KATHMANDU: Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda is heading to the Supreme Court (SC) today to seek a review on its decision to nullify the Nepal Communist Party (NCP).
Prachanda will reach the SC at 11 am, according to his Secretariat.
CPN (Maoist Center) on March 23 had decided to go to the Supreme Court, seeking a review of its decision to nullify the NCP.
A Standing Committee meeting held at Singha Durbar last Tuesday had decided to seek review of the Supreme Court’s decision.
The apex court had restored the erstwhile CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center), scrapping their unification as the NCP on March 7.
Terming the SC’s decision a political one, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” had said that he would go for a review of the court’s decision.
Earlier, the Maoist Center party had consulted with the legal experts, including Shambhu Thapa, Ram Narayan Bidari, Chandeshwar Shrestha, Mukti Pradhan and others.
There is a legal provision to seek review within 60 days of the court’s decision.
The CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) had unified to become NCP on May 17, 2018.
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