ABSTRACT
The deadlock in Nepali politics since the dissolution of the first Constituent Assembly (CA-I) on 27 May 2012 was broken by the successfully conducted election for a second CA (CA-II) in November 2013. The new CA members gave themselves a deadline of one year to finalise a new constitution from the date of the first sitting of the assembly on 21 January 2014. This deadline has since been passed, without any sign of a full-fledged constitution, not even a broadly agreed draft text. The continued drift within CA-II has further damaged the standing of Nepal’s political parties and leaders. It is also not a good sign for Nepali democracy. 1
