Even as the seven parties and the Maoists prepare to form the 330-member strong interim parliament, 11 sitting MPs of Lower and Upper House will not be nominated to the new structure given their “pro-regressive” positions in the past.

According to news reports, the eleven MPs will include two each from the Nepali Congress (NC), Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), along with three MPs of the Upper House who were nominated by the King.

The unfortunate eleven MPs include Narayan Singh Pun and Prakash Koirala (of NC); Prem Bahadur Singh and Nar Bahadur Budhathoki (of UML), Buddhiman Tamang and Brajesh Kumar Gupta (of RPP), Badri Mandal and Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav (of NSP) and Roop Jyoti, Yangkila Sherpa and Dev Narayan Chaudhary (royal nominees). Among the 11, most of the MPs were also appointed ministers during the royal regime.

As per the November 8 agreement, interim parliament will have to be formed by November 26. This interim legislature will have 330 members including 209 members of the seven parties and others who are members of the present lower and upper house (excluding those who opposed the people’s movement). Since the Left Front does not have its representation in the current parliament, its representation in the interim parliament would be determined based on understanding. The Maoists will nominate 73 members and 48 members will be nominated from among the sister organizations and professional bodies, oppressed ethnic communities and regions and political personalities.