Baidya hints at collaborating with ex-king

HETAUDA, JUL 22 - CPN (Maoist) Chairman Mohan Baidya has said that there is possibility of collaborating with the former king for protecting the national autonomy and to curt the growing foreign meddling in the nation's affairs. "The party can co-operate with anyone for nationality, federalism and sovereignty," Baidya said at a programme organised by Revolutionary Journalist Association in Hetauda on Monday. Baidya also warned that his party would strongly retaliate if the government and the four political parties tried to enforce the Constituent Assembly (CA) election . "We would protest if election was held without our consent and take stern action," he said. On the occasion, Baidya said it was inevitable to work together with the nationalist and patriotic forces including the former king for keeping intact the national sovereignty and indivisibility. He expressed the conviction that the parties opposing the CA election including his own party would participate in the election if an all-party national unity government was formed through a roundtable conference as suggested by his party and the CA election was held by that government.