Kathmandu: A parliamentary committee is likely to be formed to probe against Finance Minister Janardan Sharma accused of involving an outsider to alter tax rates in the budget speech just before it was presented before the Parliament.
An official at the Parliament Secretariat said that the names of lawmakers to represent the committee have been sought with the political parties.
The main opposition has been demanding a parliamentary probe against the finance minister accused of committing financial crime to serve interests of certain private sector businesses and business elites.
Earlier today, the CPN (Maoist Center) decided to hold talks with the main opposition party CPN-UML before forming a parliamentary committee.
A meeting of the House of Representatives slated for 11 am today has failed to start after the UML said it will not allow the finance minister to address the parliament.
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