Addressing the nation Saturday evening, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal described the UCPN (Maoist)'s street protests as 'meaningless' and accused the opposition party of trying to create anarchy.
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal addressing the nation from his...
He said the government "cannot step down in the present critical situation".
Prime Minister Nepal also called on the Maoists to call off the protests, saying the current deadlock should be resolved through a consensus among the parties.
In his 15-minute long address, PM Nepal hinted that he would step down only if the agitating Maoists agreed to meet certain conditions put forth by other parties such as guarantee that the former rebel party turned itself into a "civilian party".
While he admitted "some of the weaknesses" of the government, PM Nepal claimed the government had made important achievements during this tenure such as discharge of the disqualified Maoist combatants and the launching of development programmes.
He spent most of his time criticising the Maoists. He said the country would have progressed much and peace process would have concluded by this time had the Maoists cooperated with the government.
Prime Minister Nepal addressed the nation in a live broadcast from his Baluwatar residence. Most of the ministers were present at Baluwatar as he addressed the nation.
His address came just as a major mass meeting organised by the Maoists at Kathmandu's Khula Manch ended and the top leaders of the three parties prepared to resume talks.
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