The Nepali Congress (NC), the largest party in the Legislature-Parliament, has come up with a four-point proposal in its bid to seek a way-out from the current political deadlock in the country.

The party has proposed to announce the date for local poll immediately, endorse the election-related bills, resume the House proceedings and give a full shape to the Election Commission (EC) as it hopes that it will help find a ground to break the existing political deadlock.

A meeting of the party parliamentary office-bearers and central members available in the capital held this morning under the leadership of party president Sher Bahadur Deuba at the party parliamentary party office Singha Durbar decided to further intensify talks with the ruling partners and the oppositions to forge an agreement on the proposal.

However, the meeting has not mentioned the ground for holding the local level election (either in the existing structure or as per the new constitution).

Talking to media after the meeting, party General Secretary Dr Shashank Koirala confirmed the meeting discussing on the proposal.

The main opposition CPN (UML) which has obstructed the House since the registration of the constitution amendment proposal on November 29 is saying that it is ready to let the House resume the business if political parties become committed to endorsing the local poll-related bill.

Likewise, three election-related bills are in the waiting for an approval at the Parliament while posts for three commissioners at the EC are lying vacant. "A delay in opening the House business will prolong transition," Koirala said.

Similarly, party senior leader Ramchandra Poudel spoke of the need of taking the country towards election phase to find a way out to the existing political imbroglio. The party would make initiative to forge a political agreement on holding the election. RSS