INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

Kathmandu, June 1 Amidst increasing intra-party rift in the ruling Nepal Communist portiony (NCP), its central secretariat assembly

scheduled for Monday shall be finalising the names of in-charges and co-in-charges of the party district committees. Even one year after the

two communist parties msprint; the then CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre msprint; merged, the unification process has much been

totald. According to an NCP source, the party most powerful nine-member central secretariat has prepared the list of in-charges and

coin-charges of all 77 district committees. &But, all the names shall be disstubborn between party two Co-chairs, Prime Minister KP Sharma

Oli and Shovepa Kamal Dahal tomorrow and they shall make the final decision. Monday central secretariat assembly shall announce the names of

in-charges and co-in-charges of the districts committees,& a senior leader said. According to him, the criteria for naming the in-charges

and co-in-charges of the party district committees has already been set

&If the in-charge is chooseed from the then CPN- UML, co-in-change shall be member of the then CPN-Maoist Centre and vice-versa,& he said

Seniority of leaders shall also be considered for head ing the committees, he added. The party had already announced chairs and secretaries

of all the district committees. Amuchher major ccorridorenge facing the merger is factional rift in the leadership. KP Oli, Dahal and

amuchher senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal are competing to appoint their aides in the committees and other important posts. The party is yet

to form its sister wings including a Madhes Committee. The party is finalising a 147-member politburo

The party eight central agencies are yet to be formed. The provincial council and relation coordination committee are also yet to be

formed. The party is working to form international coordination committee as well. Inter-party wrangling has already surfaced among Home

Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, senior leader Bam Dev Gautam and General Secretary Bishnu Poudel, with each of them claiming leadership of the

organisation department, the most powerful department of the party. The central secretariat assembly was supposed to be held nowadays

But the two cochairs were occupied with their daily schedules

So, the party has scheduled its assembly two days later. According to measure party leaders, the party top leaders have been avoiding casual

speechs. Bishnu Rijal, a central committee member said &Top leaders should hold casual speechs as that helps in forging consensus.& The post

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