"The meeting has appealed India to end the blockade and urged the government to take political and diplomatic initiation to find a solution to the problem," said Hemraj Bhandari, a member of the central committee.
"However, the central committee also discussed that it is high time to look for alternatives to end dependency with India," he added.
Likewise, the meeting also urged the political parties protesting against the new constitution to sit for talks to settle their demands. The meeting has urged the government to make all arrangements for the treatment of injured protesters.
The meeting has also decided not to criticize senior leader Baburam Bhattarai for quitting the party and focus instead on reshaping the party's future.
"The meeting termed the decision taken by Bhattarai as unexpected and appealed him to rethink his move," said Bhandari.
Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Vice-Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha had addressed the meeting.
Shrestha had said the new constitution has institutionalized agenda of federalism and republic as people's representatives for the first time drafted a constitution in country's history. "The constitution is progressive in terms of social justice, inclusion, secularism but it could not address the people's aspiration of state restructuring based on identity and economic viability as well as agenda of reform and inclusion in all state organs, such as judiciary, could not be addressed," a leader quoted Shrestha.
Shrestha told the meeting that some countries refused to welcome Nepal's constitution because they have realized that Nepal's constitution is more progressive than theirs.
"Bhattarai had some disagreement on the latest development but this meeting was called to forward his disagreement as a note of dissent, but his decision came unexpectedly. Let's not make it an issue and criticize his move rather take it as a challenge to rebuild the party by ending factional politics within the party and developing system that connects us to the people," the leader quoted Dahal as saying.
Although Bhattarai decided to quit the party, most of his allies were present at the central committee meeting.
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