aba k bhannne yesta buda lai bhir bata khasna khojni gorulai ram-ram bhan na sakincha kad thapna sakinnna ki kaso hau ational reconciliation policy still relevant: KP Bhattarai Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, Sept 9 - Nepali Congress (NC) founding leader and former Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Sunday claimed that the National Reconciliation Policy of BP Koirala is still relevant. In a press statement today, Bhattarai opined that the increasing distance between the king and political parties would only weaken nationality, independence and democratic practices. Stating that the national recondition policy would be still relevant in coming days, the octogenarian leader has also asked the NC not to erase its own history. Bhattarai’s comments have come after the party’s central working committee adopted a proposal for a federal democratic republic last week. Stating that the institution of monarchy has unifying role for religious, cultural, ethnic and political groups, Bhattarai also made a point that the prevailing transitional period in the country would come to an end only through unity and reconciliation. He added that a feeling of vengeance would only further divide the nation. Nepal’s first elected prime minister and NC founding member, BP Koirala had propounded the policy of national reconciliation in 1976 when he returned from self-imposed exile in India. Bhattarai, who is placed second in the party hierarchy, has been living a politically secluded life in his Bhainsepati residence. He has not attended the interim parliament since April uprising last year insisting that the two factions of NC must unite before that.