In March 2008 he resigned from the interim legislature, and joined MJF.

The ayatollah, in a decree issued Sunday, said members of the interim legislature must be chosen through direct elections.

Last week, the ayatollah rejected the American proposal for choosing an interim legislature through caucuses, immobilizing the transition.

Under it, caucuses to choose a new interim legislature would take place in each of Iraq's 18 provinces.

This effectively put an end to the interim legislature.

Pant was appointed as a Member of Parliament, when the interim legislature was formed in January 2007.

In 1975 he was elected to the Constituent Assembly, which was charged with drafting a new constitution and served as an interim legislature.

The Constituent Assembly was tasked with writing a new constitution, and it would act as the interim legislature for a term of two years.

On January 15, 2007, the old parliament was dissolved and replaced by the 330-member interim legislature of Nepal.

The NTC has functioned as an interim legislature during the transitional period.