MAOIST CHIEF SUGGESTS MADESHI SUCCEED PM BHATTARAI Kathmandu, 8 Dec.: Ruling Maoist Chairman Prachanda Saturday offered the candidate of a Madeshi to takeover charge as caretaker prime minister from incumbent Baburam Bhattarai. The suggestion was made to NC General Secretary Krishna Prasad Sitaula and UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal The name of the candidate wasn’t immediately known. But the suggestion came at a time when NC has fielded the candidacy of NC Presdent Sushil Koirala Nnnn FINANCE MINISTER PUN CALLS FOR PACKAGE SOLUTION Kathmandu,8 Dec.:Minister for Finance Barshaman Pun has stressed on the need of solution of present political and constitutional deadlock in a package, RSS reports from Salyan. “The government would not step down until the parties reach a package deal, and Nepali Congress-led unity government is possible only after parties reach agreements on contentious issues of new constitution,” said FM Pun while inaugurating a programme at Pharulachar Multiple Campus in Salyan on Saturday. He further accused NC and CPN-UML of deviating from consensual path though talks are going on to morph the incumbent government into national unity government. In his own words, there is vigorous struggle between two forces- one willing change and another opposing it. nnnn.