ELECTION COMMISSION INVITES BIG THREE LEADERS TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES FOR 22 NOVEMBER VOTE
Kathmandu, 22 July: Election Commission is holding talks Sunday with
talks with the top leaders of the Big Three to discuss alternative for the
for the 22 November constituent assembly (CA) elections declared
unilaterally by government 27 May.
The Commission has invited Maoist Chairman Prachanda, NC President Sushil KOirala and UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal for consultations after government
failed to meet Sunday’s deadline to provide the body responsible for polls
with amendments to an interim constitution and election laws to hold the
vote by the 22 November deadline.
The election by the deadline is now uncertain.
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VIOLENCE MARS LALITPUR BANDH UPDATE
Kathmandu, 22 July: Violence marred Sunday’s Lalitpur bandh with at
least two buses vandalized.
Long and short-haul buses didn’t operate from the town.
Locals are protesting government effort to settle squatters from Thapathali at Sundharighat.
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