The committee comprising Home Minister Bhim Bahadur Rawal, Maoist leader Barshaman Pun and Nepali Congress leader Dr Ram Sharan Mahat will work out the details and the security arrangements for the program.[break]
According to committee member Dr Minendra Rijal, who is also Minister for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs, political leaders, representatives of diplomatic missions of the UN Security Council members based in Kathmandu, representatives of the expired UNMIN would be invited to attend the program.
The committee will finalize the details by tomorrow and present it to the Special Committee for an approval.
Madhesi parties demand berth in mechanism
Madhesi parties have expressed concern over their exclusion in the six-member mechanism agreed between the government and the UCPN (Maoist).
“We are concerned as there is no representative from the Madhesi parties in the mechanism,” said JP Gupta, a special committee member representing Madhesi People´s Rights Forum, after a meeting of the Special Committee on Wednesday morning. “We should be represented in the mechanism.”
The mechanism comprises of three members each from the Special Committee for Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist combatants and its secretariat.
The meeting on Wednesday was supposed to give final shape to the mechanism but could not after representatives from Madhesi parties on the Special Committee objected the formation of such a mechanism that would not have their representation.
Sources said that the prime minister will discuss the issue with Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal before taking any decision with regard to the demand of the Madhesi parties.
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