Two leaders of the ruling coalition—CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Nepal said that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) cannot be endorsed in its current form.

They said so during a meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in Baluwatar on Thursday.

Dahal and Nepal said that the MCC compact should not be endorsed in its existing form without addressing the issues raised by the people.

The Prime Minister has been piling pressure on the leaders of the coalition to endorse the MCC.

Prime Minister Deuba had also sought support of the main opposition CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Janata Samajbadi Party Chairman Mahantha Thakur for the parliamentary ratification of the MCC.

The United States has given the government of Nepal a deadline of February 28 to pass the MCC.