KATHMANDU: The election for the Constitutional Committee chairman has been postponed to August 28. Speaker Subhas Nembang will be making an official announcement in the Constitutional Assembly meeting scheduled for later on Sunday. The chief whips of the three big parties-Nepali Congress, UCPN-Maoist and CPN UML met the CA chairman on Saturday and requested the postponement the election date. Nembang had called a meeting of the Parliamentary Business Advisory Committee on Sunday at 9 am and discussed the demands of the big parties before taking this decision.

The election scheduled for August 17 earlier.