Kathmandu, March 16:

At an informal closed-door meeting today held at the Nepali Congress supremo Girija Prasad Koirala’s residence at Maharajgunj, the party decided to revive the House of Representatives on the “strength” of the ongoing mass movement and go for constituent assembly.

While the party leaders and the Maoist leaders in New Delhi have reportedly agreed to go for constituent assembly, a leader conceded that the process and procedures on the same have not been spelt out. “This is likely to be discussed and revealed after the all-party meeting soon,” a party source conceded. The NC has, however, not closed the doors to the revival of the HoR by the King or the Supreme Court (SC).

A leader at the meeting conceded Koirala as saying that he was still firm on his stance of restoration of the Parliament. Party central member Sujata Koirala told The Himalayan Times, “Nepali Congress is firm on the demand of House revival.”

This, she said, can be on the “strength” of the mass movement, if the King “continued to ignore” the demands of the parties.

Sujata added, “Crises can be resolved within days if the King took initiatives, called political parties or the Maoists for dialogue.”

Party leader Arjun Narsingh KC told this daily that the meeting discussed on making the Kathmandu-centred mass movement beginning April 6 more effective.

A source, however, said that the leaders in New Delhi have agreed to make the demand of constituent assembly as the one and only agenda of the mass movement. He also informed that the parties are likely to go for restoration of the HoR “on the strength of the movement” to hold talks with the Maoist and elections to the constituent assembly.

The NC also urged the Maoists to “sincerely abide” by the 12-point understanding. The party has appealed the Maoists to withdraw their blockade programme as it might hamper the scheduled agitation.