Kathmandu:

The founder leader of the Nepali Congress and former Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai on Saturday pointed out the need for merger of the Nepali Congress and NC-Democratic. He was seen in a public programme after a long gap. Bhattarai said that the two Congress parties must merge and assured that this would happen in a month. Talks are undergoing regarding the party merger, he said talking to media persons after inaugurating Kupondol Fair, organised on the occasion of 35th year of establishment of the Friends Club Kupondol on Saturday. — RSS