During the discussion held at the residence of NC leader Sushil Koirala in Maharajgunj in the capital on Wednesday, the leaders agreed to hold discussions with the agitating fringe political parties.[break]
The UCPN-Maoist and NC concluded that they should arrive at a certain decision if they could not forge consensus regarding the CA elections.
The leaders said that they should finalize the disputed issues regarding the elections including the threshold of minimum votes to be garnered, and number of CA members, among others.
NC leader Dr. Ramsharan Mahat said all political parties would make efforts from their respective places to make the environment for the election, hold discussion with the agitating fringe political parties and reach to a decision to hold the election. If the parties failed to forge consensus, the government should move ahead on its own way, added Mahat making the decisions public after the meeting.
Similarly, General Secretary of the UCPN-Maoist, Post Bahadur Bogati, said the UCPN-Maoist and the NC held discussions in connection with holding bilateral discussions among the political parties.
He said the parties would hold bilateral discussions with the major political parties and later they would hold multilateral discussions to create the environment for the CA elections.
It is learnt that the government has also been making preparations to hold an all-party meeting to forge consensus on the legal process regarding the elections.
The leaders said running away from election would have no meaning if the parties believe in democracy and that the major political parties would intensify necessary discussion among them to include the agitating political parties in the election process.
"The political parties and people that believe in democracy would soon join the election process and the parties that do not believe in people would not join," NC leader Mahat summed up.
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