By Our Reporter The meeting of the House of Representatives was postponed again due to inability of the ruling Nepal Communist Party to pick its candidate of Speaker. The post of Speaker has remained vacant since early October after Krishna Bahadur Mahara stepped down following attempted rape allegations. Although the ruling Nepal Communist Party leadership decided to ask Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe to resign to initiate the election process, she has been rejecting that as she has staked her claim to the Speaker’s post. If she does not resign, the NCP is likely to lose Speaker to other parties, because constitutionally speaker and deputy speaker should be from different parties. When the party leadership failed to decide on Speaker, the House which was to endorse a number of important bills has become a hostage for weeks. The House has been put off till January 20.