UCPN (M) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal, organising a press conference at a hotel in Naya Baneshwor in the morning, accused Prime Minister Sushil Koirala of being actively engaged in spoiling the climate for consensus. He also clarified that the vandalism and violence by Constituent Assembly members from his alliance were not planned. Chairperson Dahal stated…

The Constituent Assembly meeting that had been adjourned the previous day because of the attack by Constituent Assembly members from the opposition was called for 1 PM today, but the meeting did not start at the scheduled time. Instead, UML standing committee meeting started at 1 PM. Calling the UCPN (M)-led coalition attack in the…

There was a meeting between UML chairperson KP Sharma Oli and UCPN (M) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal in the morning as scheduled in the meeting of the main three parties the previous day. Though both the leaders stated the talks had been positive, there was neither agreement on the disputed issues of the constitution nor…

Despite talks, both ruling coalition and opposition parties were not certain of reaching a consensus. Therefore, they followed their own strategies. The opposition parties were in favour of letting the deadline elapse, but the ruling coalition was in favour of entering the procedural phase as soon as possible. This led to a long list of…

As the date for promulgating the constitution on January 22 was nearing and still there was no consensus among the parties, the President Yadav expressed concern about constitution-drafting. He met the leaders of the ruling coalition, Congress and UML, and main opposition UCPN (M) and Tarai-Madhes-centred parties separately and suggested to reach a consensus quickly…