The country can runs even without Maoists: Pradip Gyawali

CPN-UML leader and Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradip Kumar Gyawali has said that the country will run even without the Maoists.

He made the remarks while addressing an all-party meeting convened by the Prime Minister on Saturday. 

Stating that the Maoists were not informed at the meeting, he said, "I do not know why they did not come. The country is running even without them."

He also said that it was inconsistent to say that the Prime Minister had called the Chairman of the Maoist Center Prachanda on Friday but it was not reported. 

Today's all-party meeting was boycotted by the Maoists.