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UML-Maoist merger: Dahal says he will begin ‘serious negotiation’ with Oli

CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at a function in Chitwan, on Friday, January 5, 2018.

Chitwan, April 18

CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal says he will hold ‘serious negotiation’ with CPN-UML Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli about contentious issues that are blocking the proposed unification between them.

A day after their talks failed to settle the issues, Dahal in his home district today said the unification was certain.

Though the announcement would not take place on April 22 as planned initially due to technical constraints, the merger would be announced by mid-May, according to him.

In another context, he said ministers representing his party expressed their objections to the Prime Minister’s decision making approach as Oli could not rightly coordinate with them.

However, they would not go against the Prime Minister’s decision in the prime ministerial government system, according to him.

Dahal came to the district today to attend a function organised to mark a student enrolment campaign for a local school.

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