KATHMANDU: Responding to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's letter for talks sent early in the day, the UCPN-Maoist decided on Sunday evening to not to negotiate with the government unless the prime minister reigns from the post.
The Standing Committee of the main opposition party, UCPN-Maoist, took the decision to this effect in a meeting that was held at the party's office at peris Danda in Koteshwor.
Emerging from the meeting, spokesperson for the Maoists Dinanath Sharma said "the meeting has decided not to negotiate with the government unless the prime minister steps down".
According to him, the meeting also decided to organise mass assemblies in major cities across the country on May 25, for which the party would carry out the preparatory tasks between May 10 and 14.
The Maoists, who called off for their programme of indefinite general strike on May 7, would conduct trainings and organise programme of mass mobilisation across the country spanning May 15-24.
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