Prachanda,Koirala discuss inclusion of Maoists in govt

According to sources close to G P Koirala,the NC leader and Prachanda held serious discussions on the evolving political situation during the meeting. They discussed the formation of a high-level political consultative mechanism and also delved on ways to include

Maoists in the ruling coalition to give it a shape of a national government,according to high-level sources. The meeting came against the backdrop of the threat from Prachanda that he would do everything possible to topple the CPN-UML-led government.

After the meeting,Prachanda told reporters that they focussed on forming the consultative mechanism as per the understanding reached earlier among the major parties.

8220;Both of us stressed on the need to set up the high-level political mechanism to give momentum to the peace process and Constitution-drafting,8221; he said.