Speaker Gharti consults bigwigs on regulations, budget session

KATHMANDU: Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar today met leaders of major political parties to discuss the commencement of budget session at the Parliament.

Gharti had invited Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at her office in Singhadarbar to urge them to make the upcoming House session effective.

The meeting was held to discuss priorities of the budget which would be announced in the session next month.

Speaker Gharti also discussed different issues of new Parliamentary Regulations that have been in dispute lately.

Earlier, Speaker Gharti had met Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and sought his help to end the deadlock over the issue.

The budget session of the Parliament is beginning on Tuesday.