Top Stories No accord in 7 days may mean no June polls: EC

KATHMANDU, FEB 23 -
The Election Commission ( EC ) on Friday said the government’s plan to hold election s by June 5 may not materialise if political parties fail to hammer out a deal on a new election government within the next seven days.
Only 102 days remain for the June-5 D-day set by a cross-party taskforce of the four major political parties—UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha.
However, key political forces are still divided on the formation of a chief justice-led election government and on outstanding issues related to the election s. Parties have serious differences over the voters’ roll, citizenship and constituency delineation.
“Although we are already engaged in a pre- election campaign, it will not be easy to hold the polls in early June if the parties do not strike an agreement on the election