Three parties forge consensus on TRC bill

Three major political parties have reached an agreement on concluding the transitional justice process.

A meeting of the taskforce held in Singha Durbar on Thursday forged an agreement on four disputed points, Deputy General Secretary of the CPN (Maoist Center) Janardan Sharma informed.

He said that the agreement reached in the taskforce of three parties so far and the draft prepared by the taskforce till Monday will be handed over to the senior leaders.

Similarly, CPN-UML Chie Whip Mahesh Bartaula said that an agreement has been reached on complex issues such as human rights violations.

He said that the agreement reached in the taskforce will be handed over to the senior leaders and will be submitted to the parliamentary committee. Later, the bill will be tabled in the Parliament.

Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak, UML Chief Whip Bartaula and Maoist Center Deputy General Secretary Sharma were in the taskforce.