KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said the fresh CA elections would be held by mid-June after a deal among the major political parties within two days. However, such deal as claimed by Prime Minister are not likely as the opposition parties have been taking to the streets for anti-government demonstrations saying that the current Maoist-led government was practising totalitarianism in the country.

The Prime Minister also claimed to hold the fresh CA polls by his government. “Talks among the parties are underway and consensus will be forged within one/two days. We are very near to consensus. My government will hold the CA elections,” the Prime Minister said inaugurating a program organized by the anti-corruption body Commission for the Investigation of Abuse and Authority in the capital today.

The Prime Minister, who is also the chief of the constitutional council, said that he was not able to make appointments in the CIAA despite his wishes. “The government brought an ordinance but that was not endorsed and failed to make appointments in the CIAA,” he said. The CIAA is marking its 22nd establishment day by organizing various programs across the country today.

UCPN (Maoist) leader Amik Shrechan said political consensus should be forged within a week to hold the elections by June and the fresh date should be fixed on the basis of consensus among the parties.

However, the opposition political parties have decided to take to the streets to topple the Bhattarai-led government ruling out any kind of political consensus until this government remains in power.

Political consensus was elusive due to opponent parties’ politics of prohibition, Shrechan said at the press meet organized by the Revolutionary Journalists’ Association in Myagdi today.

He also reiterated the Maoist’s stance of promulgating the new constitution by incorporating the agreed issues in the dissolved constitute assembly.