Special Committee meet inconclusive

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The Special Committee meeting on Tuesday could not finalize the rehabilitation package proposed by its secretariat as a majority of committee members were absent.



Currently, five members of the eight-member committee -- Dr Ram Sharan Mahat, Dr Minendra Rijal, Ishwor Pokharel, JP Gupta and Jitendra Dev -- are out of the country.[break]

 

The secretariat had submitted a proposal with tentative package for rehabilitation of Maoist combatants in the Special Committee.



The package was supposed to be finalized before Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai left for the Maldives.



The prime minister is returning on Saturday and next meeting of the Special Committee is only possible after the prime minister´s return.



Emerging from the meeting, Special Committee member Bhim Rawal told journalists that the meeting ended with an understanding that the secretariat would continue its works assuming that the rehabilitation package has been approved.



The meeting was supposed to finalize the rehabilitation package on Tuesday.

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