CA elections are now certain, says PM

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has said that with Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi's agreeing to head the election government the country is now headed towards the Constituent Assembly elections.

"The talks between the Chief Justice and the top leaders of the major parties were very positive. The country will soon plunge into the CA elections," he said while speaking after inaugurating the newly constructed conference hall and the Armed Police Force personnel's quarter constructed inside his official residence, Baluwatar, Monday.

"We are confident," said Bhattarai, who was present in the discussion with CJ Regmi earlier today, "We have agreed to address his concerns on the basis of consensus."

According to him, elections will start gaining momentum as soon as the constitutional and legal arrangements to establish the CJ-led government are made. Nepalnews.com