CHITWAN: Nepali Congress Genera Secretary Prakash Man Singh has claimed that there is no alternative to holding Constituent Assembly elections on November 19.

addressing party cadre meet here in Ratnanagar, Singh said that only CA elections can secure democracy and fate of Nepalese people in the years ahead.

He stressed on the need of all political parties to participate in the CA elections and urged all the dissenting parties to join them. He said that the major political parties were ready to negotiate on all other demands of the dissenting parties other than deferring CA election date and dissolving the incumbent government.

The EC is committed to fulfilling its duty of holding the CA poll if the parties move ahead by joining hands together with full commitment to hold the election by mid-June, Secretary at EC Narayan Gopal Malego said.

However, the major political parties are yet to strike a deal to form the Chief Justice-led election government though they have agreed in principle for the same.

EC’s official’s such statement comes just after some leaders of major political parties are saying that mid-June poll was not possible due to some legal and constitutional hindrances.

A meeting of these two parties also participated by another lead third party- CPN UML- trailed out in a fiasco after the two large parties reiterated claims on the leadership of the consensus government.

These parties got to discussion at the Peace Ministry inside Singhadurbar premises following the President’s call for forming consensus government within seven days on Friday.

Though the President’s call remained highly contended among the opposition and ruling parties, they nevertheless have started discussion on the leadership of the consensus government.

Exiting the meeting, NC Vice President Ram Chandra Paudel said that differences persisted between NC and UCPN Maoist over the government leadership and claimed that they have agreed to continue discussions on Sunday also.

UCPN Maoist Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal said that his party was ready to adopt flexibility on government leadership if other parties were ready to seal the deal in a package.

Along with Dahal, the meeting was also attended by UCPN Maoist vice chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha, PM Baburam Bhattarai, NC President Sushil Koirala, CPN UML Chairman Jhalnath Khanal and his deputy Bamdev Gautam.