In Nepal, the delayed process of drafting the new constitution may resume soon after the 15-member study committee submitted the preliminary draft reports of the thematic committees to Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Subhash Nemwang in Kathmandu.According to the Coordinator of the Study Committee Agni Kharel, it has prepared a list of over 200 contentious issues in the thematic reports to be deliberated and sorted by the constituent assembly members.Accepting to the report, Chairman of the constituent assembly Nemwang said the report would help expedite constitution drafting process with focus on resolving contentious issues and come to a conclusion. Stating that formation of the new government has overshadowed the constitution drafting process, he said there is no alternative to forging consensus among the political parties as a two-third majority of the constituent assembly is required to promulgate the new constitution. AIR correspondent C.K. Dorjee reports from Kathmandu that with a view to speed up the process of drafting of the new constitution, the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly has convened a meeting of representatives of all political parties in the constituent assembly on Sunday to table the list of contentious issues for discussion among the leaders. The key contentious issues related to the structure of the government, federal units, electoral and judicial systems and the structure of the legislature – whether to have a bi-cameral or unicameral system. The two-year term of the constituent assembly which ended on 28th of May this year was extended by a year till the next May as the constituent assembly could not draft the constitution within the stipulated time. The extension was done following an agreement between the three major parties – Unified CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN(UML). The political parties have only eight months left to meet the dateline for drafting of the new constitution and conclusion of the peace process.