The voting for the leadership of Parliamentary Comm-ittees has been postponed yet again as parties sought more time for negotiations.

The election was originally set for August 8 before it was postponed for September 2 following the differences among the parties on sharing the leadership of 10 thematic committees. With the parties nowhere near consensus as of Friday, the voting process has once again been pushed back.

Nepal Communist Party, Nepali Congress, Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal are vying for the leaderships of the committees.

The ruling NCP, which holds the majority in all the committees, is willing to give the leadership of Public Accounts Committee to the NC. It is a parliamentary practice worldwide to award the leadership of PAC to the opposition. The NC, however, wants leaderships over at least two more committees besides PAC.

Though the NCP is positive on the demand of the SSF-N, it does not want to grant the leadership of any committees to RJP-N.