By NNN-PTI,
Kathmandu : A crucial power-sharing meeting between Maoists and the CPN-UML ended inconclusively here today as the two parties failed to sort out differences over the key issue of the election of the president, deepening further the three-month-old political deadlock in Nepal.
“We held extensive talks on the issue of formation of new government, election of the president and matters related to power sharing but no agreement has yet been reached,” CPN-UML central committee member Bhim Rawal, who was also present at the meeting, said.
“We are still trying to find a common ground and we have continued to stress on moving ahead by maintaining cooperation and collaboration,” he said after the meeting between Prachanda and CPN-UML general secretary Jhalanath Khanal.
Though the talks were moving towards a positive direction, no decision was reached yet on electing the president, he said.
CPN-UML, the third largest party in the Constituent Assembly, has claimed the post of president after the Maoists rejected Nepali Congress’ proposal to make Girija Prasad Koirala the president.
Nepali Congress vice-president Ramchandra Poudyal said there is no possibility of cooperation and collaboration with the Maoists unless they return the seized property and change their behavior.
Unless the Maoists fully honour the Comprehensive Peace Agreement they signed in the past and return the land and property they seized from people we cannot cooperate with them in forming the new government, he told PTI.