Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli held a meeting at the former’s official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday. Earlier on December 25, an agreement was reached to give the Prime Minister to the CPN (Maoist Center) and the President to the CPN-UML. Prime Minister Dahal changed his words immediately after he won the vote of confidence.

The Maoist Center, in recent times, however has been saying that the President should be chosen by national consensus.

The UML leaders have been saying the party’s candidate should be made the President. Oli has been reiterating that they will not leave the post of President to other parties. As the presidential election is approaching nearer, leaders have intensified the discussions. Earlier this morning, Prime Minister Dahal held separate meetings with Congress Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka and Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane. PM Dahal has inclined to the Nepali Congress after he won the trust vote