Kathmandu: Several rounds of talks between the government and opposition parties today failed to break through the deadlock that has affected regular businesses at the House of Representatives since Friday.

Lawmakers of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), which has been pressing primarily for the resignation or ouster of State Minister Aftab Alam over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a party worker, took control of the well just as the House sat at 5 p.m., forcing Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav to adjourn the Session.

“The House Session has been adjourned till 11 o’clock Wednesday,” Yadav told the Loser Chamber that started amid the main opposition’s uproar over its three principal demands: Alam’s resignation, action against the guilty and the release of its party workers, who are in police custody over their alleged involvement in setting ablaze Alam’s house last week.

“Unless these demands are fulfilled by the government, the House can not run smoothly,” reiterated Raghuji Pant and Suvash Nembang, just as Yadav gave them the permission to speak at the opening.

The UML has maintained that one of its workers had been kidnapped and several others detained by the police under Alam’s instruction after his house was gutted in fire. Police has initiated probe into the incident, in which Alam claims he is the genuine victim. “My house was set ablaze, property looted and the family members had to undergo sufferings,” Alam told reporters after the session was adjourned. “Why should I resign when I am the real victim?”

Alam said the main opposition party’s move to demand his resignation was merely a ploy to get its party workers rescued from detention and possible action in the end. “I shall respect the findings of the police team,” he said.