Kathmandu, July 6
The standing committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party has been deferred until Wednesday as two rival factions in the party are yet to find out any consensus regarding the leadership of the party and the government.
Recently, a majority of the standing committee including chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has demanded that another chairman of the party, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, resign from both the positions of the PM and the party chair whereas Oli is adamant against the demand. The deadlock has led many to fear if the party, formed after the merger of the then CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist Centre led by KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal respectively in 2018, would split again.
As the differences continued to escalate, the party leadership has halted the ongoing standing committee and the two chairmen are in conversation. They held a two-hour meeting on Sunday afternoon, agreeing to find consensus by Monday morning before the scheduled standing committee meeting. However, the meeting has been postponed as an agreeable situation is yet to be found, it has been learned.
The meeting will take place at 11 am on Wednesday now, according to Oli’s aide, Surya Thapa.
