NC, UML AND OTHER OPPOSITION PARTIES BOYCOTT GOVT. SPONSORED 21-PARTY FRONT MEET Kathmandu, 4 Sept.:: The opposition parties including the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) have decided not to attend an interaction programme organized by the Federal Democratic Republican Alliance (FDRA), RSS reports. The FDRA has organized an interaction in the capital today in a bid to end the ongoing political deadlock. The opposition parties' leaders said that they would not attend the interaction called by the FDRA saying that the coalition parties have attempted to foil the environment of consensus by forming a front and alliance in the name of pro-federalist and anti-federalist. NC spokesperson Dilendra Prasad Badu said that all the political parties should hold discussions and dialogue to end the ongoing political and constitutional crises and added that such alliance would not make environment conducive to that end. Earlier, a meeting of the NC and UML had decided not to recognize the FDRA and boycott the meetings called by the alliance. Similarly, chief of UML publicity department Yubraj Gyawali accused the coalition parties of obstructing the environment of consensus by creating division in the name of anti-federalists and pro-federalists. nnnn