Amid reports that Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa is contemplating an expansion of his government, Government Spokesman and the government chief’s confidant Kamal Thapa asked a five party opposition on anti-King protests to join an all party government.

The Minister was speaking at the Reporters’ Club in the capital Monday. Thapa dismissed opposition demands for the reinstatement of parliament as unconstitutional. He asked the five-party opposition to give up their protest. He called Maoists “terrorists.”

He dismissed immediate re-opening of talks with Maoists while saying the doors are open for a dialogue.
The concern of foreign diplomats no Nepal’s current political crisis was “positive,” he said. Thapa said the stir of the five parties had strengthened Maoists. Prohoiitory orders that ends in Kathmandu Tuesday could be extended, Thapa said. nepalnews.com.br Sept.22