Deuba meets Baidya

Kathmandu, June 18: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress (NC), Sher Bahadur Deuba, and Chairman of the CPN-Maoist, Mohan Baidya, had a meeting today.

            The two leaders discussed contemporary political situation in the country and the second election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) in the meeting.

            During the meeting held at Baidya's residence in Dhapasi today, NC senior leader Deuba urged Baidya to participate in the CA election and to come to consensus by holding talks on the contentious issues, said NC central member Bimalendra Nidhi, who was present in the meeting.

            Nidhi quoted Deuba as saying in the meeting that now there was no possibility of changing the incumbent government and proposed that consensus could be forged through talks on other issues.

            In response, Baidya said that they would discuss in the party on the issue, said Nidhi.

            General Secretary of the CPN-Maoist, Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal) was also present in the meeting.

            The NC senior leader started the meeting after the meeting of the High-Level Political Committee held on Monday decided to move ahead with consensus by bringing the dissenting parties to talks. RSS