Kathmandu: All ministers in Nepal Cabinet resigned en masse tonight as part of a power sharing deal.
The move is last ditch attempt to pave way for the formation of a national consensus government to resolve the current political crisis in the country ahead of the May 27 deadline to draft the new Constitution.
The ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai at the Secretariat of the Special Committee where the agreement was discussed and signed, the Republica.com reported.
Mr Bhattarai will form a new coalition government including members of the main Opposition parties, officials said. However, no date for the formation of the new government was announced.
The assembly was elected in 2008 with a mandate to draft the document within two years, but the deadline has been repeatedly extended amid little progress.
The move is last ditch attempt to pave way for the formation of a national consensus government to resolve the current political crisis in the country ahead of the May 27 deadline to draft the new Constitution.
The ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai at the Secretariat of the Special Committee where the agreement was discussed and signed, the Republica.com reported.
Mr Bhattarai will form a new coalition government including members of the main Opposition parties, officials said. However, no date for the formation of the new government was announced.
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The assembly was elected in 2008 with a mandate to draft the document within two years, but the deadline has been repeatedly extended amid little progress.
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