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WorldPosted at: Feb 19 2018 2:10PM


UML-Maoist merger talks back from brink

Kathmandu, Feb 19 (UNI) After Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli agreed to put both the People’s Multi-party Democracy (PMPD) and Maoism up for discussion until the unity convention decides the new party’s political ideology, the roadblocks seen in the unification process are likely to be removed, A report in The Kathmandu Post said.
With the CPN (Maoist Centre) refusing to join government, PM Oli has been negotiating with its Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal a “package deal” on ideological and power-sharing matters.
PM Oli and Dahal held a lunch meeting that lasted more than four hours on Sunday to settle ideological issues as agreed to between the two leaders. The meeting was held at the Bhaktapur-based mansion of businessman Durga Prasai, who runs a medical college in Jhapa.
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