FA, UDMF parties boycott Parliament meeting
FA, UDMF parties boycott Parliament meeting
Published: 12:28 pm Nov 11, 2016
KATHMANDU: Lawmakers of the fringe parties that are constituents of Federal Alliance (FA) and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) boycotted the Parliament meeting on Friday, demanding implementation of the three-point agreement that top leaders of CPN Maoist Centre and Nepali Congress signed with them on the eve of the prime ministerial elections in August. Taking special time at the beginning of today's meeting, Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal's senior leader and former minister Ashok Rai said that FA and UMDF parties would walk out of the House to exert pressure on the government to immediately bring in a Constitution amendment bill. Earlier, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had assured the agitating parties of brining in the bill by mid-November. The Parliament, however, continued its business despite the boycott and resumed discussions on the impeachment motion filed against the chief of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lok Man Singh Karki. READ ALSO House resumes debate on impeachment motion against Karki