A meeting of NC senior leaders held at the party´s parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar on Friday afternoon concluded that the agreement attempts to undermine issues related to the peace process and promulgation of new constitution as agreed in the three-point deal reached between the three major parties on May 28.[break]
Talking to media persons after the meeting, NC leader Arjun Narsingh KC said NC suspects ulterior motive behind the agreement. He also said that the agreement fails to address current political crisis.
“NC is ready to find any other alternative to resolve the ongoing deadlock over prime ministerial election if other parties agree to start agenda-based talks to ensure that the peace process is concluded and new constitution written on time,” KC added.
“Termination of the ongoing process to elect a new prime minister at this juncture is not appropriate and is against parliamentary procedures.”
While Maoist Chairman Dahal has decided to withdraw his candidacy for prime minister, the UML has also agreed to not participate in the PM election until the start of a "new process".
NC leader Bimalendra Nidhi said the three-point agreement reached between Maoists and UML on September 17 is not acceptable to his party. “NC is against the agreement,” he said.
Another NC leader Dr Ram Sharan Mahat said the meeting decided to urge the Maoists to implement the three-point agreement reached on May 28. “The meeting concluded that the Maoists must implement the first point of the agreement as two others have been already implemented,” he said.
Stating that the withdrawal of prime ministerial candidacy is a secondary thing, Mahat said, “The primary thing now is to implement the issues related to peace process.”
NC Parliamentary party leader Ram Chandra Poudel, Gopal Man Shrestha, Nidhi, Dr Mahat, Arjun Narsingh KC, Krishna Sitaula, Mahesh Acharya and Amod Prasad Upadhyaya attended the meeting.
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