Kathmandu: Casting doubts over the holding of Parliamentary elections in November, Nepal's mainstream political parties on September 30 said the polls were not feasible due to the "grave security situation" prevailing in the country on account of Maoist insurgency.

In an all-party meeting called by Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at Singhdurbar, leaders were uniform in their opinion that the present atmosphere was not conducive for polls, though no decision regarding postponement of elections was taken.

Deuba was urged by many of his Cabinet colleagues, including Home Minister Khum Bahadur Khadka, not to postpone the polls, one of the ministers who attended the meeting said on condition of anonymity.

Earlier, a seven-party meeting had on September 29 asked Deuba to postpone the polls, a day after the Election Commission announced that the elections will be held on November 13.

During the all-party meeting, Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala suggested that the government should reinstate the House of Representatives, if it failed to hold general election on the stipulated time.

Meanwhile, Deuba is expected to take a final decision after the conclusion of a two-day meeting of his Nepali Congress (Democratic), while a highly placed source has said that the caretaker Prime Minister might consider forming an all party government and postpone the election for six months with a view to initiating dialogue with the Maoists.

However, legal experts say that the Parliament will automatically revive if elections were not held on-time as according to the Constitution, there should not be more than a six-month gap between two sessions of the House.

PTI