KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today urged the main opposition UCPN-Maoist not to cause public nuisance with their agitation.

Speaking at a programme here in the capital, the PM said that the Jana Andolan-II already established the civilian supremacy in the country.

"As the civilian supremacy was the demand of all of us and not only of the Maoists', we all were worried about it then," he said, urging the Maoists to stop blockade programme and other form of protests that trouble public.

"Solution cannot be attained by disrupting the House frequently," he said. "Consensus is the need of the hour as we had settled many disputes with political consensus and understanding in the past."

The PM was of the opinion that the drafting of the new constitution would not be complete until the Maoist combatants staying in the temporary camps were managed.

"The government is committed to sort out this issue before the promulgation of the new statute," he added.

PM Nepal underscored the role of media in bridging the gap and enhancing friendly relationship among political parties.

Shankar Pokharel, Minister for Information and Communications, said that the mediapersons, who often advocate the rights of others, needed to be aware of their own rights as well. "The Minimum Wage fixation Committee had already fixed the wages of employees and press representatives of media houses and directed for its implementation," he said.

He, however, said that very few journalists had been found raising voices for their own rights.

During the programme, PM Nepal handed over this year's Hem-Sunil Challenging Television Journalism Award to Tek Bahadur Khadka and Madan Acharya of state-owned Nepal Television. The award comprises a cash prize of 21,000 and certificate. The award was established in the name of two television journalists — Hem Raj Bhandari and Sunil Kumar Singh — who were killed in a helicopter crash in Taplejung in 2006.