KATHMANDU, April 23 -- Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has underlined the need for dialogue, consensus, and collaboration among all to protect and promote the existing democratic republic system.

In his address to a ceremony held in Godavari of Lalitpur on Monday to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the establishment of the Communist Party of Nepal, the NC leader said, "The CPN completes 75 years of its inception and I congratulate all on this occasion. Minimum consensus and collaboration in the political sphere are needed to strengthen democracy and the republic, promote citizens' rights, and establish durable peace and good governance in the country."

The parliamentary party leader from the main opposition party urged the ...