CPN-Maoist CC meet called off

KATHMANDU, June 18: The CPN-Maoist Central Committee meeting that was scheduled begin Wednesday in Pokhara has been called off for ´technical´ reasons. The meeting was to come up  with its official position after the announcement by the government of the date of Constituent Assembly elections.



“We have called off our central committee meeting due to technical reasons,” a politburo member of the party, Dharmendra Bastola said. He added that the party is preparing to hold the meeting, being outside of the valley for the first time, during June last week. [break]

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