Kathmandu, Nepal: As the leaders of the agitating Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJPN) remained adamant on their stand that they would not participate in the second phase of local polls unless their key demands were met, the political parties, particularly the government allies, are holding ‘serious discussions’ to formulate the future strategy.
The ruling head Nepali Congress and the UCPN Maoist center are in internal discussion after the RJPN leaders on Saturday made their stand clear that they would not participate in the elections but launch a strike to foil the scheduled elections if their demands are not addressed before the scheduled local level elections by amending the constitution.
During a meeting with the leaders of the government allies including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday, the RJPN leaders had rejected the government and its allies’ appeal to anticipate in the elections though the former had expressed their commitment to amend the constitution after the elections. The government allies had also rejected the RJPN leaders’ request to postpone the scheduled local level elections.
It is said that the government allies are set to hold a discussion with the main opposition CPN UML to be clear about its bottom line over the demand of the RJPN. As the constitution could not be amended sans of UML support, the government allies are going to request UML to help to amend the constitution to participate the agitating RJPN in the elections.
