Janakpur, May 6 -- An attempt by coalition partners Janamat Party, Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSPN), Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) and Nepali Communist Party (NCP) to withdraw support from the Nepali Congress-led Madhesh province government and form a new one has been stalled following last-minute efforts by senior leaders.

High-level talks between leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC), JSPN and NCP on Tuesday helped avert the immediate collapse of the provincial government led by Chief Minister Krishna Prasad Yadav.

On Tuesday, political developments in Janakpur had reached a critical stage, with coalition partners preparing to withdraw support from the government. According to a JSPN lawmaker, JSPN, LSP and NCP had even prepared a...