TAMRAT ALSO CONSULTS SUSHIL KOIRALA, JHALANATH KHANAL UPDATE Kathmandu,7 June: Samuel Tamrat, Special envoy of UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, also held separate discussions with NC President Sushil Koirala and UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal Thursday, “We encourage parties not to prolong the crisis. Hope we will see some results,” Tamrat said after meeting the leaders. He is preparing a Nepal report to be submitted to the secretary-general after consulting Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai. Tamrat came for on-the-spot study after government declared constituent assembly (CA) elections and the automatic dissolution of the assembly. He said a constitution was needed. NC and UML are opposed to the government. They reiterated the party positions to Tamrat, Nnnn KAMAL THAPA SAYS ALL CA DECISIONS ARE NULL AND VOID Kathmandu, 7 June: RPP-Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa said Thursday all decisions of the constituent assembly (CA)are null and void, including the declaration of republic, after the automatic dissolution of the assembly. “All decisions are automatically null and void, including declaration of a Republic,” Thapa told reporters. “The assembly can’t be reinstated. The president does not have the power,” he said. Nnnn NARAYANMAN BIJUKAKCHAYA HOLDS CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT Kathmandu, 7 June: Narayanman Bijukakchaya, chairman of Bhaktapur based Nepal Majdoor Kishan Party, held consultations with President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav Thursday. The Bhaktapur leader of the splinter communist group was assisted by two party aides. Nnnn HUGE HASH HAUL Kathmandu, 7 June: Jit Bahadur Gurumg was arrested Wednesday with 2kg hashish at Matatirtha Itakhel. The arrestee has been identified as Jit Bahadur Ghising (50) of Palung-9 Makwanpur district. Gurung was arrested while entering the capital from Makwanpur. Nnnn