CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal opined that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) should be tabled in the parliamentary committee instead of Parliament for discussions.

During a meeting of the ruling coalition held in Baluwatar on Sunday morning, Dahal urged Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to table the $500 million compact in the parliamentary committee rather than in the Parliament, Dahal’s secretariat said.

But, Prime Minister Deuba was adamant on his stance to table the MCC in the Parliament.

“If you want to table the MCC in the Parliament at any cost, it will be better to present the MCC in the Committee for discussions. But, the Prime Minister expressed his reluctance to table the compact in the Committee,” the secretariat said.

But, the ruling coalition has already made a decision to table the MCC in the House of Representatives.

The Parliament meeting is scheduled to be held at 1 pm today.