Big three resume dialogue

The top three parties have resumed their efforts to seek solution of the current political impasse through the High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) on Monday.

HLPM failed to meet for last two weeks due to widening differences among the parties and the deteriorating health of its chairman and Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala.

The parties have resumed discussion at Hotel Annapurna in the capital this morning on six-point agenda finalised during the last meeting that includes timely statute, army integration, end of paramilitary structure of the Young Communist League (YCL) and effective implementation of the past agreements among others.

The HLPM meeting has resumed in absence of its chairman Koirala, who was admitted to Gangalal Heart Center on Sunday evening.

The leaders are likely to delve primarily on army integration and formation of the state restructuring commission to finalise the number of states while adopting federalism and power sharing between state and central government.

Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, vice chairman Narayankari Shrestha, Dev Gurung, CPN (UML) chairman Jhala Nath Khanal, general secretary Ishor Pokharel, Bharat Mohan Adhikari, Nepali Congress acting president Shushil Koirala, vice president Ram Chandra Poudel and senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba attended today's meeting. nepalnews.com