Another extension?

The political parties have not been able to find a common ground for formation of a the new government, even with the deadline expiring tomorrow. However, they appear to be in agreement to extend the Constituent Assembly's term again, by three months.

A meeting of government coalition partners held at the official residence of the prime minister in Baluwatar on Tuesday agreed to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly (CA) by three months.

Prime Minister, Jhala Nath Khanal, called the meeting to discuss the issue as the extended three month period of the CA is expiring on 31 August.

PM’s press advisor, Surya Thapa, said the parties agreed to extend the CA term by three months, though different proposals were put forth in the meeting by the parties.

He said efforts were made to forge consensus in this regard after tabling the proposal in a meeting of major three political parties.

At the meeting, representatives of all government coalition partners were present.