Nepal’s four major political forces have struck a deal with an alliance of fringe parties seeking their participation in the forthcoming Constituent Assem-bly elections on November 19.
The high-level Political Committee representing the four major parties — Unified CPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress, CPN-UMl and the United Democratic Madhesi Front — inked a six-point deal with the Federal Democratic Front, an eight-party grouping led by Upendra Yadav of the Madhesi Peoples Rights Forum Nepal, last night. The deal paves the way for the agitating fringe parties to take part in the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections.Number of seats in the CA would be 585 with 240 seats under first-past-the-post system while 335 seats under the proportional one and 10 to be nominated at recommendation of the Council of Ministers.