CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal walked out of a meeting of the ruling coalition held in Baluwatar on Sunday. He, however, refused to give any comments. The ruling coalition meeting had started following a one-on-one meeting between CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Dahal and Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. But, the meeting failed to yield any decisive outcome.

According to the Article 76 (2) of the Constitution, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had set a deadline of 5 pm today to claim the post of prime minister by securing a majority.

The party with the majority will have to submit the claim by 5 pm today.