Ending a political deadlock, Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala invited the Maoists to form a Government more than a month after they emerged as biggest party in the Constituent Assembly polls."Prime Minister Koirala, acting as the head of the state, called on the Maoists to form a Government of national consensus as per the constitution," Nepali Congress general secretary Bimalendra Nidhi told PTI.Koirala called on Maoist chief Prachanda to take initiative to forming a new Government during a meeting between top leaders of the three major political parties—the Nepali Congress, the CPN(UML) and CPN-Maoist at the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar.The CPN-Maoists, which emerged as the biggest in the 601-member Constituent assembly bagging 220 seats in April 10 polls had been pressing Koirala whose Nepali Congress came a distant second with 110 seats to give way to Government led by Prachanda.The octogenarian premier's invitation has paved the way for Maoists, who ended their decade-long armed struggle in November 2006, to come to power.The Maoist chief is expected to present a proposal concerning the formation of the next government at a meeting of top leaders scheduled tomorrow, NC General Secretary and Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told reporters after the meeting.As per the Article 38(1) of the Interim Constitution, a Government can be formed on the basis of "national consensus".
