A meeting of the top five parties called by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to resolve the impasse regarding elections for the formation of National Assembly ended inconclusively on Friday.

PM Deuba had called the meeting of Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre), Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N) and Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal (SSFN) at his official residence in Baluwatar at 11 am this morning.

The ordinance regarding the formation of National Assembly that was sent to the President’s office for authentication has been on hold following disputes among the political parties.

The top leaders, during the meeting, stuck their respective stances resulting in indecisive conclusion of the meeting. However, the leaders have expressed their commitment to find a way to resolve the crisis through continued dialogue.

At the meeting, PM Deuba urged the leaders to agree on the ordinance forwarded by the government to the President’s office. To which, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli expressed serious reservation stating that the single transferable vote system was unconstitutional.

Meanwhile, RJP-N presidium member Manahta Thakur and SSFN Chairman Upendra Yadav had agreed on the ordinance sent by the government.

Present in the meeting were CPN-UML Chairman Oli, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Presidium Coordinator of the RJP-N Thakur and SSFN Chairman Yadav, among other leaders.