DEUBA HITS OUT AT SUSHIL KOIRALA AND ASKS HOW CAN A PERSON WHO CAN’T LEAD A PARTY LEAD A NATION Kathmandu, 18 Aug.:- Nepali Congress (NC) senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba stressed that all the political parties should forge consensus by giving up their stances to rescue the country from present political and constitutional crisis, RSS reports. Deuba said that prolonged political deadlock in the country may push it towards a grave crisis and urged the political parties to be serious towards narrowing the mutual distrust and settling the intra-party disputes as well. inaugurating the first convention of Nepal Democratic Engineers' Association here today, leader Deuba questioned the ability of the leaders who are not even able to settle the intra-party conflict. "Fresh election is not possible without necessary amendments in the constitution," he said and opined that the dissolved Constituent Assembly should be revived for sometimes to remove constitutional difficulties for holding the election and new date for election be announced on the basis of political consensus. The former prime minister further urged both the ruling and the opposition parties to give up their stances to give the nation a way out to the present crisis as quickly as possible. Stating that the development of the country would not be possible until and unless political stability was achieved, he stressed the need of ensuring security at first and thereby attracting foreign investment into the country. (Note: Amid applause, Deuba asked referring to Sushil Koirala how can a person who can’t lead a party lead a nation.) nnnn