Consensus call from cabinet meeting: FDRA

KATHMANDU, Nov 22: A meeting of the Federal Democratic Republican Alliance (FDRA), a grouping of the ruling and some other fringe parties, on Thursday decided to appeal to opposition parties for broader national consensus from a cabinet meeting due to convene shortly.



The four-hour meeting held at the prime minister´s official residence in Baluwatar this afternoon also tasked its Coordinator and UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal with taking an initiative for national consensus at the political level. [break]



FDRA spokesperson Prem Bahadur Singh said the initiative will mainly focus on the formation of a national consensus government so that the new elections, as re-announced by the government, could be held by mid-April to mid-May.



Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is scheduled to address the nation at 6 pm today.

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