KATHMANDU: The Prachanda-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is holding its parliamentary party (PP) meeting in the capital on Wednesday.
The PP meeting which is scheduled to begin at a hall of the parliament building in New Baneshwor at 1 pm will appoint Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda as the PP leader of its faction, said an NCP source.
The CC meeting of this faction held at Karki Banquet at Babarmahal on Tuesday picked Madhav Kumar Nepal as the chairman of this faction.
Prachanda and senor leader Nepal have already agreed to appoint Nepal as the chairman and Dahal as the PP leader. The meeting will endorse it, according to a source.
A total of 90 lawmakers of the Prachanda-Nepal faction were present in the PP meeting called on Monday. Earlier, in the no confidence motion registered at the parliament, the faction had proposed Prachanda as the future Prime Minister by ousting Oli.
The NCP headed towards the verge of split after Oli and Prachanda-Nepal factions held parallel central committee meetings yesterday.
Both the factions have claimed the legitimacy of the party. Supreme Court will give the final verdict on this issue.
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