PM says political deadlock will end in a few days
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said the current political deadlock will end within a few days.
Koirala said this during a meeting with former permanent representative of Nepal to the United Nations Dr Jaya Raj Acharya Tuesday morning. Acharya quoted the Prime Minister as saying that serious efforts were being made to resolve the stalemate as early as possible.
Koirala also mentioned that the international community was worried about the recent political developments in Nepal, and added that the parties would soon take a decision to hold the constituent assembly election, which has now been stalled.
The Prime Minister also praised the role played by the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), Acharya informed.
Acharya, who had courted controversy for his support to the erstwhile royal regime, is here on a personal visit. He currently lives in New York.
Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Rookmangud Katwal met the Prime Minister at his official residence in Baluwatar this morning to and briefed him about the current security situation of the country in the aftermath of suspension of the CA polls.
During the meeting, the army chief is learnt to have briefed PM Koirala on the increased activism of armed groups in Terai and the deteriorating law and order situation there and the intelligence reports the army has got about groups responsible for flaring up violence in Kapilvastu and serial bomb blasts that rocked capital city last month.
PM Koirala is said to have queried the army chief about the reduction in the number of army personnel stationed inside the Narayanhiti royal palace as well as the incident of the Nepal army personnel barring chairman Prachanda from entering the historical Amargadhi site saying they needed orders from higher authority before allowing him to go inside.
However, the army headquarters said that this was a routine meeting since PM Koirala also holds the defence portfolio. nepalnews.com mk/ag Oct 09 07
