Khanal, a member of the HLPM, was scheduled to arrive home from Haridwar, India on Sunday. Accordingly, the top leaders of the three parties -- Nepali Congress, UCPN (Maoist) and the UML -- had earlier agreed to meet on Monday. [break]
According to NC leader Krishna Sitaula, the HLPM meeting will take place Tuesday as Khanal arrived home on Monday afternoon. The time of the meeting has been set for 9 a.m.
The meeting will discuss in detail about including other party leaders in HLPM in the wake of Madhesi parties demanding their representation in the mechanism.
NC President Girija Prasad Koirala and the Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal have already agreed to include prime minister as invitee member in the mechanism.
The Maoists had initially opposed the idea of including the prime minister in the body, alleging that the prime minister is solely responsible for the political deadlock in the country.
The top leaders of the big three parties on January 8 had formed the HLPM with NC President Koirala as chairman. Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and UML Chairman Khanal are members of the body.
The mechanism is entrusted with taking the ongoing peace process to a logical conclusion, helping draft the new constitution within the stipulated date and ending the political deadlock by resolving differences among parties.
Various fringe parties in the government have cast doubts over the functioning of the HLPM, saying it could act to infringe upon the jurisdiction of the government.
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