KATHMANDU: CPN-UML party chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a Standing Committee (SC) meeting of the party today.
The SC meeting will be held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar at 4 pm, Baluwatar sources have said.
It is learnt that the meeting is likely to take action against the Nepal-Khanal faction.
President Bhandari has dissolved the House of Representatives on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and announced the mid-term elections for November 12 and 19, a year ahead of schedule.
Issuing a statement, the President’s Office said the President dissolved the House as per Article 76(7) of the Constitution on the recommendation of the cabinet.
The disgruntled faction of the UML has protested the President’s move to declare mid-term polls.
The meeting has been called at a time when the Nepal-Khanal faction in collaboration with the opposition parties is making preparations to form a strategy against the parliament dissolution.
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