Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba have reached CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli’s residence in Balkot on Monday. They have reached Balkot to discuss the TRC bill among other contemporary political issues with Oli. PM Dahal, who is also the Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center), has reached Balkot for the first time after he left the alliance led by the UML.

Though the three senior leaders had held meetings for two times at the initiatives of Speaker Ghimire earlier, they could not reach a conclusion.

Though the leaders had agreed to make the TRC among other bills justifiable and widely acceptable, they are yet to decide on the issues and procedures. The whips of three political parties have also reached Balkot to take part in the meeting. Breaking the then five-party alliance, Dahal was appointed as the prime minister on December 25 by forging an alliance with the UML. The alliance with the UML broke down after the Maoist Center decided to support the Nepali Congress in the presidential election. Later, the UML recalled the ministers and withdrew the support extended to the Dahal-led government. Now, the UML is playing the role of main opposition in the Parliament. After the main opposition opposed the government’s proposal to fast-tracking the transitional justice bill, the government has not moved the bill ahead.