An office-bears’ meeting of the CPN (Maoist Center) has started at the central party office in Paris Danda in Koteshwor.
The meeting chaired by party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is underway at Paris Danda, said the central party office.
The meeting has been called to take an official decision on the presidential candidacy, sources have said.
As the day (February 25) for filing nomination for the presidential candidacy is fast-approaching, political heavyweights have intensified meetings to forge an agreement on the presidential candidate.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli have held meetings for 23 times to forge an understanding on the common candidate of the president.
However, these meetings have turned futile as Dahal and Oli did not budge an inch from their respective stances.
Dahal has been reiterating that the presidential candidate should be elected through national consensus. On the contrary, UML Chairman Oli has been saying that the president should be elected from the UML in accordance with the agreement reached among the coalition partners.
Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel met with Prime Minister Dahal at Baluwatar this morning.
Similarly, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba along with top NC leaders held talks with Prime Minister Dahal on Sunday evening. According to sources, Deuba in the meeting formally asked Dahal to extend help in the presidential election.
Election Commission (EC) has set the February 25 for filing nominations and the March 9 for the election of the president.
