HLPC to bring dissenting parties on board CA poll

KATHMANDU: The High-Level Political Committee (HLPC) has decided exhibit maximum flexibility to bring the dissenting parties including the CPN-Maoist and others by holding decisive talks with them within three days.

As per the decision, the top leaders of the major parties would talk to the agitating parties including the CPN-Maoist, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal and Federal Socialist Party to bring them on board the CA slated for November 19.

A meeting of the HLPC held at New Baneshwor today also decided to hold talks with the fronts led by Yadav and Rai from tomorrow for the same.

After the meeting, leader of the UCPN (Maoist), Narayankaji Shrestha, said that the meeting has decided to make the ongoing talks decisive by August 16.

Shrestha added that the meeting decided to hold table talks on different issues as the HLPC has forwarded talks without pre-condition although the HLPC has already made its common concept on the demands put forth by the dissenting parties.