On Sunday, he talked to Bishwendra Paswan of Dalit Janajati Party, Keshavman Shrestha of Nepa Party, Eknath Dhakal of Nepal Family Party and MS Thapa of Rastriya Janamukti Party. He had talked to Chandradev Joshi and Sunil Manandhar of CPN (United) on Saturday. [break]
Joshi said that he suggested the prime minister to forging consensus mainly among the three major and other political parties as well before taking any decision including on whether or not to extend the Constituent Assembly (CA) tenure and army integration, among other crucial issues.
"I complained that CA was defamed not because of its own mistake but due to the wrangling among the major political parties," he told myrepublica.com.
Dhakal suggested the prime minister to accept integration of 3000-5000 Maoist combatants. "I also advised him to take initiative to issue a joint statement of the 25 political parties on some crucial issues like whether or not to extend the CA deadline," Dhakal told myrepublica.com. Joshi was for garnering support even from the civil society.
On the backdrop of the recent reports that UCPN (Maoist) is contemplating to file no-confidence motion against the government, the prime minister also asked the leaders from the small parties whether they were firm on their support to the coalition.
"I urged the prime minister to rest assured that the only alternative to this coalition is a national unity government," Dhakal said.
Joshi, too, said that any government to replace the present coalition just by garnering 301 votes in the parliament will surely fail. "So there is no point in toppling this government. The best option is to form a national unity government," he added.
Nepal will give continuity to the consultations with leaders from other political parties represented in the CA on Monday.
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