Kathmandu, Feb. 24:Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who started consulting with his party’s lawmakers yesterday, held talks with Parliamentarians representing far-western and the mid-western parts of the country.
Koirala’s talks with the Congress MPs are aimed to find an outlet to the current political crisis prompted by the no confidence motion tabled against the Prime Minister by 58 NC MPs. Today’s talks centred on the current political crisis and the ensuing situation in the country, the party sources said.
According to the participating MPs, Koirala had serious discussions with them on the issues related to the country’s peace and security situation and present challenges. “National interest is always above a person or the party,” they quoted Koirala as saying. “Nepali Congress has a long history of facing difficulties unitedly.”
Parliamentarians pointed at the government’s failure to maintain peace and security in the country and said that NC should give a strong leadership to the country.
Some Congress MPs hoped that talks between Koirala and Bhattarai in the absence of the second generation leaders were likely to find a solution before the Parliamentary Party met on Saturday as demanded by the Prime Minister early this week. If the deadlock continues, the motion is likely to come up for voting on that day.
“If the issue is unresolved at the leadership level, we should constitutionally go for polling and that should not be taken a sign of division within the party,” Parliamentarian Arjun Joshi said.
Parliamentarian Sabitri Bogati said that they should adopt a democratic method if consensus failed to find solution to the problem.
Parliamentarian Romi Gauchan Thakali said that the question of generation would play insignificant role in forging consensus.
Koirala is to hold talks with the MPs of Eastern Region tomorrow.
PM Bhattarai, who has said he would respond to all charges during the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting on Saturday, is also planning to discuss with the Congress lawmakers tomorrow. The Prime Minister’s Office yesterday said he would start talks with the legislators early in the morning and meet the people’s representatives in different batches.