KAILALI: CPN-UML vice-chairman Bamdev Gautam on Saturday said that there was no alternative to consensus and co-work. At a press meet organised by the Press Chautari Nepal, Kailali in Dhangadhi, he opined that the present coalition government could be turned to a national government if parties forge consensus. But the nature of the consensus would define what the government would be like, he added. He also said if the top leaders of the three big parties and the Prime Minister were serious enough; the solution to the present political crisis was not that far.