A meeting of the top leaders of the major political parties, Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chief whips ended inconclusively on Tuesday. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Speaker Devraj Ghimire and chief whips among others were present in the meeting held in Baluwatar this morning. A Baluwatar source said that the next meeting will be held in Singha Durbar at 1 pm on April 14.

Though the leaders have agreed to make the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) among other bills ‘widely acceptable’, they have decided hold discussions on matters of the TRC bill and its procedures again, it has been learnt.

The leaders have also agreed to decide on the leadership and representation of joint committees and other committees on the basis of consensus. UML Chief Whip Padam Giri, CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Whip Hit Raj Pandey, Nepali Congress lawmaker Ishwori Neupane, Attorney General Dinmani Pokharel, former Attorney General Ramesh Badal also took part in the meeting. After the main opposition rejected the government’s proposal to take the TRC bill ahead through fast track, the government has not taken forward the proposal yet.