The small parties in a meeting with the leaders of the big three parties at Constituent Assembly (CA) building also asked the latter to take an initiatives on concluding the peace process to a logical end and drafting the new constitution at the earliest. [break]
Meanwhile the leaders of Nepali Congress and Unified CPN (Maoist) refused to retreat from their demands.
Maoists have been asking the Prime Minister’s resignation while the ruling allies have been urging the implementation of past agreements by the Maoists. They have been interpreting the crux of the three-point pact inked on Friday night in their own way.
Vice chairman Narayankaji Shrestha and Post Bahadur Bogati from Unified CPN (Maoist), chief whip Bhim Acharya from UML and chief whip Laxman Ghimire and Prakash Man Singh from Nepali Congress were present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the big three parties is underway at the CA building. The meeting was called by the Prime Minister to discuss the contentious political issues including the spirit of the three-point agreement.
Maoist leaders--Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai and Narayankaji Shrestha, NC leaders--Sushil Koirala and Ram Chandra Paudel--and UML leaders--Jhala Nath Khanal and KP Sharma Oli--are present in the meeting.
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