KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said he would not attend the inaugural session of the general convention of the Maoist Center to be held today.

Though Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” himself invited him over the phone, UML Chair refused to attend the inaugural session.

According to Oli’s secretariat, he will not be able to attend the Maoist Center’s general convention since he has been to his home district Jhapa.

The inaugural session of the eighth general convention of the CPN-Maoist is scheduled to begin at 3 pm today.

According to spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara, leaders of other parties have also been invited to the inaugural session to be held at the Nepal Academy in Kamaladi.

Mahara said leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Janata Samajbadi Party, CPN (Unified Socialist), Rastriya Janamorcha, Nepal Majdoor and Kisan Party, CPN-ML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, among other parties have been invited to the inaugural session.