Kathmandu, November 27
Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala on Tuesday hosted a lunch meeting inviting selected leaders of her party, at her private residence in Mandikhatar of Kathmandu.
This is Koirala’s second lunch meeting in past 15 days. Earlier on November 12, Koirala had invited senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel, General Secretary Shashanka Koirala, Prakash Man Singh, Ram Sharan Mahat, Arjun Narsingha KC and Shekhar Koirala for the similar meeting.
It was said that the meeting was held to discuss consolidating the camp against party President Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Influential leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula, who reportedly missed the last meeting, was present today. Mahat and KC were the repeated guests.
Besides, other invitees were from the young generation. They included Dhana Raj Gurung, Gagan Thapa, Chandra Bhandari Pradip Poudel and Jeevan Pariyar, among others.
During the meeting, Koirala told the leaders that she did not have any lust for power, stressing she wanted to make informal conversations regular, according to an attendee.
