Nepal, Dec. 15 -- The government has formed a dialogue team to engage with controversial businessman Durga Prasain's Nation, Nationality, Religion, Culture and Citizens' Protection Campaign, Nepal, purportedly to create an environment conducive for the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The talks team is led by Minister for Communication and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel, according to Ajaya Bhadra Khanal, chief adviser to Prime Minister Sushila Karki.

The committee includes Khanal himself and the prime minister's public relations adviser Govind Narayan Timilsina as members.

Following the committee's formation, the prime minister's chief personal secretary Adarsha Kumar Shrestha on Sunday sent a formal letter to Prasain's 'campa...