Nepali Congress acting-president Sushil Koirala clarified on Monday that his party is not looking for a replacement of the current UML-led coalition government and wants it to continue in power until the country has a new constitution.

This remark of the NC acting-president comes as a rebuttal to the statement of UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal a few days ago that he had discussed forming a new government during his meeting with Girija Prasad Koirala in Singapore.

On Sunday, the NC president refuted this claim by the Maoist chairman in his meeting with the prime minister, saying that his Singapore meeting with Dahal was not for change in government leadership.

Accusing the Maoist chairman of trying to create confusion and create instability in the country through such statements, Sushil Koirala said that to look for an alternative to the current government is to openly invite the Maoists to form a new government.

And our party doesn't want that to happen, he said.

The NC acting-president, who was speaking at a press meet organized by Press Union Kaski Chapter in Pokhara, said Girijababu (Girija Prasad Koirala) is wrong to believe that Maoist chairman Dahal will abide by the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA).

He said that it is very shameful of the Maoist to call for a new understanding when they have not abided by the previous agreements at all.

However, at another programme in Kathmandu the same day, an influential NC leader contradicted the NC acting-president by talking about the party's resolve to form of a "national consensus government", possibly by dissolving the current one.

Dr Shekhar Koirala, who is also nephew of NC President and had accompanied the latter in his trip to Singapore for medical treatment, said that after the formation of a High-Level Political Mechanism the issue (of forming a national consensus government) will finally be settled.

It will be settled either by reshuffling the current government or forming another one, Dr Shekhar Koirala said.

He revealed that during the meeting between the NC president and Maoist chairman in Singapore there was a sort of an agreement to discuss the possibility of a consensus government after formation of HLPM.

The NC president's nephew further said that the announcement of a HLPM will be made within a week. nepalnews.com

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