Invitees at the function included heads of foreign diplomatic missions, representatives of Nepal-based international agencies, imminent figures of the civil society and artists. The UML had also invited President Dr Ram Baran Yadav to the reception, but he expressed his inability to participate, saying it would not be possible for him to attend functions organised by the parties.
Meanwhile, top leaders of the big parties have expressed hope that the political deadlock would be resolved before Tihar.
Talking to reporters during UML's tea reception Sunday afternoon, chiefs of the Unified CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) said they were hopeful of a breakthrough, ending the deadlock in the parliament, before the Dashain recess is over.
Nepali Congress president Koirala said the meeting of the top leaders from the three parties will sort out the problems.
He underlined the need to form a high level political mechanism to find a solution to the problem. Maoist chairman Dahal and UML chairman Khanal gave their consent to Koirala's proposal.
Dahal said agreement has already been reached on such a mechanism, but the implementation part has been lacking.
The leaders had voiced similar optimism during the tea reception by Nepali Congress on Saturday. nepalnews.com

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