The meeting was held at the CA Building after major political parties -- UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML -- reached an understanding to defer election originally scheduled for Wednesday.[break]
The parties had agreed to defer the prime ministerial election and to pay tribute to Maoist lawmaker Ram Kumari Yadav, who succumbed to burn injuries on Saturday.
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