Kathmandu: Upset over terming his government as unconstitutional, Nepalese Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand said he was ready to quit if it helped in successful conclusion of the peace talks with the Maoist rebels.

Flaying the country's mainstream political parties for not participating in the all- party meet called to discuss the on-going peace talks, Chand told reporters in Dhangadi on March 15 that the demand for restoration of the dissolved House of Representatives was an impossible option.

He said the political parties should ask for his resignation instead of terming the government as unconstitutional, according to media reports.

The Premier said the King doesn't have any Constitutional power to revive the House.

The four major political parties including Nepali Congress and Nepal Communist Party- UML have said they would launch a nationwide peaceful agitation demanding that the Monarch should either revive the House or form an all-party government.

Addressing a public meeting in his home district Baitadi, Chand accused the parties of non-co-operation with the peace process.

He said he would again call an all-party meeting over the matter regardless of the boycott by the political parties.

Meanwhile, Chand was on March 15 shown black flags in Dhangadi in West Nepal during the inauguration of a new bus terminal, 'The Rising Nepal' daily reported on March 16.

The protestors belonged to Western Bus Operators' Committee, a section of transporters feuding with another group over construction of the bus terminal, it said.

PTI