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BAIDYA SAYS POLITICS HAS TAKEN NEW TURN

Katthmandu, 23 Aug,: Chairman of the CPN-Maoist, Mohan Biadya, has said the country´s politics has taken a new course with the political parties agreeing in principle to hold a round table conference, RSS reports..

Receiving the memorandum submitted by Chairman of Reporters´ Club Nepal at the CPN-Maoist party headquarters in Buddhanagar, Chairman Baidya said that with the agreement for roundtable conference, all the old procedures for the election have ended and a new procedure has begun.

He said, "With the Thursday agreement, the country´s politics has taken a new course. They (leaders of major political parties), too, would not say that the government cannot be changed and election date cannot be deferred."

He claimed that no agreement would be made in the status quo and unless the current government remained. He added that all the problems would be settled by the round table conference.

He said no side could escape from talks and that the national political consensus should be forged finding out positive conclusion through it.

The political parties would forge consensus regarding the procedure of the round table conference and that it would make common concept on the 18-point demand kept by his party and 33-party-alliance.

The CPN-Maoist chairman said the nation should move ahead forging consensus among all parties and sides claiming that the current political crisis was followed by the unilateral behavior of four parties.

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IDIAN ENVOY SAYS GOODBYE TO CHAIRMAN REGMI

Kathmandu, 23 Aug.; Indian Ambassador Jayanta Prasad on Friday paid a

farewell call on Chairman of Interim Election Council of Ministers Khil

Raj Regmi.

They met at Singha Durbar.

Prasad is retiring after concluding his Nepal assignment.

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LAMA ELECTED

Kathmandu, 23 Aug.:  National Sports Council (NSC) Member

Secretary Yuvaraj Lama was Friday elected unanimously  president of

Nepal Equestrian Association..

The first general assembly of the association elected Lama.

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