KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reached Khumaltar to meet Nepal Communist Party’s Chairman Puspha Kamal Dahal at latter's residence.
PM Oli has been accompanied by the party’s vice chairman Bam Dev Gautam. He did not attend the meeting of Province 1 leaders organized by the Dahal faction in Parisdanda on Friday.
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Prime Minister Oli’s decision to visit Dahal comes at a time when both the factions within the party are organizing their separate gatherings across districts to assess their strength in an apparent bid to split the party.
Today’s meeting of two top leaders has been viewed as the last effort by PM Oli to save the party’s unity.
Two leaders also held a meeting at Baluwatar on Friday as well.
