As the gap between political parties and the government is widening, cabinet vice-chairman Dr Tulsi Giri has said that the government is ready to hold talks with the agitating political parties to find an outlet to the present political impasse.

In an exclusive interview to Kantipur Television, Dr Giri said there was still possibility of bridging the widening gap between the king and the parties by reaching reconciliation on certain specified political agendas.

“But the process of reaching reconciliation should not be construed for the sake of reconciliation only. The parties should agree to certain agendas before initiating final dialogue with the king” Giri added.

Referring to the controversial remarks he made in Biratnagar, Dr Giri said he was “cautioning the leaders about their disregard for the constitution”. Since they yanked reference to monarchy from their party statute and started talking in shrill terms on a republican set-up, the royalists also have the right to say that they believe in a “monarchical democracy,” he argued.

When asked if there was any solution to the current crisis, Giri said the crisis may be further complicated, if the parties remained obdurate on their stance for agitation by disregarding the imminent place of the king in the country.