Prime Minister and CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli has convened an emergency standing committee meeting.
UML office secretary Sher Bahadur Tamang said that a meeting of the standing committee was convened at the PM’s residence in Baluwatar at 4 pm today. He said that the meeting was convened to discuss current political developments.
On Friday, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Oli, President Vidyadevi Bhandari dissolved the parliament and announced mid-term elections in October and November. Opposition parties are protesting.
A meeting of the standing committee has been convened to decide the UML’s stance on the issue.