HLPC sends talks invitation to 33 parties

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Chairman of UCPN (Maoist), who is also the coordinator of High Level Political Committee (HLPC), Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday sent a fresh invitation to the CPN-Maoist led alliance of 33 various agitating parties urging them to sit for talks.



According to sources close to Dahal, a letter has been sent to CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya, leader of the 33-party alliance. Shiva Khakurel, Dahal’s personal aide, delivered the letter at the CPN-Maoist central party office, Buddhanagar this morning.[break]



A meeting of the HLPC held on Saturday afternoon at New Baneshwor had decided to send an invitation to the 33-party alliance to bring them on board the election process.



The decision of the HLPC meeting on Saturday to send a third invitation to the CPN-Maoist led alliance came after top leaders of the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML held separate meetings with Baidya on Friday and Saturday.



A meeting of the Baidya-led alliance on Thursday had decided to sit for talks if the HLPC sent an unconditional invitation that also mentioned the names of all constituent parties of the alliance.



Earlier, CPN-Maoist-led alliance has made it clear talks with government and HLPC would not be possible with any pre-conditions.

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