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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and National Assembly (NA) Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina held a meeting on Monday. During the meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar, this morning, they discussed the current budget session of the federal Parliament and joint session of the Parliament for the presentation of government's policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year.  

Police on Sunday arrested former deputy prime minister and CPN-UML leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, 11 days after an arrest warrant was issued against him. Rayamajhi had been absconding since May 4 after the Kathmandu District Court issued an arrest warrant against him and his son Sandeep. Police have already apprehended Sandeep for his alleged involvement in the case. According to police, Rayamajhi was detained from Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu at around 9 pm yesterday. “We got information that Rayamajhi came to Kathmandu on Saturday,” a police official involved in the investigation said, adding, “We arrested him on Sunday evening.” The UML secretary is accused of helping forge government documents to send Nepalis to the United States in the guise of Bhutanese refugees. Police have already nabbed Tek Narayan Pandey, the secretary at the Office of the Vice President, and Indrajit Rai, who served as a security adviser to former home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, in connection with the scam. Earlier, police had arrested Sagar Thulung from Morang, Tanka Gurung from Panchthar, and Sandesh Sharma from Dang. Sanu Bhandari, an aide of Rayamajhi, and Keshav Dulal, the former personal secretary of Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala, were also held based on complaints filed by various people.    

Major political parties have agreed to take ahead the transitional justice bill by forming a parliamentary sub-committee. A meeting of the parliamentary party leaders and chief whips of Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) held in Baluwatar on Sunday agreed to form a sub-committee to take ahead the Truth and Reconciliation Bill. CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey said that the meeting focused on making the ongoing Parliament session effective and forming various committees. The meeting also discussed forming the Parliamentary Hearing Committee. Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, Maoist Center Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey, Nepali Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak and UML leader Subash Nembang were present in the meeting.

A meeting between senior leaders and chief whips of three major political parties is underway at the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar on Sunday. Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, main opposition CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and chief whips of three major political parties are holding a discussion on the policy and programs, a Baluwatar source said. Similarly, they are also discussing the effectiveness of the Parliament and policy and programs of fiscal year 2080/81.