Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to move ahead with the constitution-drafting process after the agitating political parties did not show up for talks.
The three major political parties postponed constitution-drafting for two days, keeping the doors open for talks with the agitating parties regarding delineation of federal states in the constitution.
"The dialogues couldn’t move ahead even though we halted the process. So we have decided to move ahead while keeping the doors open for dialogue," said NC Chief Whip Chin Kaji Shrestha.
The CPN-UML has also urged all its lawmakers to continue with constitution-drafting. CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli urged all the lawmakers at a CPN-UML's Parliametary meeting not to to walk away from the process.
The meeting between the three political parties scheduled for today could not take place, however, after the meeting with the agitating parties failed to materialize.
Meanwhile representatives of the Tharuwan-Tharuhat Joint Struggle Committee met with the Prime Minister this morning. According to one of the representatives, Raj Kumar Lekhi, although unofficial talks ended on a positive note, official talks are yet to be held.
"We will not begin official talks unless our seven-point demands are met," said Lekhi, adding, "the Prime Minister has said he will send us an official letter."