Roundtable possible if Baidya ready for polls'
KATHMANDU, JUN 26 - Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Loktantrik Chairman Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar has said that they are ready to summon a roundtable conference as demanded by the CPN-Maoist if the latter shows readiness to participate in the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) polls slated for November.
“We are ready to exhibit utmost flexible to conduct CA polls on November 19. If Baidya Ji agrees for polls, we are ready to call for a meeting of the parties represented in the dissolved CA and take up all the issues,” said Gachhadar, who is currently the coordinator of the High-Level Political Committee, speaking at the Reporter’s Club in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
He, however, ruled out the possibility of holding a roundtable of all parties in the current sitution.
The former Home Minister made it clear that the government was ready to bring all the political parties in the High Level Political Mechanism. He added that the government was to address the rightful demands put forth by the poll- opposing parties.
“However, the CPN-Maoist demand of scrapping the election procedure is unacceptable and impractical,” he said,” We cannot hold talks regarding that.”
Furthermore, he said that the proposed polls for Nov. 19 would go ahead even if some parties did not come to the election fold.
"The nation cannot be taken hostage just because some parties do not agree to join polls," Gachhadar said.
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