By Our Reporter

In a rare meeting after the formation of the present government led by KP Sharma Oli, the top leaders of the three major parties—NC, UML and the Maoist Centre held a meeting on Monday.

Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had been avoiding to meet PM Oli since he stepped down from power on July 14 last year.

But on Monday, Dahal reached Singh Durbar and held a meeting with PM Oli and NC president Sher Bahadur Deuba.

As briefed to the media after the meeting, the meeting of the three leaders agreed to form a search committee to recommend the chairperson and members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons.

Accordingly, the government, through a cabinet decision on Monday evening decided to continue the committee led by Om Prakash Mishra, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to recommend appointments for two transitional justice commissions.

Talking with the media after the meeting, Prime Minister’s expert advisor Agni Kharel said, “The meeting was held as called by the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The discussion was focused on concluding the remaining tasks of the peace process, particularly the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons.”

Besides, three top leaders, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Maoist Centre leader Shakti Basnet, Kharel and others were present in the meeting.

However, the three leaders might have discussed other issues including the increasing activities of former King Gyanendra in the rare meeting under the cover of discussing the TRC issue. When the three leaders were busy holding the meeting in Singha Durbar, rumours spread the that government was arresting the former king. But instead, the cabinet meeting sacked the Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Kulman Gishing in the evening.  It was also rumoured that CPN Maoist Centre chair Dahal also allowed the government to sack Ghising because of the latter's growing popularity among the masses.