Speaking at a Dashain reception hosted by the party’s sister bodies in Bhaktapur today, Koirala called on fellow party leaders to sit for talks and resolve the differences. [break]
Senior NC leader Sher Bahadur Deuba has announced his resignation expressing his dissent over the party establishment’s decision to dissolve the central executive bodies of the four sister wings.
The Deuba faction has also made its intent clear that it would now launch a nationwide drive against the party establishment to put an end to what it says as the party president’s tyranny.
In another context, Koirala reiterated NC would not join the coalition government but sit in opposition and assist the government by playing a constructive role.
I will never split the party: Chairman Thapa