Govt ready to redefine major parties

KATHMANDU, Nov 9 - The government is preparing to table a proposal at the Legislature-Parliament in a bid to resolve the differences among the political parties over the definition of ‘major partiess’ as mentioned in the interim constitution, according to CPN-UML General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal.Khanal informed that during his meeting ...

...Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Sunday morning the latter said that the matter will be discussed at the meeting of the Council of Ministers and a proposal will be presented before the house.

The main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) and the fringe parties have been questioning the criteria to call a party a major one since the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) was formed nearly two weeks ago.

PM Dahal is willing to resolve the dispute among the parties concerning the issue of major parties, Khanal said.

The Maoist and UML leaderships discussed the need for the consultations before nomination in the constitutional bodies, the inquiry into the cases of disappeared people and initiating preparations for setting up national restructuring commission during the meeting.

The UML chief said that he asked the PM to be serious towards recent controversial remarks made by Vice President Parmananda Jha.

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