KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal are holding talks prior to the Standing Committee meeting scheduled for Staurday.
The meeting between Prime Minister Oli and Dahal is expected to narrow down the differences and make today’s SC meeting decisive .
The much-awaited meeting between Dahal and Oli held on Friday ended in a positive note with both the leaders agreeing to resolve the existing disputes on the basis of consensus in line with the spirit of party unity.
The Chairman duo discussed for three hours yesterday and agreed to sit again for talks on Saturday before the meeting of the Standing Committee.
The two leaders had met at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar to thrash out the disputes that have taken to a new height within the party in the last week.
PM Oli and Dahal agreed to move ahead on the basis of understanding keeping intact the party unity as per the demand of the party leaders and supporters, a leader said.
General Secretary Bishnu Poudel and Standing Committee Member Janardan Sharma were also present at the Oli-Prachanda talks.
Friday’s meeting between the two leaders was possible at the initiation taken by the second generation leaders of the party, particularly Agriculture Minister Ghanashyam Bhusal.
Minister Bhusal had on Friday morning urged both leaders – PM Oli and Dahal – to thrash out differences on the basis of understanding consensus at this crucial juncture.
Meanwhile, the Standing Committee members, too, had urged both sides to move forward on the basis of consensus.
Meanwhile, party leaders had also advised top leaders of the party to resolve the ongoing intra-part dispute through dialogue at the earliest.
Taking to social networking sites, NCP leaders have piled pressure on party heavyweights including chairmen Pushpa Kamal Dahal and KP Sharma Oli to seek a solution to the existing problem through dialogues after intra-party crisis deepened further.
The feud within the ruling NCP took a serious turn on Thursday giving a clear hint that the party is heading closer to a split with both the factions led by Prime Minister Oli and Chairman Dahal showing no signs of flexibility.
Amid rifting dispute on key issues such as the party government-relationship, ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), evaluation of the government performance, COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the government, Oli and Dahal are granted one more day to resolve the differences.
The standing committee meeting on Thursday had granted a one-day time to the party leadership to work out the basis for consensus.
Comment