CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) has once again urged Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba not to table the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact in the Parliament.

He said so during a meeting with Prime Minister Deuba in Baluwatar on Thursday morning.

Saying that the local level elections are just round the corner, he urged the Prime Minister not to table the MCC for now.

“Prachanda Ji had come to Baluwatar to meet the Prime Minister. He urged him not to table the MCC for now. But, in response, Prime Minister Deuba said that he cannot backtrack as the Nepali Congress has already made a decision on the MCC,” a Nepali Congress leader said.

A meeting of the ruling coalition scheduled for today will hold a decisive discussion.

Though preparations were being made to table the MCC in the Parliament on Wednesday, the government did not table the compact at the request of Dahal and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Nepal at the eleventh hour.

The government did not table the MCC after Dahal and Nepal sought more time to hold discussions on the issue.