Nepal, April 11 -- A special session of the Koshi Provincial Assembly has been called for April 18 amid Chief Minister Kedar Karki's reluctance to either face the assembly or to resign.

Parshuram Khapung, the province head, summoned the session at the request of more than a quarter of the assembly members as the Karki government was unwilling to do so.

Generally, the provincial assembly session is called by the province head on the government's recommendation. But as Karki was reluctant, the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre) members made a written request to Khapung for the special session.

Karki, who revolted within his party Nepali Congress after it decided to support Indra Bahadur Angbo of the Maoist Centre as chief minister candi...