Kathmandu: Nepal’s ruling communist party on Sunday deferred the crucial meeting of its powerful Standing Committee for the seventh time as the top leaders intensified efforts to negotiate a power-sharing deal between embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and former premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.
According to a statement issued by the Central Office of the Communist Party of Nepal, the Standing Committee meeting scheduled for 3 pm on Sunday has been deferred for 11 am on Tuesday.
During an informal meeting on Sunday morning, the party’s top leaders decided to defer the meeting for two days in a bid to sort out differences, Standing Committee member Ganesh Shah told PTI.
The 45-member powerful Standing Committee’s meeting was first called for June 24 after Prime Minister Oli alleged that some of the party leaders are aligning with the southern neighbour to remove him from power after his government issued a new political map incorporating three Indian territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura.
The Prachanda-led faction rejected the allegations, saying it is them who have asked for resignation, not India. (PTI)
