Kathmandu, March 7 -- Internal discord within the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is an open secret. The differences among commissioners have been public on several occasions in the past.

It repeated on Thursday. Seven months after the constitutional human rights watchdog submitted a draft bill of its new Act, the commission, together with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), held an interaction on the day to collect feedback to make the bill more comprehensive.

However, a member, Mihir Thakur, revealed his reservation over the bill, which Chairperson Top Bahadur Magar had to clarify. On September 3, 2024, the commission decided to forward the draft bill to the PMO. Thakur said while sending the bill, he had registered a seven-poi...