Kathmandu, Oct. 20 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki has invited national political parties to a roundtable for Tuesday afternoon. In a letter on Sunday evening, she has asked seven parties to send two senior representatives each for the talks to be held at the prime minister's residence at Baluwatar at 4 pm.

Major political parties, especially the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, have been accusing the interim government of failing to initiate dialogue to create a conducive environment for the March 5 elections.

The prime minister's office had already been in informal and individual-level consultations with leaders from various parties.

Former chief justice Karki was appointed prime minister of an interim government on September 12 afte...