UML has been obstructing the parliament session demanding the formation of a high level committee to probe the smuggling of 100 kg gold into Nepal through the Tribhuvan International Airport recently.