CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has stressed on the need to continue cooperation between opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) and the ruling CPN-UML, notwithstanding the results of the recent Prime Ministerial elections. 

Speaking in a programme organised by Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) here in the Capital on Tuesday, leader Nepal pointed out equal role of all to sort out the problems facing the nation. 

"We hope that the NC will help the UML-led government while remaining in opposition," he said. 

On a different context, UML leader Nepal assured the NRNA that although the new government has been formed with majority of leftists, existing three-pillar economy policy would not be revised, adding that donors should not be afraid to invest merely for the new constitution incorporates socialism. 

Also, NC central member Arjun Prasad Joshi, UCPN (Maoist) leader Yubraj Chaulagain and political analyst Lok Krishna Bhattarai spoke in the programme. 

Meanwhile, on the occasion, Sapila Rajbhandari living in Russia was honoured amid a programme for her contribution to promote unity and cooperation among Nepalis living abroad.