Election for CC head taking place
Election for the post of chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the Constituent Assembly is taking place Friday afternoon.
Nilamber Acharya from Nepali Congress and Narayan Kaji Shrestha from the Unified CPN (Maoist) are contesting for the post.
The election are held after the three largest parties in the constituent assembly failed to reach consensus on a common candidate.
The election earlier scheduled for August 17 was postponed by CA chairman Subas Chandra Nemwang for today after parties asked time to find a common candidate.
Earlier, the Maoists had said they would field Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai for the post. However, they changed the decision at the last moment.
The position of CC chairman has been vacant since the erstwhile chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal got elected to the post of Prime Minister in May.
The process of constitution drafting has been adversely affected due to the delay in selectin gthe chairman of the major committee of the CA.
Nilamber Acharya from Nepali Congress and Narayan Kaji Shrestha from the Unified CPN (Maoist) are contesting for the post.
The election are held after the three largest parties in the constituent assembly failed to reach consensus on a common candidate.
The election earlier scheduled for August 17 was postponed by CA chairman Subas Chandra Nemwang for today after parties asked time to find a common candidate.
Earlier, the Maoists had said they would field Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai for the post. However, they changed the decision at the last moment.
The position of CC chairman has been vacant since the erstwhile chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal got elected to the post of Prime Minister in May.
The process of constitution drafting has been adversely affected due to the delay in selectin gthe chairman of the major committee of the CA.
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