Bhattarai, who arrived home on Monday after his participation in the UN General Assembly in New York, had reached Baidya´s residence in Gongabu to seek the latter´s assistance in concluding the peace process.[break]
“Had there been no anomaly and ideological deviations in the party, who would have chosen to speak in public? Let´s leave this topic aside,” a source quoted Baidya as telling the prime minister.
Bhattarai had especially asked him not to make derogatory remarks on the government and the four-point deal reached between the Maoists and the Madhes-based parties for the formation of the current coalition.
Talking to reporters, Baidya categorically said that the peace process cannot move ahead without first setting “dignified conditions” for the integration and rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants.
Meanwhile, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and PM Bhattarai have decided to intensify talks with the major political parties to complete the major tasks of the peace process.
“The leaders agreed to hold serious talks with other parties from Wednesday,” said Dahal´s aide Samir Dahal. Bhattarai had reached Dahal´s residence in Nayabazaar in the morning to discuss the intra-party conflict.
After meeting Dahal, the prime minister reached Shital Niwas to meet President Dr Rambaran Yadav to brief the latter about his participation in the UN General Assembly in New York.
According to the prime minister´s press advisor Ram Rijhan Yadav, the president advised Bhattarai to take the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML into confidence to take the peace process forward.
The prime minister also met NC President Sushil Koirala at the latter´s residence in Maharajgunj. During the meeting, Bhattarai reminded Koirala about the Maoist decision to hand over the keys of the weapons containers to the Special Committee and urged Koirala to reciprocate the move.
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