Vice-Chairman in the council of ministers Kirti Nidhi Bista has dismissed recent remarks by another vice chairman in the cabinet, Dr Tulsi Giri’s remarks that collaboration between the constitutional forces were not going to resolve the country’s crisis as his personal opinion.
Talking to media persons during a function in the capital on Friday, Bista said the government was in favour of holding dialogue with the political parties in order to find a solution to address the country’s problems. He said solution to the present crisis would not be found without the active participation of the political parties.
“There is no possibility of finding a solution of national problems without bringing the constitution forces — king and the parties – in a common platform,” he insisted.
Addressing a conference of pro-government journalists in the capital on Thursday, Giri said that there was no guarantee of “quelling terrorism” even if the king and the parties came together, adding, ‘terrorism’ had emerged during the parties’ rule.
Talking to reporters at the tea reception organized by the Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) on the occasion of its first anniversary, Chairman of RJP and former prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa also dismissed Dr Giri’s remarks saying that he was not the main character in the country’s politics.
“Environment is the most powerful thing. When situation will compel, people will have to give up their ego and sit on the table of negotiations,” he added.
Home minister Kamal Thapa, too, said reconciliation among constitutional forces was essential for bailing the country out of the present crisis.
Minister Thapa, however, said there was no possibility of immediate truce with the rebels.