Kathmandu: A meeting was held among top leaders of the ruling alliance, which includes CPN (UML), Nepali Congress, and Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal. The gathering took place at the official residence of the Prime Minister in Baluwatar on Monday.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the meeting was attended by Prime Minister and CPN (UML) Chairperson KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, JSP Nepal Chairperson Upendra Yadav, UML’s Vice-Chairperson and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel, General-Secretary Shankar Pokhrel, and Deputy General Secretary and Chief Advisor to the PM Bishnu Prasad Rimal. Additional attendees included NC leader and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and JSP leader Raj Kishore Yadav.
The primary agenda of the meeting was to discuss strategies to strengthen the alliance in light of JSP Nepal’s recent announcement to withdraw its support to the government.