PM CONVENES ALL-PARTY MEET TUESDAY Kathmandu, 9 July: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has convened an all-party meet Tuesday to discuss a budget for fiscal year 2069/70 that begins Monday. The meeting has been called after President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav suggested a budget should be announced through consensus and opposition parties have been demanding a budget through consensus. Nnnn KAMAL THAPA CALLS PM THREAT TO WITHDRAW GOVT. FACILITIES FOR FORMER KING LOWLY ATTITUDE Kathmandu, 9 July: RPP-Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa Monday termed Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s threat to former King Gyanendra a “lowly threat”. “Security of an individual is the duty of the government. This government has been giving facilities and life-long security to former prime ministers who haven’t been in office even for six months. “He [former king] is a former head of state,” Thapa said Monday the day Bhattarai issued a threat to withdraw government facilities after then King Gyanendra said he wanted to play the role of guardian at a time when the country’s situation had deteriorated. “What facilities has he got [then king?” Thapa asked and answered in the Same breath —a bungalow in Nagarjung.. nnnn