KATHMANDU: The Parliament Secretariat on Tuesday postponed the House meeting called for 1 pm today till next Sunday, January 8.

Issuing a notice, the Parliament's Secretariat Manohar Prasad Bhattarai informed that the meeting could not be held today due to special reasons.

The House has not been able to conduct its meetings smoothly for over a month following the repeated obstruction from the opposition parties including CPN-UML. Obstruction began since November 29 after the registration of the Constitution amendment bill by the ruling coalition.

The obstruction began on November 29 after the registration of the Constitution amendment bill by the ruling coalition.

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Meanwhile, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said the Parliament meeting was postponed for January 8 as the political parties demanded some more days citing the latest decision on the Constitution amendment bill given by the Supreme Court calls for intense discussions among the parties.

Talking to journalists after issuing the notice of House meeting postponement today, Speaker Gharti said, "The leaders have gradually softened themselves following the Supreme Court decision. The hardened stances that were seen among the parties before had disappeared. The mood is one of 'let us all come to a compromise' and the court verdict has created a positive environment."

(With inputs from the Rastriya Samachar Samiti)