Nepal, July 8 -- Political parties big and small have of late been calling for an amendment of the national charter. The incumbent government even formed a panel to prepare a discussion paper on the matter. Chaired by Asim Shah, political advisor to Prime Minister Balendra Shah, the panel initially brought together representatives from most parties represented in the federal parliament. Yet the Nepali Congress, the second biggest party in parliament, withdrew from the process and constituted a team led by senior advocate and former National Assembly member Radheshyam Adhikari to prepare its own agenda for constitutional amendment. So did the CPN-UML, the third biggest party. The other four political forces-the Nepali Communist Party, the ...