KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal during Wednesday’s Standing Committee meeting took time to express his grudges alleging Prime Minister KP Oli of not sticking to the May 30, 2019 agreement reached between the two.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the party’s Standing Committee meeting at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar, NCP Supremo Dahal said failure to adhere to the agreement has led to mistrust between the two chairmen.
It should be noted that the Dahal had Oli had earlier agreed to run the government on a ‘turn-wise’ basis with Oli being at the helm for 30 months and handing over the reins to Dahal after that to lead the remaining period.
Meanwhile, even though Dahal did not directly mention it, he said lack of sincerity led to suspicion and distrust between the two top brass.
“This led to distrust,” a leader quoted Dahal as saying, adding, “Instead of narrowing down the differences, the mistrust has further widened.” He warned that the party can even undergo unfortunate circumstances if things do not move on the right path.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Oli said he was ready to mend his ways if he deviated from the path and principles.
He emphasized the need of party unity to overcome all challenges.
The party’s Standing Committee meeting has been adjourned until Friday.
Today’s meeting endorsed the agenda as prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19, Nepal’s border problem and its solution, thorough review of the government’s works, assessment of the party works and remaining works of organizational unification, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact and miscellaneous topics.
The miscellaneous topics include the incident that took place in Rukum (Paschim) on May 23, the bill related to citizenship and allowances of federal parliamentarians.
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