Prachanda in China

Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said there is no alternative to forging consensus among political parties. Talking to media-persons at Tribhuwan International Airport prior to his departure to China on the invitation of Chinese Communist Party today, he said agreement was not far away if Nepali Congress and CPN-UML were flexible on the issue of state restructuring. Defining the purpose of his China- visit as for partisan ties, he said he would be briefing about the transitional situation in the country. He opined that foreign support was anticipated in the peace and constitution making processes. BITE... Chairman Prachanda is being accompanied by Unified-Maoist Vice-Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha and General Secretary Krishna Bahadur Mahara on his China trip. They will be participating in the programme to be organised at Kunming city in China's Yunan province and returning to Nepal on March 27.