Nepal, July 16 -- The 'legacy parties' appear apprehensive following the Rastriya Swatantra Party's proposal to scrap the provincial assemblies and to make the National Assembly and local units partyless. They have accused the ruling parties of trying to weaken federalism under the guise of rewriting the constitution. As a result, the Nepali Congress, the main opposition, along with the CPN-UML, has withdrawn from the panel led by Ashim Shah, political advisor to Prime Minister Balendra Shah, which was formed to draft a discussion paper on constitutional amendment. Also, withdrawing from the panel are Nepali Communist Party, the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, the Janata Samajbadi Party and the Rastriya Janamorcha. While the opposition's conc...