Parties inch closer on parliamentary probe of cooperatives scam

Leaders say Nepali Congress agreed to avoid the mention of Rabi Lamichhane in panel’s terms of reference.

Three major political parties—the Nepali Congress, the CPN-UML and the Rastriya Swatantra Party—appear to be inching closer to setting up a parliamentary committee to investigate the multi-billion-rupee cooperatives scam. But they are still grappling with specifics of the terms of reference for the committee that is supposed to look into the crisis affecting over a dozen credit cooperatives across the country.