Miscellaneous
UCPN (Maoist) Standing Committee meeting at Lazimpat
A meeting of the UCPN (Maoist) Standing Committee has begun at Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s residence in Lazimpat, Kathmandu this evening.A meeting of the UCPN (Maoist) Standing Committee has begun at Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s residence in Lazimpat, Kathmandu this evening.
The meeting was delayed by one and a half hours after Chairman Dahal was stuck in Gorkha due to bad weather. Dahal had left for Gorkha following a meeting of the party office bearers.
According to Dahal’s aide Jokh Bahadur Mahara, the meeting will review the turn of events in the wake the party office bearers’ decision to form a new government under Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The meeting is likely to withdraw support to the KP Oli-led government and bring no-confidence motion against the government.
The Standing Committee members and party office bearers have reached Lazimpat to attend the meeting.
Earlier in the day, UCPN (M) Vice Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha said that his party will wait for the response of the ruling CPN-UML throughout the day. “We will wait for UML’s response regarding our decision and we will take necessary decisions afterwards,” said Shrestha.