After the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre) stood firm on not letting the Legislature-Parliament endorse three subsidiary bills related to the fiscal budget until a decision on a no-confidence motion filed by the two parties is taken, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar postponed Friday’s scheduled House meeting until July 21.

The House is scheduled to discuss the no-trust motion on July 21.

Earlier in the morning, the Central Working Committee meeting of the Maoist Centre had decided to block the endorsement of the three major bills related to the budget until there is a decision on the no-trust motion through voting.

As many as 281 lawmakers from the NC, the Maoist Centre and CPN (Samyukta) registered the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday, a day after the Maoist Centre decided to pull out of the government.

While the governing parties were for endorsing the Financial Bill, Bill to Raise Public Debt and Loan and Guarantee Bill related to the budget for the next fiscal year on Friday, the opposition parties were against it.

A Parliament meeting called on Wednesday was also postponed until Friday.

Although the Appropriation Bill has been endorsed, the three bills are yet to be passed yet.

The new fiscal year begins on Saturday.

For the last three days, Speaker Magar has been in consultation with the whips of the ruling and opposition parties to find a point of compromise. After failing to reach any agreement, Speaker Magar on Friday postponed the House meeting as per the demand of the opposition parties.

“The Speaker’s decision to postpone the House meeting shows that she has worked at the behest of her party, the Maoist Centre,” said Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal’s Chief Whip Dilnath Giri.

But the Speaker’s advisers disagree.

They claimed that she had to take the decision after her several attempts to find a point of compromise between the ruling and opposition parties failed.

“There are precedents… other businesses enter Parliament only after a decision is taken on a no-confidence motion,” said Babin Sharma, press adviser to Speaker Magar, adding that the Speaker was only following rule.

Bharat Gautam, spokesperson for the Parliament Secretariat, said that voting on the no-confidence motion will take place after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli answers to lawmakers’ queries.

“The date of voting will depend on the number of lawmakers taking part in the discussion,” Gautam told the Post. “However, it is highly likely that it will take place on July 22.”

With the Madhes-based parties formally announcing to vote in favour of the no-confidence motion, the NC-Maoist alliance holds a comfortable majority needed to oust the Oli government.