Chairperson of CPN UML and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today refused to halt the ongoing meeting of the party’s Standing Committee members. Members of the Jhalanath Khanal-Madhav Kumar Nepal faction of the party had arrived at the venue of the meeting and requested Oli to halt the meeting.
However, Chairperson Oli refused to halt the meeting after which members of the Khanal-Nepal faction who had reached the meeting venue walked off from the meeting.
Senior leader Bhim Rawal said they had requested Chairperson Oli to halt the meeting. However, Oli refused to do so after which they decided to quit the meeting, he added.