Prime Minister Girija Prasad and Maoist leaders have reportedly reached an agreement on power-sharing giving way to the formation of the new government including the Maoists on Friday.
In a meeting with Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Maoist second in command Dr. Baburam Bhattarai at his Baluwatar residence this meeting, Koirala said that the interim government would be formed tomorrow after yet another round of consultations with the eight parties.
Taking note of Prachanda’s complaints regarding the issues like no action against the guilty of Gaur incident, unilateral promotion of army and police personnel and the formation of Electoral Constituency Delineation Commission (ECDC) without any consultations, PM Koirala assured that he would take care of all the issues, sources said.
According to sources, the PM made a final attempt today to convince the Maoists — who had even threatened not to join the interim government – in the wake of disagreements between the four major parties regarding distribution of ministerial portfolios.
In the 45-minute long meeting, the Prime Minister had also urged the Maoists not to disrupt the parliamentary sittings, sources added.
The Maoists, who had forwarded a three-day ultimatum to the government and that they might even opt to stay out of the new administration earlier this week, yesterday disrupted the House session demanding the formation of the interim government.
In reply to Prachanda’s statement that his party was preparing to announce fresh protests as the possibility of CA elections looked dim, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his commitment to hold elections to the Constituent Assembly (CA) on time, sources said.
According to sources, both the parties have agreed to form a small interim government before PM’s departure for New Delhi to attend the 14th SAARC Summit.
Earlier, political disagreements had arisen between the CPN-M and the NC after the former demanded that it should be given the Deputy Prime Minister's post, while the PM said that there should be no Deputy Prime Minister in the interim government.
It was highly expected following the PM’s heightened consultations with leaders of the other major parties that the interim government would be constituted before his departure for New Delhi.
Earlier today, the PM also held discussions with Pashupati Shamshere Rana, Chairman of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).
Rana had said that they had discussed the formation of the interim government and other contemporary issues during the meeting.
Sources had claimed Rana to have made the PM alert and to be "serious" before inducting the Maoists into the interim government as they had still not mended their ways.
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