Besides, they have also asked Jha to wait until the Interim Constitution is amended to allow oath-taking in a preferred language.[break]
The parties´ request to Jha comes two days after the apex court ruled that Jha must take a fresh oath in Nepali within seven days and amidst growing possibility of Jha´s resignation.
A meeting of the parties also concluded that the court judgment nullifying Jha´s oath in Hindi is “regressive” and “biased”.
“There is no need to take oath again as he has already taken the oath of the vice president,” said leader of Tarai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) Hridayesh Tripathi on the decision of the parties.
Jha´s oath became controversial after the Supreme Court nullified his previous oath taken in Hindi in June last year.
Madhesi People´s Rights Forum (Democratic), Madhesi People´s Rights Forum, Tarai Madhes Democratic Party, Sadbhawana Party and Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandidevi) participated in the meeting.
The meeting also decided to ask all parties to expedite the process of amending the Interim Constitution to allow president and the vice president to take oath in language of their choice.
In the meantime, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav and Vice President Parmananda Jha met at the former´s office on Tuesday afternoon, according to the president´s Press Advisor Rajendra Dahal.
“As a guardian of the constitution, the president asked the vice president to respect the order of the Supreme Court [on taking taking],” said Dahal.
In response, Jha said that he would “consider” the president´s request.
In the meantime, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal also called on Jha Tuesday and asked him to take oath as ordered by the Supreme Court.
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