At an interaction organized in the capital Thursday, leader Dr Mahat said the President has already called the political parties to form a consensus government because the present government led by Dr Baburam Bhattarai was just a caretaker one.
The UCPN-Maoist has not fully internalized the peaceful constitutional system, he said, adding that the recent political document of the Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had advocated for the people´s government with the use of force.
Chief of the CPN-UML Publicity Department, Pradip Gyawali, has said the national consensus was eluding because of Prime Minister Bhattarai´s craving to stick to power.
However, Politburo Member of the UCPN-Maoist, Haribol Gajurel said the prime Minister would not step down unless the parties forged consensus at a time there was neither parliament nor the constituent assembly.
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