Senior leaders of the three major political parties have discussed the appointment of chief justice. Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, main opposition CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, aNepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire have agreed to call a meeting of the Constitutional Council. Nepali Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak said that matters relating to the appointment of chief justice and summoning a meeting of the Constitutional Council were discussed in the meeting.

Oli took the proposal of Prime Minister Dahal’s proposal to call a meeting of the Constitutional Council in a positive way.

He said that the meeting will take place within a few days. The acting chief justice is taking responsibility of the apex court after the lawmakers of the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center) filed an impeachment motion against then Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana. Lekhak said that the meeting also discussed TRC among other bills.