Kathmandu, Aug. 13: The High Level Political Committee (HLPC) and the Sanghiya Lokatantrik Morcha (SLM), a consortium of different political parties, are close to an agreement on four out of the six demands put forth by the Morcha in the talks held at the HLPC office Naya Baneshwar today, leaders of both sides said after the talks.     

The HLPC and the Morcha have in principle reached to an agreement on the demands  related to increasing the number of seats of the Constituent Assembly under the proportional representation system by revising the 25-point agreement, extending the time for adding names of the missing voters in the voters' list and not making the HLPC active, HLPC member and  UCPN (Maoist) leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha said.

           

Shrestha said that agreement has not been reached on the Morcha's demand that the Chairman of thje Council of Ministers should resign from the post of Chief Justice and increasing the number of electoral constituencies based on population.        

Morcha spokesperson Prashuram Tamang said the talks were moving forward  on a positive note in a cordial atmosphere and that they have reached  close to an agreement on four out of the six demands put forth by the Morcha. He added that the next round of talks would be held at 5 p.m. tomorrow.     

            Tamang said although the Morcha was positive on taking part in the election, it has not yet decided on this. The Morcha led by Upendra Yadav comprises eight different political parties including  Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal, Rastriya Madhes Sanghiya Party, Loktantrik Nagarik Party and the Rastriya Tharuhat Party.