With only six weeks left for the mid-term elections, the major political parties-CPN (UML) and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) seem to be hinting that the government must abandon the idea of holding the polls when the prevailing security situation is not favourable.
The Koirala led Congress though is more than eager to go to the election fray. According to party sources the district committees have already recommended the names of the candidates for more than sixty per cent of the seats to the House of Representatives.
The Nepal Sadbhawana party, has announced that it was going to contest for 107 seats to the lower chamber of the parliament. The Deuba led Nepali Congress is yet to warm up for the polls. It has called a gathering of party workers from all over the country on Monday to made public its programmes and policies.
The UML however still seems to be in two minds whether or not it should go to the polls. The Central committee meeting of the party held recently expressed strong reservations regarding the government’s commitment to provide adequate security for the polls. It has constantly been reminding the government that the prevailing security situation is not up to the mark for the holding of elections.
Speaking at a function Friday RPP President Surya Bahadur Thapa said the government must abandon the idea of holding the elections at any cost and should be more concerned about addressing the problems besetting the country.
The undertone of the two parties suggests that they would prefer to opt out of the polls slated for November 13.