KATHMANDU: The task force meeting to determine the terms of reference for the parliamentary committee to investigate the cooperative fraud case ended without reaching an agreement on Saturday.

Following the inconclusive meeting, the task force members headed straight from the Ministry of Law to the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar.

After the meeting, the leaders went to Baluwatar to meet with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.

Minister of Law Padam Giri informed that the task force members have departed for the Prime Minister’s residence.

According to him, since the task force could not reach an agreement, Prime Minister Dahal called a meeting with top leaders to seek consensus.

The discussion with the Prime Minister includes Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Gagan Thapa, Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak, Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka, and leaders Krishna Sitaula and Gyanendra Karki.

From the ruling CPN-UML side, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure Raghubir Mahaseth and Vice Chairman Bishnu Poudel are attending the meeting.

Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has also reached at Baluwatar.

According to NC Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak, NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba was absent due to illness.

“The Prime Minister called us for discussions, so we came. Our President Deuba is unable to attend it owing to his poor health,” Lekhak told Khabarhub.

UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula, who participated in the task force meeting, said, “The meeting has ended for now. Discussions are ongoing. We are heading to Baluwatar for talks with the Prime Minister.”

He mentioned that the matters discussed in the meeting would be presented to the Prime Minister.

Participants in today’s task force meeting included Law Minister Giri, NC Deputy General Secretary Jeevan Pariyar, lawmaker Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, UML Chief Whip Bartaula, Rastriya Swatantra Party’s Shishir Khanal and CPN-Maoist Center Chief Whip Hit Raj Pandey.