NC central committee meeting rescheduled for December 26

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: A meeting of the Nepali Congress central committee scheduled for today has been put off till December 26.

According to party spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma, the meeting has been rescheduled for December 26. Before that, we will forge an (intraparty) agreement on the party's 14th General Convention schedule, about the formation of a central department, on the matters of sister organizations and other organizational issues. Party President Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel are making efforts to forge a consensus that's why the meeting planned for today was postponed, it is said.

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