Kathmandu, July 8 -- The Speaker of the House of Representatives has formed a seven-member special committee to investigate the reported tampering with the 'cooling off period' provision in the Federal Civil Service Bill. Nepali Congress lawmaker Jeevan Pariyar has been named the convenor of the committee.

The special committee has two members each from the Nepali Congress and the UML, and one member each from the CPN (Maoist Centre), Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).

The members are Jeevan Pariyar and Sushil Thing from the Nepali Congress; Narayan Prasad Acharya and Ishwari Gharti from the UML; Madhav Sapkota from the Maoist Centre; Ganesh Parajuli from the RSP, and Roshan Karki from the RPP.

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