Nepal banks on all-party conference to draft constitution on time

<p>Political parties in Nepal will take part in a national conference this Tuesday to try and address contentious issues related to the country’s proposed new constitution.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Leaders of 31 parties represented in the constituent assembly and 33 others who are not hope to find common grounds on the contentious issues of forms of government, federalism, judiciary and electoral system.</span><span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p><p>The move is an attempt to accommodate the 33-party alliance led by Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, a breakaway Maoist faction, which had boycotted last year’s constituent assembly elections.</p>
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