Nepal to hold Constituent Assembly polls in November

Nepals eight ruling parties today agreed to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections by the third week of November this year.

Kathmandu, May 31 : Nepal's eight ruling parties today agreed to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections by the third week of November this year.

At a meeting, the coalition government decided that Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala will fix the exact elections date after consulting the Election Commission (EC).

"We have agreed to hold the Constituent Assembly elections by the end of November and the eight party leaders have given the responsibility to the government to fix the date," BBC quoted Ramchandra Poudel, Nepal's Peace And Reconstruction Minister, as telling a foreign news agency.

The CA polls were earlier scheduled for June, but were postponed after the EC expressed its inability of holding it due to lack of preparation time.

According to nepalnews.com, Maoists were not too happy with the decision, as they felt the elections might not happen till the monarchy is there.

"The Maoists have not written note of dissent on today's decision. They say they support the decision to hold the elections in Mangsir (by third week of November) but have expressed some reservations," said Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, leader of Nepali Congress (Democratic) after the meeting.

ANI