Unified CPN (Maoist) Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai, who is currently on a whirlwind India visit, met Indian External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna on Friday.

The continuous political stalemate in Nepal including the inability of the political parties to forge a consensus for formation of a new government, among others, were chiefly discussed during the meeting, it is learnt.

Dr Bhattarai reportedly assured the Indian foreign minister that the deadlock facing Nepal will soon be over as the political parties are holding continued talks and that the important task of army integration and drafting of the constitution will soon be completed for the successful conclusion of the peace process.

The Maoist vice-chairman, who recently wrote a note-of-dissent against his party’s line of “people’s revolt” and “identifying India as a principal enemy” and became a sort of a pariah inside his own party, is scheduled to meet Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram today.

It has come to light that Dr Bhattarai, who is also accused of being increasingly lenient towards India by the hard-line section of his party, recently proposed a four-point remedy to break Nepal’s political deadlock.

Bhattarai’s aide Bishwodeep Pandey told a national daily Thursday that Bhattarai advocated midway among the parties on the course of the political system yet to be charted out. Secondly, he urged for “honourable integration of the cantoned Maoist PLA and democratization of Nepal Army simultaneously. Thirdly, on Nepal’s foreign policy and national sovereignty, he offered to build consensus and common perspective among the political parties. Lastly, he offered a broad perspective on economic issues for incorporating all deprived sections of Nepali society. nepalnews.com