Oli, Dahal to hold ‘one-on-one’ talks today as well

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister KP Oli are holding ‘one-on-one’ talks today as well.

The two leaders had on Tuesday agreed to sit for another round of talks on Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar.

The duo are in ‘serious’ talks aimed at narrowing down the differences that have escalated since the last two weeks within the party.

Chairman Dahal had earlier insisted ‘one-on-one’ talks to thrash out the disputes between the two leaders.

Meanwhile, what has to be noted is that party senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is one of the disgruntled leaders within the party in Dahal’s camp, has not been involved in the meeting.

This, as observers say, is an indication that senior leader Nepal will be left out yet again.

Senior leader Nepal and his aides are disappointed as they have not been involved in the talks. It is learned that NCP Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha, too, is dissatisfied with the ‘one-on-one’ dialogue between the NCP top guns.

Dahal and Oli were at loggerheads over some serious issues, particularly after PM Oli alleged the dissident faction of dancing to the tunes of India to oust him.

Meanwhile, the NCP’s Standing Committee meeting will be held today after the meeting of the two top leaders.

The party leadership is currently under pressure to keep the party intact since around 53 central committee members of the party has already initiated a signature campaign to convene the party’s central committee meeting.

They have argued that the meeting of the 441-member central committee will be more impactful than the 45-member Standing Committee.

According to the NCP statute, the leadership will have to call the meeting of the central committee if 25 percent, i.e., 110 members signed the document.