Six parties agree to introduce supplementary amendment bill to resolve CA deadlock

Six parties agree to introduce supplementary amendment bill to resolve CA deadlock
The six parties have agreed to introduce a supplementary amendment bill along with the fifth amendment bill to resolve the deadlock at the Constituent Assembly (CA).

The meeting of the six parties including three parties from the ruling alliance – Nepali Congress (NC), Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and Maoists – and the three Madhesi parties – Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) and Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) – had reached the decision on Tuesday morning.

The supplementary bill will address the demands of the Madhesi parties who have been obstructing the CA meeting asking for the incorporation of Madhes autonomous province, among others, in the constitution amendment bill.

Talking to Nepal FM after the meeting held at Singhdurbar, Rajendra Mahato, chief of NSP, said, "They (three parties) have agreed to bring a supplementary bill to address all our demands. They have formed a team to draft such bill. The team includes Bimalendra Nidhi, Dev Gurung and Bhim Rawal."

Mahato said Madhesi parties will allow resumption of CA meeting if such supplementary bill is introduced. "They might take some time in drafting the bill so the CA meeting could be delayed a bit. But they have agreed to finalise the bill today itself," he said.

The CA meeting has been scheduled to take place at 2 pm, Tuesday.

Mahato claimed that the supplementary bill will address all of their demands