President Meets With Leaders
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
April 5, 2010: President Ram Baran Yadav has met with the leaders of the three major political parties at his residence in Kathmandu on April 4, 2010. At the meeting, Chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda, Acting President of NC Sushil Koirala and Chairman of CPN-UML Jhalanath Khanal have committed to reach consensus on contentious matters and promulgate a new constitution on the deadline set for May 28, 2010.
Human Rights activists and civil society leaders such as Padma Ratna Tuladhara and Daman Nath Dhungana have acted as the witnesses of the commitment made by the three leaders of the major parties that together make the two-third majority in the Constituent Assembly.