KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has expressed that he doesn’t believe he will become the Prime Minister this year.

Responding to journalists’ questions outside the Parliament building after today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Oli said, “I don’t think it will happen this year. It doesn’t seem like I’ll become Prime Minister this year.”

After Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba met with UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Saturday, there has been speculation in political circles about a possible NC-UML coalition government.

NC President Deuba has reportedly proposed that UML Chair Oli become Prime Minister.