BIRATNAGAR, Feb 18: Provincial leaders of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have claimed that Chief Minister (CM) Sherdan Rai of Province 1 intends to dissolve the provincial assembly.
Both the faction within NCP – the Oli-led faction and the Dahal-Nepal faction – held a meeting on Thursday. Minister for Internal Affairs and Law of the province, Hikmat Kumar Karki and provincial lawmaker Bimal Karki of the Oli-led faction and Indra Bahadur Angbo, Jeevan Ghimire and Laxuman Tiwari of the Dahal-Nepal faction were present in the meeting.
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In the meeting, lawmakers of the Oli-led faction requested the Dahal-Nepal faction to withdraw the no-confidence motion filed against CM Rai, according to Angbo, a former provincial minister. “However, we rejected the request,” he added.
The meeting also discussed conducting the provincial assembly meeting called for February 21 smoothly and fairly. “We are ready to respect the decision made by the assembly and the Oli-led faction, too, should be ready for that,” he said.
Angbo also accused CM Rai of having the intention of dissolving the provincial assembly “if things do not go his way”.
