In Nepal, the government has registered a Bill in the Parliament Secretariat on Sunday to shorten the procedure for promulgation of the new Constitution. Law Minister Brajesh Kumar Gupta registered the Bill to make amendments to Article 70 of the interim Constitution. With only thirty-six days to go before the deadline of promulgating the new Constitution, the political parties had agreed last week to shorten the procedure.

Meanwhile, the three main parties, UCPN ( Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN-UML alongwith the Madhesi Alliance, Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha are holding another round of talks this evening in a bid to find a common ground in the disputed issues in the constitution.

The parties have already held two rounds since the morning. Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Chairman, Raj Kishore Yadav said that the parties have been holding, bilateral ,trilateral and meetings within the parties. 

While the meeting of the Constitutional Committee which was to meet on Sunday was deferred on the request of leaders who said that political parleys are on to find consensus on the disputed issues.