The main opposition CPN-UML has decided to oppose the impeachment motion filed against Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana.

A Secretariat meeting of the party held on Sunday evening concluded that the ruling coalition parties registered the impeachment motion to weaken the democracy, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel said.

He said that the Parliamentary Party meeting scheduled for Monday will take further decisions on the issue.

As many as 98 lawmakers from the ruling parties--Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist)--filed the impeachment motion this afternoon.

The UML will hold the Central Secretariat meeting on Monday to discuss the impeachment motion registered by the ruling parties against the Chief Justice.

"We have taken it not only as an attack on the court but also an attack on the democracy as a whole and an attack on the sovereignty of the Nepali people," he said. 

Leader Pokharel said that this is a conspiracy to push the local level elections.