KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and UML senior leader Madhav Nepal have begun one-on-one meetings to thrash out the intra-party differences at Marriott Hotel in Nagpokhari Thursday.
The two heavyweights had held a meeting at the same venue on Wednesday evening. The one-on-one talk between UML Chairman Oli and leader Nepa has started, said a UML leader.
“Prime Minister Oli and Nepal are today continuing their dialogue which began yesterday,” said the leader.
Yesterday, the two leaders reportedly held serious deliberations on ways to manage the internal strife in the party.
A two-hour-long talk held between the two heavyweights yesterday had ended inconclusively, with two heavyweights sticking to their guns.
In the meeting with Prime Minister Oli yesterday, Nepal had reportedly floated his views arguing that the CPN-UML should be returned to the same status of May 16, 2018, but Oli rejected it flatly.
The two leaders exited the hotel at around 7 pm on Wednesday evening. Senior leader Nepal, however, refused to divulge the content of the discussion to the media.
The two leaders exited the hotel in a gay mood and PM’s special financial advisor Moti Dugad told media that he perceived the meeting was overall positive.
This was the first time that they sat for a dialogue after the dissolution of the House of Representatives last December.
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