"There may be presidential rule, " says Gagan Thapa from the opposition Nepali Congress Party.
Mr Thapa is hopeful of staying on as prime minister in a new government.
Mr Thapa's request for an election followed an opposition threat to move a no-confidence vote against his government.
Leaving Mr Thapa in charge would give him an unfair advantage, it says.
Mr Thapa would not have described his profitable endeavours as a social business.
Mr Thapa's government, a coalition of three parties, took office only in October.
For example, drip irrigation allowed Mr Thapa to grow cucumbers out of season, when they sold for three times their normal price.
We are also concerned by reports that a number of journalists, who in recent days have been working on the Thapa case, have been facing threats.
Although the government theoretically has a small majority in parliament, Mr Thapa was not sure he could count on the loyalty of all his notional supporters.
But Pyar Jung Thapa, the chief of staff, is sounding co-operative, pledging loyalty to the new government and speaking of absorbing rebels into the army under a peace deal.
The attention caused by Everest's trash problem is a step in the right direction, said 31-year-old Suman Thapa, who started working as a porter at 17, but the mountain has a long way to go.
Mr Thapa said that the price of the animals had risen by a quarter in Kathmandu - but the government hoped that further increases would not happen because 6, 000 goats were being brought into the city.
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