KATHMANDU: A meeting among the Nepali Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist Center) and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) has concluded without reaching any concrete decision in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Friday.
NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday called a three-party meeting at 3 pm for Friday. The meeting started an hour late than scheduled time today.
NC President Deuba proposed forming a new government at the three-party meeting today, said Maoist Center Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha. According to him, JSP leaders have said they will hold internal discussion before reaching any agreement on NC President’s proposal.
Meanwhile, JSP leaders put forth their reservations and concerns in the meeting. Issues related to Tharuhat Movement and demands of JSP were also discussed in the meeting.
Senior leaders of all the three political parties attended the meeting at NC President Deuba’s residence in Budhanilkantha. They included Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Spokesperson Shrestha, leaders Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dev Gurung; JSP leaders Mahantha Thakur, Rajendra Mahato, Babu Ram Bhattarai and Upendra Yadav; and senior NC leaders, including Vice President Bimalendra Nidhi.
Shrestha expressed confidence that the next meeting would pave the path for new power-sharing deal.
Earlier, JSP leaders had held an internal discussion among themselves near Budhanilkantha before reaching Deuba’s residence for the meeting. It is worth noting that NC President Deuba had extended special invitation to leaders of an internally-divided JSP.
Last week, Thakur and Mahato had expressed discontent at NC decision to lead the new government. They had said the decision was NC’s alone, and they were not consulted about it.
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