A day before the term of the Constituent Assembly expires, and despite the hope of the government, the Maoists  have refused to extend its term until their conditions are met.

“We will not vote for the extension unless peace and constitution are ensured,” Maoist spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said after the party’s standing committee meeting on Thursday.

Sharma reiterated the party’s condition that the current government should step down to make way for a Maoist-led administration. “It has become meaningless even to continue talks under the current circumstances,” he said.

Sharma also said the party would not extend the tenures of the president and the CA chairman.