Kathmandu, Nov. 28 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki has started meeting with party leaders individually in order to create an environment for the March elections.

Karki has held several rounds of official and unofficial talks with different party leaders in the past but she has yet to meet top-tier leaders like Sher Bahadur Deuba, KP Sharma Oli, and Pushpa Kamal Dahal. An aide to the prime minister said she will discuss separately with other party leaders gradually.

On Thursday, she held talks with second-tier leaders of the CPN-UML including party secretary Shankar Pokharel, Deputy General Secretary Pradeep Gyawali and former chief whip Mahesh Bartaula and Chairman of the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Mahantha Thakur separately about the M...