The Local Level Restructuring Commission is preparing  to submit its recommendation report to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal by Tuesday.

LLRC Commissioner Dormani Poudel said the commission was close to finalising the report and that the report would be handed over to the prime minister at his convenient time—either on Monday or Tuesday.

Earlier the government had asked the LLRC to submit its report by mid-November. The deadline, however, was extended by a month at LLRC’s request.

Though the technical committees of the LLRC had submitted their reports, the committees of the eight districts in Province 2 had not been able to do so because of non-cooperation from the agitated Madhes-based parties.

As a solution, the LLRC then decided to prepare the reports after holding consultation with other parties.

But when Nepali Congress lawmakers started calling for going to the respective districts of Province 2 to prepare the report, commission member Sunil Ranjan Singh resigned as the coordinator of Province 2 on Wednesday.

Poudel said the commission has restructured the local bodies of the eight districts in Province 2 based on the recommendations made by the concerned technical committees.

“The commission has incorporated the concerns of all the parties to the extent possible. The technical committees in the districts consulted all the parties that were available before finalising the reports,” he added.

The commission is preparing to fix 13 local level units each in Saptari and Dhanusha, 14 each in Mahottari and Bara, 11 in Parsa, 12 in Siraha, 15 in Rautahat and 16 in Sarlahi.

The regional parties, which support the incumbent government, are objecting to the LLRC’s works.

They have contended that restructuring the local bodies without resolving the ongoing dispute over the provincial boundaries will be pointless.

These parties are also opposed to the existing criteria for local body restructuring. They have demanded that population should be made the sole basis for fixing the numbers of local units.

Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if the prime minister will accept the report in its present form or advise the LLRC to reach out to all political parties for broader acceptance.

“The prime minister wants the report to have broader acceptance,” said Ramesh Malla, prime minister’s personal secretary.