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The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) is holding its executive committee today to discuss contemporary politics issues including the elections of the President, Vice- President, the parliament session and unification with different parties. JSP spokesperson Manish Suman said that the meeting was called today to discuss the role of the party in the presidential and vice presidential elections, which are going to be held on March 9 and 17 respectively. The meeting is scheduled to start at 11:00 am at the party office at Balkumari. The party will also be discussing with other small parties CPN (Unified Socialist) Party for party unification.  

CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song held a meeting in Balkot on Friday. During the meeting, the duo discussed mutual interests and bilateral cooperation. According to a source, the Chinese Ambassador inquired about Nepal’s politics and presidential election with Oli. At a time when the ruling coalition is in crisis due to the presidential election, the talks between Chairman Oli and Ambassador Chen are seen as meaningful. Earlier this morning, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had reached Balkot to finalize the issue of the President. He reiterated his old proposal to seek national consensus in the President with Oli. In response, Oli had said that the past agreements should be implemented.    

Nepali Congress leader Chandra Bhandari, who was injured in the cooking gas cylinder explosion on Wednesday, is undergoing treatment at the National Burn Center in Mumbai, India. Yograj Kandel, who is currently in the hospital, said that Bhandari underwent first successful surgery on Friday. Chief surgeon Dr Sunil Keshwani said that Bhandari underwent surgery of both the legs. He said that the decision about the second surgery will be taken after the observation. Leader Bhandari’s mother, who was also injured in the incident, breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Kirtipur Hospital.  

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached Balkot to meet CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Friday. As the presidential election is approaching nearer, PM Dahal has reached Balkot to hold further discussion on the issue. A concrete decision has not been made yet on who to field for the election. The UML leaders have been claiming that they should get the President as per the December 25 agreement in one hand. On the other hand, the Nepali Congress leaders have been piling pressure on the Prime Minister that they should get the post of President for being the largest party in the Parliament and also for giving a vote of confidence to the CPN (Maoist Center) led government.