‘Understanding’ on Constitution broken, general strike on in Nepal

A day after claiming that they reached “understanding” on three of the four major contentious subjects of the new Constitution, Nepal’s political parties on Monday did not reach an agreement on them. Mr. Dahal said the opposition parties would be willing to go for the process on the disputed issue model of governance if there was an agreement on state restructuring. Meanwhile, the younger MPs from the ruling parties asked Constituent Assembly Chairman Subas Nembang to call the meeting of the Assembly to take the process forward. Mr. Nembang assured them that while efforts to forge consensus by the parties was on, he would convene a meeting of then CA and begin the formal process by midnight Monday if necessary.