Business leaders, who played a crucial role to pressurize Maoists to postpone their indefinite general strike, have taken fresh initiatives to pile pressure on political parties to seek solution to the current political stalemate through consensus.
On Sunday, a delegation of business community lead by President of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) Khus Kumar Joshi met with Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Acting President of Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala and asked them to end the deadlock through consensus.
The delegation, which met the prime minister at his residence, told the prime minister that FNCCI, with support from professional organizations, organized peace assemblies across the country to save the country from sliding into chaos.
The business leaders complained that the business community has been suffering from Maoist extortion and asked the government to take effective measures to discourage illegal donation collection drive of the Maoists, said a statement issed by the FNCCI.
In response, the prime minister told the business community that he would take initiatives to bring together the three major parties if the Maoists cooperate to evacuate the cantonments and disband the paramilitary structure of Young Communist League.
He further said there would not be environment of trust until the Maoists continue to have armed combatants, the prime minister´s Press Advisor Bishnu Rijal said in a statement.
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