KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has returned to Baluwatar following a meeting with Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda.
The meeting held between the two heavyweights at Prachanda’s residence in Khumaltar lasted for almost two hours.
Following Prime Minister Oli’s return to Baluwatar, NCP Vice Chairman Bamdev Gautam, senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and Prachanda are holding talks.
Prime Minister Oli reached Prachanda’s Khumaltar-based residence this morning to hold talks with Prachanda for the first time following his election as the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister’s Khumaltar visit, hence, is viewed meaningful at a time when the intra-party dispute of the ruling NCP has touched a new height, especially after the government introduced an ordinance on the Constitutional Council.
On Friday evening, Prachanda had reached Baluwatar to meet another Chairman and Prime Minister KP Oli. In the meeting that lasted for an hour, Prachanda said he would not go to Baluwatar again for a meeting with the Prime Minister. Oli, therefore, went to Khumaltar to coax Prachanda, according to an NCP source.
Both Oli and Dahal-Nepal factions have intensified meetings of various levels across the country to turn the tables in their favor.
Dahal-Nepal faction held a gathering of district chairpersons and secretaries of Province 1 at Peris Danda on Friday. In the gathering, Dahal and Nepal directed the cadres to hit the streets against Oli if the Constitutional Council Ordinance were not withdrawn.
Last week, Dahal-Nepal faction had organized a Bagmati Pradesh level gathering of its leaders. Relegated to minority in Secretariat Committee, Standing Committee and Central Committee, Prime Minister Oli, who is also the party chairman, is visiting Khumaltar to coax Dahal, according to political experts.
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