Maoist ministers tender resignation at seven party meeting

The ministers belonging to Maoist party have tendered joint resignation at the seven party meeting, Friday evening.

They resigned in the face of lack of progress on the continuing consultations among the political parties over power-sharing and other issues.

In fact, they had already tendered the joint resignation to their party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' last week.

The seven party meeting held at Baluwatar ended inconclusively on Friday.

The bitterness among the parties has grown over the issue of who gets to become the first president of the republic Nepal.

The decision by Maoists and UML to back each other's candidate for the position of prime minister and president, respectively, has raised the hackles of the Nepali Congress. nepalnews.com sd Jun 20 08

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