KOIRALA SEEKS PRESIDENT;S HELP Kathmandu, 29 April: NC President Sushil Koirala Monday sought help of President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav to c0nduct second constituent assembly elections in November. December. Their meeting was the first after Koirala assumed chairman for one month of the body of three parties and a Madeshi coalition behind the government.for tohel of Koirala sought president’s help to get opposition to join the election fray as they demand resignation of government and its replacement by a national consensys government formed by a roundtable conference. Nnnn UML STANDING COMMITTEE MEET CONTINUES FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY Kathmandu, 29 April: UML standing committee s meeting again Monday afternoon to discuss appointment to vacancies in the central committee for the second consecutive day. There are nine vacancies after defections. Vice-chairman Ashok Rai and several other top Janajati leaders quit and launched a new party protesting UML’s opposition to a federal ethnic structure based on ethnicity. A meeting of the politburo was postponed because of differences in the standing committee over central committee appointments. Nnnn NEPALGUNJ FIRE DAMAGE ESTIMATED AR RS.20 MILLION Kathmandu, 29 April: A fire in Nepalgunj overnight destroyed 11 shops causing damage estimated at Rs.20 million. An electric short circuit probably started the fire. which started at midnight/. nnnn