In the wake of deepening political crisis both Singha Darbar and Shital Niwas have become active players. While the president has been repeatedly summoning party leaders to his office to pressurise the latter into forging an agreement, the prime minister is busy consulting constitutional and legal experts. Both seem to be doing their part, but there is a fundamental difference over the solution to this crisis among the ruling and opposition parties due to which the much awaited agreement looks even more elusive.

Under extreme pressure from the opposition parties, the president has been urging the parties to go for elections at the earliest. However, on Sunday, a group of former Supreme Court judges told Baburam Bhattarai that elections cannot be held without making a few amendments in the constitution which requires endorsement from the parliament.

There is no arguing against the elections, but in order to avoid a constitutional vacuum due to the retirement of election commissioners and ensure voting rights of the newly eligible population, the parties must revive the legislature parliament.

Furthermore, Nepal's interim constitution is a document of political consensus. So for the sake of forging an agreement, the parties can go beyond the prescribed constitutional premise and even reinstate the CA for a short time if necessary.