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KATHMANDU, JUNE 26 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who was target of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s jibes on the first day of the party’s Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday, and is under pressure from leaders of the party to give up either the PM or the party co-chair’s post, today chose to stay away from the meeting though it was held in his official residence in Baluwatar. Party Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha told THT that the PM sent a message through party General Secretary Bishnu Paudel that he had a busy schedule and he would join the meeting after a while, but he didn’t turn up. Standing Committee member Asta Laxmi Shakya said the PM’s decision not to attend the meeting reflected poor judgment on his part. “How can the PM ignore such an important meeting that was discussing country’s border and sovereignty issues and will also dwell on Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Nepal compact?” she wondered. The Standing Committee is meeting weeks after leaders close to Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal demanded to call the meeting immediately. The PM agreed for the meeting after rival faction leaders pressed him for it. Party Secretariat had called the Standing Committee meeting on May 13, but it had to be put off at the PM’s instance. In recent weeks, the PM had also skipped the party’s Secretariat meeting called to discuss Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement signed between Nepal and USA. Oli wants the Parliament to ratify the MCC agreement while the rival faction wants it to be ratified only after some amendments to the agreement. A Standing Committee member, who was present in today’s meeting, said the PM might have skipped the meeting to avoid tough questions from Standing Committee members on his handling of the COVID-19 crisis and some unilateral decisions he took recently, including IoM dean’s appointment, without taking the party into confidence. “During the Central Committee meeting, he had appeared on the first and the last day of the meeting. He might do the same this time too,” the member said. He added that leaders close to Dahal and Nepal wanted him to quit one of the two posts he held, but were gingerly as their move could potentially divide the party. The source said that the government’s decision to include Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani in the country’s map had emboldened the PM. Moreover, Nepal and Dahal have not yet reached an understanding on who should lead the government in case Oli is forced to quit as the PM, the source added. Oli is in minority in the 45-member Standing Committee.
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काठमाडौँ । सत्ताधारी नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी नेकपाको स्थायी कमिटि बैठक आज (मंगलबार) बस्दै छ। प्रधानमन्त्री निवास बालुवाटारमा बिहान ११ बजे बैठक बोलाइएको छ। पार्टीभित्रको विवादका कारण यसअघि पटक–पटक स्थगित हुँदै आएको बैठक मंगलबार भने सूचारु हुने बताइएको छ । तर नेताहरुबीच कुनै सहमति भने हालसम्म जुट्न सकेको छैन । पार्टीभित्रको प्रचण्ड–नेपाल समूहले अध्यक्ष केपी शर्मा ओलीले नमाने पनि मंगलबारको बैठक नरोक्ने जनाएको छ। नेकपामा अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहाल प्रचण्ड र वरिष्ठ नेता माधवकुमार नेपाल पक्षले स्थायी समिति बैठक अब नरोक्ने र आवश्यक परे केन्द्रीय समितिको बैठक समेत बोलाउने तयारी एक साथ अघि बढाएका छन्। सोमबार बिहान प्रचण्ड निवास खुमलटारमा भएको शीर्ष नेताहरुको छलफलले ओलीले रोक्न चाहे पनि बैठक नरोक्ने निर्णय गरेको थियो । छलफलमा दाहालसहित वरिष्ठ नेताहरु माधवकुमार नेपाल, झलनाथ खनाल र नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठ सहभागी थिए। दाहाल नेपालमा खेमामै रहेका भनिएका वामदेव गौतम र रामबहादु थापा बादल सहभागी नभएको दाहालको सचिवालयले जनाएको छ। स्थायी समिति बैठकमा केपी ओलीले प्रधानमन्त्री र अध्यक्ष दुवै पदबाट राजीनामा दिनुपर्ने एजेण्डा प्रवेश गरेपछि असार १८ गतेदेखि सहमतिका भन्दै बैठक लगातार स्थगित हुँदै आएको छ। दाहाल नेपाल पक्षले बहुमतका आधारमा ओलीले प्रधानमन्त्री पदबाट राजीनामा दिनुपर्ने प्रस्ताव स्थायी समितिमा पेश गर्ने तयारी थालेको स्रोतको दाबी छ। स्थायी समिति बैठक अनिश्चित भइरहेका बेला विवाद समाधानका लागि केन्द्रीय कमिटीको बैठक बोलाउने तयारीसमेत हुन थालेको छ। दाहाल नेपाल पक्षीय एक चौथाई केन्द्रीय सदस्यहरुले केन्द्रीय समिति बैठक बोलाउनका लागि हस्ताक्षर बुझाउने तयारी गरेका छन्।