Sri Lanka, May 17 -- Opposition parties persist with closed-door deliberations Govt. is also involved in attempts to rope in members Election Commission required to gazette names of members elected, nominated by June 2 Colombo, May 17 (Daily Mirror) - The government and the opposition are in a race against time to rope in members to form administrations at the local authorities - Municipal Councils, Urban Councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas- where a single party has been unable to secure 50 per cent or more of membership at the May 6th election.

The local authorities' election was conducted to members to elect members to 339 councils. The ruling National People's Power (NPP) emerged as the largest party, leading in 267 local bodies. However, ...