Regmi can enjoy current post without resigning from CJ, Mahantha says

BIRATNAGAR: Chairman of the Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Mahantha Thakur, has said Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi need not resign from the post of Chief Justice.

Talking to journalists at Biratnagar Airport today he said Regmi can continue t he current job without resigning from the CJ.

Thakur was of the view that there should not be a provision of threshold of vote for ensuring the representation of fringe political parties, indigenous nationalities, women, and all people in the Constituent Assembly elections.

He claimed that the political parties have made no agreement regarding the threshold of vote and registration of candidacy by a person, who is convicted of criminal case, to participate in the CA election.