KATHMANDU: A Standing Committee (SC) meeting of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is underway at the Prime Minister’s official residence, Baluwatar on Saturday.
The SC meeting is taking place for the third consecutive day today. According a source privy to the meeting, Prime Minister has left the meeting after briefly participating in it.
Oli briefly took part in the meeting after leaders criticized him for his absence in both the previous SC meetings on Wednesday and Friday.
On Friday 18 members expressed their views over the Nepal-India border issue. Remaining members are putting forth their views on the agenda today. Each member has been given 10 minute’s time.
The first meeting held on Wednesday had set a list of seven agendas for discussion in the meeting.
The meeting had ended with the addresses by NCP Chairman duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Earlier, a decision to convene a Secretariat meeting to discuss MCC was made to finalize the party’s stance on the widely-talked-about MCC.
It should, however, be recalled that the NCP had earlier entrusted the Parliament to decide the fate of MCC.
The ruling party is divided on the issue. While Dahal, senior leaders Jhalanath Khanal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, party leader Bhim Rawal and others are against the endorsement of the MCC, PM K P Oli, Defense Minister Ishwor Pokhrel, Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali and others are in favor of endorsing it.
The NCP had earlier formed a task force led by senior leader Khanal and including Foreign Minister Gyawali and standing committee member Rawal as members on February 2 to study MCC.
The task force later said it should not be endorsed without amendment.
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