Ruling coalition partners UCPN (Maoist) and CPN (UML) Monday agreed to extend Constituent Assembly (CA)’s term that expires on May 28 after forging consensus with other political parties.

The meeting between the two parties held at the Maoist parliamentary party office, Singha Durbar took a decision to this effect.

The meeting also decided to hold discussions with opposition parties including Nepali Congress to bring out early budget and take them into confidence on the matter.

It must be noted here that the opposition parties have already submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal cautioning the government against bringing out an early budget by undermining the ongoing processes of constitution drafting and peace.

Emerging from the meeting, Maoist vice-chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha said, “The meeting concluded that there is no alternative left but to extend Constituent Assembly’s term. But the duration will be fixed after consultations with other political parties.”

However, UML senior leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and K.P Oli didn’t show their participation in today’s meeting as they have publicly voiced their concern against CA term extension and government’s decision to come up with early budget. nepalnews.com