Major political parties have not been able to reach a consensus on the US aid project Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Discussions between the ruling coalition parties at the PM’s residence in Baluwatar this morning failed to reach any conclusion. The meeting has been adjourned till Sunday.

The meeting of the House of Representatives was limited to the general agenda due to lack of consensus among the parties. The meeting of the Federal Parliament has not been able to enter the important agenda for a long time due to the obstruction and sloganeering of the lawmakers of the main opposition party CPN (UML).There are sharp differences between the parties over the issue of MCC. The ruling party, the Nepali Congress, is in favor of immediately moving ahead with a project linked to Nepal’s poverty alleviation and economic prosperity. It has been saying that there is a lot of politics regarding the development of 312 km long 400 kV capacity double circuit transmission line and road infrastructure and now it is not possible to wait long.

The CPN (Maoist Center), a partner party of the government, has been saying that it would be better to go ahead by amending some issues as there have been many comments regarding the MCC agreement at the grassroots level. UCPN (M) Chairman Prachanda has been saying that there is no question that the US will not seek assistance as it is a good ally of Nepal and some of the queries raised by the people should be addressed objectively.