UDMF lawmakers obstructed house meeting

Kathmandu December 6–The Parliament meeting was obstructed by lawmakers of the protesting United Democratic Madhesi Parties (UDMF) on Sunday.

Lawmakers of the protesting parties have been demanding that the House proceedings should not move ahead until their demands were not met.

At the House meeting today, the Parliamentarians chanted slogans against the government to obstruct the Speaker Onsari Gharti from moving ahead with the set agenda.

Before this, Gharti had given time to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa.

The UDMF has been staging demonstrations in various parts of the Tarai-Madhes region, protesting the demarcation of federal units in the Constitution.

The lawmakers have been obstructing the House for last few weeks