Dahal fails to bridge intra-party divide

KATHMANDU, June 29: In a move to narrow down the intra-party differences and resume the Central Committee (CC) meeting, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal held separate parleys with the leaders of the rival factions and other senior leaders on Wednesday, but the meetings failed to yield any positive results.



According to sources, Dahal reached the residence of Vice-chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai in the noon and held an hour-long meeting and separate meetings with Senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya, Vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha and General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa at Naya Bazaar in the afternoon, but the meetings ended inconclusively. [break]



The party had planned to hold a standing committee meeting on Wednesday, but the plan was dropped after the chairman failed to bridge the differences.



The party has stated that it would hold a standing committee meeting prior to resuming the central committee.

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