Addressing a news conference organized by Press Chautari Nepal Banke District Chapter here on Thursday, he said, "Federalizing a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-cultural country like ours based on a single ethnic identity would be like digging own grave."[break]
The UML leader called for the Prime Minister to resign to enable the three major parties to reach an agreement on the contentious issues.
He also said that his party, the CPN-UML, has kept both options – reviving the Constituent Assembly or holding general elections—open.
To a query, Gautam said possibilities of the UCPN (Maoist) agreeing to the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML on their stance on the basis of formation of federal states were high.
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