The main opposition CPN-UML has expressed its dissatisfaction over the government’s move to extend the tenure of the House of Representatives and Province Assemblies. Speaking at a meeting of the Parliament on Tuesday, lawmaker Sher Bahadur Tamang appealed to the government to withdraw a bill to extend the terms of the House of Representatives and Province Assemblies. Saying that the tenure of the House of Representatives and Province Assemblies should be ended after announcing the date of elections, he said the government, however, is hell bent on extending the terms of both the houses.

Similarly, lawmaker Gokul Prasad Baskota said that the government has been trying to extend the terms of the House of Representatives and Province Assemblies putting democracy at stake.

He said that the UML will not support this bill. Lawmaker Baskota said that the tenure of the House of Representatives and Province Assemblies will end on September 17.