Speaker of House of Representatives Taranath Ranabhatt has informed that the current political deadlock among the political parties and the King is coming to an end. He however, did not mention the exact date.

He said this after the completion of the interaction program held in the reporters’ club Wednesday morning. The program was organized after his visit to the King Monday evening.

“I am rather confused as to what is preventing a national consensus being formed between the King and political parties since I found the same interest between them regarding the current political crisis,” he said.

Ranabhatt revealed that the King was “very honest” concerning the multiparty and constitutional monarchy. He reiterated the King’s willingness to resolve the current political deadlock as ‘the need of the hour’.

“If we do not come under the national consensus very soon it will be too late to rescue the country,” Ranabhatt said.

Referring to the ongoing agitation of five parties’ against the October 4 move, he opined that the movement was heading towards the republican tone which he figured as ‘extremist’ and inappropriate for the country.

“The country has been polarized to extreme views of absolute monarchy and republic”. However, he stated that both ideas were ‘dangerous’ in resolving the current crisis.

“The continuity of the constitution 1990 is the best tool to solve the present political vacuum. Even the Maoists can be addressed through it,” he said adding, “It was indeed a broad roadmap formulated by the Nepalese people then.”

Ranabhatt suggested the King and the political parties’ to work together for the continuity of the constitution and in conducting new elections. “The parliament formed then will address peoples’ problems including the Maoists,” he said.