As per the election laws, there should be a new set of local representatives by May 20.

Parties should not create instability by misinterpreting constitutional provisions, leaders and experts say.

The main opposition says the government has failed on all fronts. Accuses the coalition of not taking the UML seriously.

Deuba is in a fix as he feels obliged to coalition partners while he faces pressure from his own party leaders.

Deuba’s coalition partners say they are considering holding the three tiers of election simultaneously.

Proposal to hold general elections in April-May by delaying local level polls, which must be held by that time, has been criticised as being against the system and rule of law.

Some parties in the ruling coalition appear to be in bid to exploit the loopholes to delay local level polls, which have been proposed by the poll body for April-May.

Poll body has proposed April-May for local polls. Coalition partners to meet again to discuss the matter.

A dysfunctional Parliament is unlikely to convene meetings anytime soon amid Covid-19 scare.

At least two parties in his coalition want three tiers of elections in one go. Congress thinks otherwise.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is under pressure to respond to Modi’s statement on India’s road expansion through the territory that Nepal has included in its map.

The agenda of the meeting is to take stock of the preparations for the National Assembly election and to check the updated voter list.

Disputes deepen in Upendra Yadav’s Janata Samajbadi Party and Mahantha Thakur’s Loktantrik Samajbadi Party over key appointments.

UML chair says position remains the same on both issues.

No word from the secretariats of either side on the meeting and what the two leaders discussed.

Covid-19 forces Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to postpone Tuesday’s meeting, just as his key aide Barsha Man Pun’s arrival from China is uncertain.

Rejects alliance with any party in the upcoming elections.

The party has been allotted five seats by the ruling coalition.

Prospects grim for UML. Except in Province 1, ruling alliance controls enough weight to beat the main opposition party.

The Maoist Centre convention is much ado about nothing, as its sole aim was to reinstall Dahal as leader, insiders and observers say.