KATHMANDU, May 18 -- Top leaders of three major political parties-Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center) and Rastriya Swatantra Party-have agreed to form a parliamentary probe committee to investigate the cooperative fraud case.

An agreement to this effect was reached at a meeting attended by Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, and Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar on Saturday evening.

However, it is not clear whether the agreement to form the probe committee specifically targets Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Lamichhane. The main opposition party, NC, had been demanding the formation of a par...