The special session of the parliament being called by His Majesty the King at the request of the main opposition party the CPN (UML) does not look like it will be beneficial to the UML as it had been expected.

It seems that the UML has lost the seats it had won in Rautahat-4 and Jhapa-6. The seat in Rautahat had been won by Madhav Kumar Nepal and the one in Jhapa by Khadga Prasad Oli. (It has lost also in Morang).

The UML had submitted the proposal for the special session to discuss on the price hike. This move was made to give a fatal blow to what they felt was a divided Nepali Congress government.

But the Nepali Congress MPs seem united to defeat the UML’s move. However, Nepali Congress MPs themselves do not seem satisfied from Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai’s working style.

So, possibly, after the special session of the parliament, Prime Minister Bhattarai might be changed. A homework regarding this has already been initiated.

(Saptahik Janasatta, Saturday, Dec. 11)