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Senior leaders of the ruling coalition held a meeting at the Cityscape Apartment in Lalitpur on Wednesday. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal had reached there for the discussion. Dahal, CPN (Maoist Center) senior Vice-Chairman Narayankaji Shrestha and Nepal among others leaders discussed contemporary political issues. Dahal has been urging CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Nepal to join hands together. Prime Minister Dahal has been trying to arrange a meeting between them. Oli and Nepal held a dialogue for the first time during the swearing-in ceremony of the Prime Minister organized in Sheetal Niwas after the party split. According to a source, Nepal and UML Vice-Chairman Bishnu Paudel, who is also a Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, held a meeting on Tuesday night to rope in the former’s party in the government. The ministers of the CPN (Unified Socialist) has been piling pressure on Nepal to create an environment to join the government. Earlier on Tuesday, Nepal said that Dahal became the prime minister without informing him. “Dahal became the prime minister without informing our party. We came to know only after seeing his photo in the newspaper,” he said, adding, “I am disappointed with the behavior of Dahal. We became the victim of both Nepali Congress and Maoist Center.”  

Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman held a meeting on Wednesday. Oli had reached Khumaltar to meet Dahal this afternoon. Dahal became the prime minister for the third time with the support of UML Chairman Oli. Though Dahal became the prime minister, they are yet to make a decision on the distribution of many important posts. The UML will get the post of President and Speaker. The Maoist Center, who got the post of prime minister, will get the post of Vice-President and Rastriya Swatantra Party will get Deputy Speaker. This is the first time that Oli reached Khumaltar today after the alliance of UML-Maoist Center. Preparations are also underway to rope in Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN (Unified Socialist) in the ruling coalition.

The Nepali Congress called its Central Working Committee meeting for January 6. NC Party Office Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel said that the meeting will take place at the party's central office in Sanepa at 1 pm. It has been learnt that the meeting will review the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly and discuss the contemporary political issues. NC central working committee office bearers and members have been urged to attend the meeting. The Nepali Congress is the largest party in the House of Representatives with 89 seats.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called the Parliament meeting for 1 pm on January 9. The President called the meeting as per the recommendation of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had told President Bhandari to convene the Parliament meeting at the earliest. Senior member of the Parliament Pashupati Shumsher JB Rana had administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly elected lawmakers on December 22.