“We waited for them (Maoist representatives) till now [for an hour] but they did not come,” said Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Rakam Chemjong. [break]
When asked why they did not attend the meeting, Chemjong said, “We don´t know.”
Chemjong said at least one representative each from Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Madhesi People´s Rights Forum (MPRF), MPRF (D) and Tarai Madhes Democratic Party were present for the meeting.
Maoist representatives -- Barshaman Pun and Janardan Sharma -- were not available for comments.
Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire said the committee will meet Thursday.
The meeting was supposed to take decision on bringing the 19,602 Maoist combatants under the command of the special committee headed by the prime minister besides discussing the plan of action on integration and rehabilitation of the combatants.
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