Maoists to discuss common minimum programme with 24 parties

A day after its central committee meeting formally decided to take up the mantle of the new government, the Maoists are set to renew their consultations with remaining 24 parties represented at the Constituent Assembly (CA).The Maoist leaders have said they will put forth their policies and programmes before other ... ...as a part of efforts to forge the common minimum programme for the new government.The CMP is one of the conditions the Maoists have advanced to form their government.Other conditions being the termination of Nepali Congress (NC)-Unified Marxist Leninist (UML)-Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) alliance and guarantee of government stability till new constitution is drafted.After lots of see-saw in their policies, on Friday, the Maoist central committee meeting had decided to make efforts to form government of wider political understanding. If not, the Maoists have said they are willing to form a majority government or even a minority government. Ram Baran Yadav had called on the Maoists, on Tuesday, to form the government within a week.

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