KATHMANDU: Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) has held a meeting with CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanada on Saturday.
In the meeting convened at the Maoist Center’s central office in Peris Danda, the top-notch JSP leaders and Prachanda dwelled on the latest political development including the government formation, according to sources.
Emerging from the meeting, JSP’s Central Council Chairman Mahantha Thakur said the leaders of both the parties discussed the issues related to power-sharing but could not strike a deal.
“The meeting focused on the latest political development including power-sharing. We floated our three-point demands as a pre-condition before forging an alliance. We could not arrive at consensus. The meeting ended with an agreement to sit for talks again,” said Thakur.
The JSP, which has been the most decisive for the new power sharing following the Supreme Court’s verdict, met with President Sher Bahadur Deuba yesterday.
In the one-hour-long meeting with Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, JSP leaders Dr Baburam Bhattarai, Mahantha Thakur, Upendra Yadav, Rajendra Mahato floated their demands of releasing Resham Chaudhary, withdrawing cases filed against their leaders and cadres during the Madhes Movement and the amendment to the Constitution as a precondition of the alliance.
The JSP has alo been initiatinng internal talks with the ruling CPN-UML.
In the 275-member federal parliament, currently, CPN-UML has 121 seats, NC (63), CPN (Maoist Center) (53), JSP (34), Nepal Workers Peasants Party (NWPP)-1, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-1), Rastriya Janamorcha (RJM-1) and Independent has 1. Of them, four lawmakers have been suspended and one has passed away.
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