Kathmandu, 20 August: The Chairman of the main opposition CPN-UML Khadga Oli has accused Madhav Kumar Nepal of weakening the CPN-UML. In a first public comment after the split of his party Oli said, “Madhav Kumar Nepal tried to finish UML at the behest of reactionary forces”,
He argued that the party had not split, only a few leaders have been separated. Oli said “This will affect certain areas but there will be no irreparable damage,”. Conspiracies were being hatched to weaken the UML and destabilize the country, he added. Nepal, on Wednesday filed an application at the Election Commission to register a new party, CPN-UML (Socialist).
Meanwhile, top leaders of the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre) and the proposed CPN-UML (Socialist) held discussions on Thursday regarding giving full shape to the Cabinet. Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Deuba, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and UML(Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal discussed expansion of the Council of Ministers by including Madhav Nepal’s group.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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