Kathmandu, January 19:

A day after home minister Kamal Thapa asked the seven-party alliance to sit for dialogue, an influential leader of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi), a partner in the seven-party alliance, today ruled out dialogue with the ruling establishment unless the King restricted himself within the parameters of the 1990 Constitution.

The NSP (Anandidevi) leader, Sarita Giri, said they would defy the government’s prohibitory orders tomorrow “come what may”, and urged the King to “Either come within the parameters of the 1990 Constitution or abandon the throne.”

Speaking at an interaction organised by the Sambad Club here today, Giri came down heavily on the home minister for threatening the political parties in a speech delivered yesterday.

In a statement pointed at the home minister, Giri accused the ruling establishment of giving a boost to the Maoists’ activities. “The threat of curfew is an indication of ‘fear psychosis’ of the government,” she said, adding that the people cannot accept slavery anymore. While she labelled the Palace for being the main obstruction to the peace process, she accused Thapa of failing to change his Panchayati attitude.

Spokesperson for the Rana-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Parsuram Khapung urged all stakeholders – the ruling establishment, political parties and the Maoists — to work for a consensus to end the current turmoil.

Reiterating the party’s stance of consensus through dialogue, Khapung accused the government of taking the “wrong path” by imposing prohibitory orders and curfew.