The government has formed a high-level panel  under former Chief Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi to investigate the visit-visa scam. Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak speaking in Parliament informed that joint-secretaries of six ministries are the members of the committee. 

The members are: Tirtha Raj Chilwal (Finance Ministry), Aruna Joshi (Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry), Ram Krishna Lamichhane (Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation), Mani Ratna Koirala (Foreign Ministry), Pradip Koirala (Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security) and Ananda Kafle (Home Ministry). 

The Home Minister further said that the committee was formed as per the commitment to take concrete initiative for policy-level, legal and structural reforms in order to resolve visit-visa related problems seen since the past. Earlier, ruling parties and opposition parties had agreed to form a high-level probe committee regarding the visit visa scam, which ended three-week long house disruption. 

Meanwhile, opposition parties—Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party–have expressed their disagreement with the high-level study and probe committee.  Swarnim Wagle of RSP  said the committee formed under a former Chief Secretary is not acceptable to them. He demanded a parliamentary probe committee under coordination of incumbent or former justice.  

Gyan Bahadur Shahi of RPP demanded an investigation covering all 14 home ministers appointed in the last 18 years vis-a-vis the visa scam. “We cannot accept this committee simply because it cannot deliver justice. This matter is above politics and power and action should be taken against all guilty, regardless of their positions,” he argued. The two parties continue to obstruct the Parliament, though CPN (Maoist) seems to have parted ways with them on this issue.