KATHMANDU: A Standing Committee meeting of the Prachanda-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is underway at the party office in Perisdanda.
According to Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha, the meeting will discuss the latest political development surfaced after the Supreme Court’s verdict on the authenticity of the name of Nepal Communist Party.
Meanwhile, Madhav Nepal has been attending the meeting with the list of the Central Working Committee of the CPN-UML party.
Prior to this, the group led by leader Nepal had an internal discussion at hotel in Baneswor.
The SC had on Sunday gave its verdict in favor of Rishi Ram Kattel giving the recognition to the NCP led by Kattel.
A joint bench of Justices Bam Kumar Shrestha and Kumar Regmi, after hearing the case, had issued the final verdict on Sunday.
NCP Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had on Sunday said the SC meeting would discuss in detail and will come up with an official decision.
He also warned that the party will not accept the decision guided by ill-motifs if any.
It should be noted that the SC had issued the final verdict on the case related to the dispute surrounding the name of NCP.
With the decision, the authenticity of the NCP led by KP Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has been annulled.
The leaders of the faction have also consulted with the legal experts after the court’s verdict.
The then CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist-Center) had registered their party’s name as Nepal Communist Party at the Election Commission following their unification.
Prior to it, Nepal Communist Party had been registered under the leadership of Kattel at the EC.
On November 21, 2018, Kattel had moved the SC against the EC complaining that a similar name was registered against his party’s name.
Clause 6(E) of the Act about political parties has prohibited registration of a party with the EC if the name or election symbol matches with a party already registered with the Commission.
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