Dahal said that parties were edging closer to a consensus and a breakthrough could be achieved if Nepali Congress and CPN-UML become flexible on the delineations of provinces. "There is no option other than arriving at a consensus and it is possible if NC and UML leaders make sincere efforts toward it," said Dahal.
Dahal said, except its reservations over system of governance, his party was ready for a consensus.
Dahal left for China on a four-day visit on Monday, along with his spouse Sita and party General Secretary Krishna Bahadur Mahara. According to his secretariat, he will attend a function organized by International Department of Communist Party of China (CPC) at Kunming. Dahal informed that no government-level meetings have been fixed and that he has no plan to visit other cities than Kunming.
Talking to journalists at Tirbhuwan International Airport, Dahal said that his visit aims to gain Chinese support on ongoing peace and constitution writing process.
"Chinese support is expected on the whole peace and constitution making process," said Dahal. He further stressed that internal disputes should be settled within the country through dialogue among political parties.
Dahal's visit comes shortly after his party's senior leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai's visit to India.
The timing of Bhattarai's India visit, which had courted controversy back home, and his visit to China, Dahal clarified, were nothing more than a coincidence.
The visit of Dahal at a time when the opposition alliance led by him has announced a fresh round of protest is considered politically meaningful in Nepal. Although the Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Nembang has given March 25 deadline to forge a consensus to avoid expediting majority-based process in the CA, Dahal's visit is likely to seriously affect the ongoing negotiations among parties to forge consensus. Dahal will fly back home on March 27.
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