Both the parties have requested the other fringe parties to support their idea of six provinces in a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar today with CPN-ML, Rastriya Janamorcha, among other parties.

NC and UML believe that the UCPN (M)-led alliance can be brought into their agenda of six provinces if there is an agreement amongst the ruling parties regarding the same.

Prior to this, NC had officially proposed two alternatives with seven provinces while the CPN-UML had also been advocating for seven provinces. Of late, both the ruling parties have come to a common ground regarding the number of federal provinces.

Chitra Bahadur KC, Chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha, informed that the NC and UML asked for his support regarding their six-state model during the meeting.