Ruling allies to announce political committee Tuesday

The major parties in the coalition government have reached a verbal understanding to form the much-awaited political committee that will work as an advisory body for the government.

A meeting of main three ruling parties - CPN (Maoist), CPN (UML) and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) - held at the PM's residence in Baluwatar on Monday decided to form the committee by Tuesday.

The parties had agreed to form such a committee during the formation of the government.

According to the initial agreement, CPN (Maoist) will be represented by Barsha Man Pun and Dev Gurung, UML by Madhav Kumar Nepal and Bhim Rawal while Upendra Yadav and Sarad Singh Bhandari will represent the MJF.

Representations from other smaller parties have not been decided. nepalnews.com ia Dec 01 08