Although the largest party in the CA, Nepali Congress, which has been claiming over the leadership of a new government, has received support in writing from just 13 parties until Saturday,  the formation of a consensus government appears slim as the country is now headed for a majority-based government. 

Before going to the President's Office on Sunday to request him to make a call for a majority government, according to Article 38 (2) of the Interim Constitution, the NC is convening all party meeting again on Sunday to seek more support from parties in a last ditch effort to forge agreement on consensus government.

Seven more parties have committed to extend support in written form to NC on Sunday, said NC spokesperson Dilendra Badu. Though the parties have extended support for consensus-based government, but they will not be the part of the government most likely to be led by NC President Sushil Koirala.

" The exact nature of the modality of the new government will be fixed on Sunday," said Badu. 

NC is of view that if Koirala can not be the PM of consensus-based government, he can be seen as unanimous prime minister. 

No party opposed on Koirala's name so that he is unanimous for PM's candidate, said Badu. An all party meeting called on Saturday did not gave any clear mandate for NC to lead consensus-based government as top leaders from CPN-UML were absent and another third largest party in CA, UCPN (Maoist), did not send any representative.

The fourth largest party in the CA, Rastriya Prajatanra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) said in written that the party will stay in opposition and will support or criticise the government after looking its acts but extend support to Koirala-led government. 

The UCPN (Maoist) skipped the meeting while few fringe parties said they prefer to stay out of the government.  As only 13 of 22 parties attending the meeting consented the NC to lead consensus government in written the parties later agreed to sit for Sunday in their last ditch effort to try to endorse Koirala as new PM through consensus.

Leaders attending the meeting said if the parties fail to collect written agreements from all 30 parties representing the new CA, process of majority government formation will begin from Sunday onwards. 

"If all 30 parties consent their support to NC to lead national unity government we will inform the president accordingly”," UML leader Subash Nemwang said adding "If not, the process of forming majority government will proceed ahead."