KATHMANDU, March 22 -- Deputy General Secretary of the CPN (Maoist Center) and former finance minister Barshman Pun, who is undergoing treatment in China, had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.

According to his secretariat, Pun spoke with Dahal on Monday and with Deuba on Tuesday. Leader Pun congratulated Prime Minister Dahal for getting the vote of confidence by almost two-thirds of the members of parliament.

With both the leaders, he said that the government and ruling alliance should move forward with the aim of political stability, protection of the constitution and establishment of good governance, development and prosperity according to the people's wis...