Nepal, July 9 -- Gagan Thapa has accused the government of pursuing constitutional amendment in a "light, immature and superficial" manner, arguing that the current parliamentary arithmetic is insufficient to amend the Constitution.

Speaking at a program at the Nepali Congress party office on Thursday, Thapa said the parliamentary majority formed to establish the government should not be treated as having the mandate of a Constituent Assembly.

"The parliamentary arithmetic that formed the government cannot be used as if it were a Constituent Assembly," he said.

Thapa also questioned the rationale behind the government's task force on constitutional amendment, alleging that it had failed to clearly identify the problems it intended to ...