KATHMANDU, Oct 21: A meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party's central secretariat has started at Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar.
It is learnt that the NCP leaders are holding discussion on wide-ranging issues in today's central secretariat meeting including the party's unification process at the provincial and district levels, and a note of dissent submitted by senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal in the last meeting.
Co-chairmen KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal and central secretariat members are attending the meeting.
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Submitting his note of dissent in the erstwhile meeting, senior leader Nepal had expressed his displeasure over the secretariat's earlier decision to appoint office-bearers of provincial committees, calling the move as 'unilateral' and 'non-inclusive'.
The disgruntled 'Nepal faction' of the NCP has been demanding to hold the party's standing committee meeting as early as possible to sort out ongoing intra-party disputes.
Leader Nepal has been criticizing the performance of Oli-led government in public forums in recent days.