The continued dispute over whether the parties should have the right to issue whip to their Constituent Assembly (CA) members when deciding on important matters has delayed the formulation of regulations, which has, in turn, delayed the beginning of the writing of new constitution.

On Wednesday, too, chairman of CA Subas Nemwang held meeting with leaders of four bigger political parties – Maoists, Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), Nepali Congress (NC) and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF).

“The discussions with the four parties have continued. I consulted with them over the complications,” Nemwang said.

Nemwang hoped that the discussions would soon yield fruits and the regulation will be formulated soon.

Of the bigger parties, NC, Maoists and UML are said to be in favour of party’s right to issue whips on their members. nepalnews.com sd Nov 05 08