Oli Takes Initiatives for Talks with Chand Party As He Struggles to Stay Afloat
WITHOUT F EAR OR FAVOUR Nepal’s largest selling English daily Vol XXIX No. 13 | 8 pages | Rs.5 O O Printed simultaneously in Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Bharatpur and Nepalgunj 30.4 C -1.6 C Wednesday, March 03, 2021 | 19-11-2077 Bhairahawa Jumla Oli takes initiatives for talks with Chand party as he struggles to stay afloat The government forms a team under Home Minister Thapa to hold dialogue with Communist Party of Nepal, an armed outfit led by Dahal’s one-time trusted lieutenant. ANIL GIRI KATHMANDU, MARCH 2 Amid political uncertainties, the gov- ernment decided to move forward talks with the Communist Party of Nepal, led by Netra Bikram Chand, an armed outfit, in what many believe as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s bid to fish in troubled waters. While bringing any armed group to mainstream poli- tics is a laudable step, analysts say, Oli, who has lost his political legitimacy, is making attempts to stay afloat. RSS The Oli government, which by now KP Sharma Oli has lost the moral ground to govern after the Supreme Court overturned imposed on Chand-led party’s activi- its decision to dissolve the House, on ties, calling it a criminal outfit, in Tuesday said that it has formed a team March 2019. led by Home Minister Ram At least two leaders close to Oli said POST PHOTO: ANANDA GAUTAM Bahadur Thapa to hold dialogue that though the talks team has been Security personnel put out the fire that broke out at Dobhan Bazaar in Meringden Rural Municipality, Taplejung on Tuesday morning.
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