Opposition leaders meet business leaders

March 31, 2006
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Leaders of the seven party alliance (SPA) met with office bearers of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) at the latter’s office in Kathmandu on Friday.

According to CNI, during the meet the opposition leaders urged the CNI to support their peaceful agitation beginning next week calling for restoration of peace and democracy in the country. The opposition leaders said business and economy could thrive only in peace and that peace could be restored only after the restoration of democracy.

In response to the request by the opposition parties, the CNI office bearers said they were committed to constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy in the country. They said the business community was ready to work in a concerted way for the restoration of peace in the country. They also urged the opposition parties not to resort to protest programmes like nationwide shutdown strikes that have adverse impact on the country’s economy.

CPN (UML) leader, Bharat Mohan Adhikary, Nepali Congress leaders Chakra Bastola and Dr Ram Sharan Mahat, NC (Democratic) leader Dip Kumar Upadhyay, among others, took part in the meeting on behalf of the alliance. Similarly, CNI president Binod Kumar Chaudhary, vice president Rajendra Kumar Khetan, CNI officer bearers Hulas Chandra Golchha and Tek Chandra Pokhrel, among others, took part in the meeting.

Earlier, the opposition leaders had also held meeting with the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) and sought their cooperation in the forthcoming agitation programmes.