As cracks appeared in Nepal’s ruling alliance, Prime Minister KP Oli on Saturday called a joint meeting of the coalition partners in an attempt to avert any possible political crisis.
The Prime Minister called the meeting at his official residence Baluwatar to discuss various contemporary issues, his Press Adviser Pramod Dahal said. leaders in the meeting will discuss implementation of the Constitution Implementation Action Plan that the Government had introduced recently and endorsement of the budget announced for the next fiscal year, he said.
The decision to hold the meeting came after UCPN-Maoist Centre chairman Prachanda claimed that the next government would be formed soon after the new budget is endorsed by the Parliament. According to media reports, the Maoists and the CPN-UMl led by Oli had reached a gentleman’s agreement last month in this regard.