UPDATE SHARAT SINGH BHANADARI ALSO MEETS PRESIDENT TO DICUSS OUTLET Kathmandu, 8 Jan. Sharat Singh Bhandari, President of the Rastriya Madhes Samajwadi Party (RMSP), also held discussions Tuesday with President Dr. Ram BaranYaav on the current impasse. Maoist Chairman Prachanda and fomer Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa also held Separate discussions with the head of state. Bhandari said after the meeting that four parties only couldn’t give an the country an outlet and asked the president to save it from becoming a failed state. Nnnn CTEVT PADLOCKED Kathmandu, 8 Jan. Three employees unions in the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) have padlocked their office in protest against the alleged haphazard affiliations granted by the Council and the failure of the administration to implement the past agreements, RSS reports from Bhaktapur.. Nepal National Employees Union, Employees Organization and Employees Association locked the office of the CTEVT Vice-chairman, member-secretary, administration division and Standard Determination Division on Tuesday. The Employees' unions have charged the Council administration of granting affiliation to five nursing colleges illegally, during the period when the Council had remained padlocked by various students' organizations. Joint press statements signed by Chairpersons of the three Unions have been demanding immediate cancellation of the illegal affiliations, and halt of admissions taken by the newly affiliated institutions. They have also drawn the attention of the Council chairperson and education minister, the council vice-chair and member-secretary towards that end. nnnn