Kathmandu, July 16 (ANI): In a bid to find a common candidate for the presidential post, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday urged the former Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal to search for an "inclusive personality" for the presidential post.
The meeting took place at Nepal's residence in Koteshwor.
The Maoist Chairman's meeting with Nepal took place at a time when the parties are having differences over appointment of the president and the UML proposing Nepal as the first president of newest republican country.
According to Kantipur, on the occasion, Nepal stressed on the need to move ahead with consensus though he did not give a clear-cut answer.
The largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA), CPN-Maoist, has been turning deaf ear to the UML proposal to nominate Nepal as the president.
Meanwhile, addressing a programme in Kathmandu today, Maoist chairman Dahal informed that they have not finalised the candidate to hold the post of president in the Maoist-led government even after the rounds of close parleys with the UML.
Chairman Dahal, however, reiterated that the name of the president will be finalised by Thursday morning.
Dahal assured that the date, which is slated for Saturday, to elect the president, vice-president will not be cancelled at any cost.
NC to nominate own presidential candidate
The Nepali congress (NC) on Wednesday concluded that they will nominate their name for the presidential post if the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) nominated a common candidate for the post.
The Nepali Congress, who was enraged after the Maoists rejected Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as Nepal's first president, today took the decision to this effect.
Nepali Congress, the second largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA), decided to resort to their own approach regarding the presidential candidate and to remain as an opposition party in the future power-equation.
According to Kantipur, a meeting of some of the Nepali Congress central leaders at the PM's official residence in Baluwatar this morning decided to file their candidacy for the presidential post.
The Nepali Congress leaders, who repeatedly discussed the appointment of president with the CPN-M, informed PM Koirala about the consultations.
Earlier, the Nepali Congress had been claiming the post of constitutional president as the second largest party in the CA stating that if the Maoists as the largest party can claim the post of executive Prime Minister.
As the major political parties failed to forge an agreement on posts of president, vice-president and Constituent Assembly chair even after two months after the conduction of the historical CA April 10 poll, the political parties finally decided to put the issues to a vote at the 601 member CA. (ANI)
