Kathmandu: A crucial meeting of Nepal’s ruling communist party was postponed for the fifth time until Sunday to give more time to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and the rival faction led by former premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to sort out their differences.
The Standing Committee meeting of the Communist Party of Nepal (NCP) was scheduled for Friday but it was postponed until 3 pm on Sunday at the request of Oli and Prachanda.
Earlier in the day, the meeting was deferred for a few hours for parleys.
The meeting has been fixed for 3 pm Sunday, Surya Thapa, Oli’s press advisor, tweeted. The last time the Standing Committee meeting was held on July 2.
The party has also decided to hold a crucial meeting of its 441-member Central Working Committee (CWC), Ganesh Shah, a Standing Committee member, told PTI.
The Prime Minister’s fate will now be decided in the CWC meeting that could be held next week, he said. (PTI)