BARDIYA: CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Bamdev Gautam said the ruling parties did not want to hold any of the elections.

Speaking at a press meet organised by the Press Chautari Nepal, Bardiya chapter, in Gulariya today, the main opposition party's influential leader claimed the latest activities of ruling parties were enough to prove that they did not want the elections. However, the CPN (UML) was all ready to go for the election, he added.

However, the CPN-UML was all ready to go for the election, he added. The former Deputy Prime Minister accused the government of proposing to split the Province no. 5 to just to appease the Madhes-centric parties, which according to him was against the interests of the nation.

The former Deputy Prime Minister accused the government of proposing to split the Province no. 5 to just appease the Madhes-centric parties, which according to him was against the interest of the nation.