CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Janata Pragatisheel Party Chairman Hridayesh Tripathi held a meeting on Monday. Tripathi reached Balkot, Bhaktapur this afternoon and proposed Oli for electoral alliance. Earlier, Tripathi, who had won the election to the House of Representatives with the CPN-UML's election symbol- Sun, urged Oli to contest the upcoming elections by forging an alliance.

He had separated from the then Janata Samajbadi Party in 2017 and formed a new party.

Tripathi said that he held discussions on contemporary political issues with Oli. It has been learnt that the duo also discussed the Citizenship Bill which was sent back to the House of Representatives by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday for reconsideration.