‘PM Oli-Chair Dahal meeting ended positively’

BHAKTAPUR, Feb 18: Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Sunday held a one-on-one meeting.

During the four-hour long meeting, the two leaders talked about party unification process, new party’s political guidelines and Maoist Center’s participation in the government, according to Chetan Adhikari, press coordinator of PM Oli.

Adhikari further shared that the meeting has ended positively and added that the party unification committee meeting will be summoned soon to conduct further discussions to forge consensus over the remaining issues.

It is stated that the PM Oli had urged Dahal to send names of party leaders from the Maoist Center to join the government as the ministers.

However, Maoist Center Chairman Prachanda has asked the UML Chairman and PM Oli to first settle the party’s guidelines, a source said.