The special probe committee of the House of Representatives has decided to record former Finance Minister Janardan Sharma's statement on Thursday.

The committee, which had grilled former finance secretaries and a journalist of the Annapurna Post who had published the news, has decided to record the statement of former Minister Sharma tomorrow.

Sharma is accused of inviting two unauthorized persons to tweak tax rates a day before he presented the budget in the Parliament on May 29.

He has been summoned at 8 am tomorrow, committee secretary Surendra Aryal said.

Aryal said that the term of the committee will expire tomorrow.

"The term will expire tomorrow. Discussions have been held to extend the time," he said.