INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: Standing Committee members belonging to Dahal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have begun a meeting after they
reached Prime Minister KP Sharma Olis official residence in Baluwatar.
The party leaders have claimed that co-chair Prime Minister Oli had
unilaterally postponed the standing committee meeting scheduled to be held today without the consent of the other co-chair Pushpa Kamal
Dahal.
Co-chair Dahal and leaders belonging to his faction were on their way to the PMs official residence when a notice was issued of the
meeting being postponed, claim the leaders
Dahal and some of the party members reached Baluwatar to carry on with the meeting anyway, as earlier planned.
Dahals personal aide Bishnu
Sapkota told THT Online that the standing committee meeting started at 2:00 pm after Dahal and senior leader Jhala Nath Khanal held a
discussion with Prime Minister Oli.
However, it has been learnt that PM Oli and party leaders belonging to his faction are not present at
the meeting, and are of the opinion that the ongoing meet is not a meeting of the standing committee.
Earlier today, Prime Ministers press
advisor Surya Thapa, through his official social media accounts, stated that the meeting which was scheduled for 11:00 am today had been
The date for when the standing committee would meet next was not disclosed.
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The meeting had been scheduled for today morning after the last session ended within minutes of being started on July 21.
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