Nepal parties mull national govt to meet post-quake challenges

May 09, 2015 20:42

Nepal's major political parties today proposed to form a national coalition government to effectively meet the challenges that have arisen in the wake of the devastating quake that has struck the country.

Former prime ministers Jhalanath Khanal and Madhav Kumar Nepal from CPN-UML, Baburam Bhattarai of UCPN-Maoist and other leaders called on the country's political parties to come together to help speed the relief and reconstruction work.

They proposed the idea of formation of a national consensus government to deal with the challenges. "Let's give the leadership to an able one and let's give a visionary leadership," said Bhattarai, a senior Maoist leader.

The leaders urged all parties to work with consensus and set aside their differences to work for the long-pending constitution writing process and holding local elections after more than a decade.

Speaking at a meeting of Legislature-Parliament, Khanal called for expediting re-settlement of displaced quake-victims and construction of the damaged infrastructure, in view of the monsoon.

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