Former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (File photo)
Former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (File photo)
Former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has called on the democratic forces to unite to restore people’s sovereignty in the country.
The only remaining founding member of Nepali Congress, addressing some two dozen leaders at his residence on Saturday, Bhattarai demanded that the King should hand over executive power to the people.
He, however, objected to the demand of reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives, according to reports.
Bhattarai also urged the leaders of Nepali Congress (NC) and Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) to work for unification of the party at this critical political situation.
He asked NC President Girija Prasad Koirala and NC-D President Sher Bahadur Deuba to initiate the process of party unification.
“Democracy will be restored in the country only after the NC is unified,” he said.
Soon after his release last week, Deuba in a press meet said that he was in favour of an honourable unification of the party.
Deuba had launched the breakaway NC (Democratic) party four years ago after dissolving the parliamet.