UPDATE MEETING OF BIG THREE, MADESHBADI MORCHA LEADERS MEET ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY Kathmandu, 17 Feb.: A meeting of leaders of the Big Three and Madesh Morcha was inconclusive Sunday. The meet resumes Monday morning. A eight-member task force of the parties and Morcha had yet to complete work on a framework for conditions to form an election government headed by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi, NC Vice President Ram Chandra Paudel said. Regmi Sunday presented seven pre-conditions to take up the assignment. To lead an election government. Nnnn LIGHTNING KILLS THREE IN MAKWANPUR Kathmandu, 17 Feb. Three persons, including two females, were killed by lightning Sunday in Makwanpur. Sujan Moktan, Ashamaya Moktan and Anupa Thing of Kankada VDC-5 were killed, police said. nnnn NC PRE-CONDITIONS FOR ELECTION GOVT. UPDATE Kathmandu, 17 Feb.: The meeting of the central office bearers of the Nepali Congress has alerted the party leadership against compromising on democratic norms and values while forming the election government, RSS reports.. The meeting held at the residence of party President Sushil Koirala on Sunday stressed the need of a consensus in package in adherence to the principle of separation of power to ensure the elections. Spokesperson of the party, Dilendra Prasad Badu, said the NC finally agreed to the leadership of the Chief Justice in view of the impartiality of the Supreme Court, although it had kept the door open for all options for government leadership. According to him, some office bearers in the meeting said the CJ should be made the prime minister only after his resignation. Similarly, they demanded that the party discuss the package deal on government formation, to be developed by the four-party taskforce, in the central working committee. nnnn