- Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Kathmandu, June 2: Today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) has been adjourned until Monday after the opposition parties continued their protest, preventing the House to take up its business.
In the meeting, which started three hours later than scheduled, the main opposition and other opposition parties stated that no agreement could be reached on nationality, sovereignty, and integrity, and they expressed that the Prime Minister should withdraw his statement.
Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal had repeatedly urged opposition parties to enter the agenda and provide support. He requested to the protesting lawmakers to cooperate to him in conducting the meeting as it was necessary to discuss important matters including the budget.
The meeting has been postponed to Monday, June 8, at 11am after opposition party MPs continuously protested, refusing the Speaker’s request.
In today’s meeting, Speaker Aryal read out the letter received from the President’s office, regarding the certification of the bill. Earlier, Nepali Congress MP Abhishek Prasad Sah requested to confirm the position presented by Prime Minister Balendra Shah in the HoR concerning the Nepal–India border.
He informed that a protest note had been registered in the House on this matter on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
MP Harka Raj Rai of the Shram Sanskriti Party pointed out that all MPs share the same view on protecting the country’s sovereignty and integrity.
Similarly, Khushbu Oli of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party argued that since the prime minister is not a person but an institution, it is not acceptable to make such wrong opinion from such institution. She opined that no one can compromise on the issues of country border, sovereignty, and integrity.
Likewise, Yubaraj Dulal of Nepali Communist Party stressed that the speech made by the prime minister, guardian of the nation, on the issue of border should be based on fact.
Stating that they are clear that the parliament business should be run in a smooth manner, Dulal demanded to make public the opinion of the ruling parties on the issue.
Ganesh Singh Thagunna of the CPN (UML) viewed that border dispute and encroachment are separate issues, adding no one can compromise on the issue of country’s geographical integrity and sovereignty.
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The meeting of the National Assembly (NA) has been adjourned until 12:15pm on coming Wednesday without proceeding to its scheduled agenda.
The adjournment was announced by the NA Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal after the parliamentarians obstructed the proceedings of the meeting raising objections over remarks made by Prime Minister Balendra Shah regarding border issues in the HoR meeting on last Sunday.
As soon as the meeting commenced, several NA members expressed disagreement with the Prime Minister’s statement delivered in the House of Representatives concerning Nepal’s border situation.
They argued that parliamentary proceedings could not continue until the matter was addressed.
NA Chairperson Dahal repeatedly urged parliamentarians allow the House business to move forward, noting that several important issues were pending on the agenda.
Despite his appeals, parliamentarians maintained their objections resulting in the adjournment of the meeting.
Among the scheduled agenda of the Upper House for today’s meeting was reading of a letter received from the Office of the President regarding the authentication of a bill.
Furthermore, Minister for Finance Dr Swarnim Wagle was scheduled to present a proposal seeking general deliberations on the government’s annual revenue and expenditure estimates for the fiscal year 2083/84 BS.
The Finance Minister was also expected to table a proposal for consideration of the ‘Alternative Development Finance Mobilization Bill, 2082 BS’ that was received from the HoR along with a message.
Earlier in the NA’s meeting, lawmaker Padam Bahadur Pariyar commented on the PM’s statement had raised question about national sovereignty and thus called on the PM to appear before the parliament with evidence explaining which areas of Nepal’s land had allegedly been encroached upon (by India) and to what extent. Likewise, another lawmaker Ghanashyam Rijal had also voiced disagreement with the Prime Minister’s remarks.
Similarly, Roshani Meche had asserted that Nepal had never encroached on even an inch of another country’s territory.
Echoing similar concern, Tul Prasad Bishwokarma mentioned that ‘using land’ and ‘encroaching on a border’ are fundamentally different issue and thus demanded further clarification on the matter.
Meanwhile, lawmaker Mahanta Thakur had argued that even if Nepal had used some land belonging to India, it should not automatically be described as encroachment.
He also cited that the Indian forces long have been stationed in Limpiyadhura and Lipulek, which Nepal claims as its territory, and Indian side have been encroaching these territories.
He cautioned that the Prime Minister’s remark in the parliament could further complicate efforts to resolve the Nepal-India border dispute.
It may be noted that PM Shah had remarked about land usage along the Nepal-India border, saying, ‘in some places, land currently used and occupied by Nepal may fall on the Indian side while land currently under India’s use and occupation may lie on the Nepal’s side’ in parliament while responding to queries of the lawmakers. —
