Consensus could not be reached among Nepal’s main political parties, the UCPN (Maoist) , Nepali Congress , CPN-UML and the union of the Samyukta Loktantrik madhesi Morcha as they were unable to resolve the differences in the constitution drafting.

Major cause of opposition: Differences on restructuring of states. Formation of 14 states based on ethnicity was proposed but the idea has been rejected.