Kathmandu, Nov. 24: The Nepali Congress has termed
the President's call to the parties for constitution of a government of
national consensus as obvious and positive.
A meeting of the party office-bearers and members
available in Kathmandu held at the party president Sushil Koirala's residence
today decided to proceed ahead for implementing the President's call,
concluding that the call made by the President was natural.
The main opposition Nepali Congress will call the
meeting of its Central Committee soon for that purpose.
"The President's step is natural and positive;
the Central Committee will hold a meeting soon for forging consensus among the
political parties," party General Secretary Krishna Sitaula said after the
meeting.
The President had on Friday called on the political
parties for the formation of a consensus government and also fixed the deadline
for the same. The opposition parties have termed the President's call as
obvious and positive move by the President whereas the ruling party, the UCPN
(Maoist), has termed it unconstitutional.
Political parties are holding meeting today to
review the political situation arising after the President's call. The Nepali
Congress and the CPN (UML) have begun a meeting in Dhulikhel to review the
political situation and chalk out the future strategy.
The Nepali Congress has also decided to hold talks
with the rest of the political parties for constituting a government of
national consensus within the given deadline. Party spokesman Dilendra Badu
said that the Nepali Congress would naturally stake its claim for leadership of
the new consensus government.
"The government should be formed in the given
deadline and the Nepali Congress' claim for the leadership of that government
is natural," Badu said.
Party vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel also said
that the meeting discussed the topic of formation of the national consensus
government as per the President's call.
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