The talks among the major four political forces held at Baluwatar on Monday have ended inconclusively. The meeting was summoned after the cross-party taskforce asked the top brass leaders of the major parties to settle the disputes at the higher level. The taskforce failed to come up with a consensus proposal on the disputed issues of the constitution writing. Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel said the disputed issues were taken up by the top leaders as discussions among many leaders was fruitless. Also, UCPN (Maoist) senior leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that he wished to be the party chairman as per the proposal of party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal though he never craved for the executive post in the party.Reasoning that leadership handover was his demand for long past to lead the party in the changed context and internalize the sentiments of all, Dr Bhattarai said that process for leadership handover would begin from the special general convention of the party to be held next year.Speaking at the party central committee (CC) meeting on Sunday, Dr Bhattarai made such statements on the political report of party chairman Dahal. Party spokesperson Dinanath Sharma said that chairman Dahal has incorporated the issues of party’s general convention, organizational and political clarity and leadership handover.In his report, Dahal has proposed to elect Dr Bhattarai as the party chair by stepping down himself from the main leadership.
