Nepal announces polls in April-May
22 Nov 2012 5:09 AM IST
The crisis-ridden Maoist-led Nepal government on Tuesday announced fresh Constituent Assembly elections in April or May next year, in an attempt to break the political deadlock plaguing the country since last year.
Fresh elections had originally been planned for 22 November, after the 601-member Constituent Assembly was dissolved by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on 27 May, but due to lack of consensus the plan was dropped.
Also on Tuesday Prime Minister Bhattarai accompanied by Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun, reached Rastrapati Bhawan and submitted a budget ordinance of Rs 300.64 billion, for the remaining eight-month period of the current fiscal year, to the president for approval, according to cabinet sources.
Fresh elections had originally been planned for 22 November, after the 601-member Constituent Assembly was dissolved by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on 27 May, but due to lack of consensus the plan was dropped.
Also on Tuesday Prime Minister Bhattarai accompanied by Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun, reached Rastrapati Bhawan and submitted a budget ordinance of Rs 300.64 billion, for the remaining eight-month period of the current fiscal year, to the president for approval, according to cabinet sources.
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