Nepal calls April-May elections to end deadlock
- Published: 20 Nov 2012 at 20.47
- Online news: Asia
Nepal's Maoist-led government on Tuesday called polls to elect a new parliament for April or May next year, offering hope for an end to the political deadlock crippling the deeply-divided nation.
Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai answers questions during a press conference in Kathmandu in May 2012. Nepal's Maoist-led government on Tuesday called polls to elect a new parliament for April or May next year, offering hope for an end to the political deadlock crippling the deeply-divided nation.
Elections had originally been earmarked for this week but legal problems and the failure of the country's main political parties to agree on how and when it should take place had led to the plan being dropped.
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