The meeting between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli ended inconclusively on Wednesday. During the meeting held in Baluwatar, Dahal and Oli discussed the presidential candidate. The meeting ended without making a concrete decision after both of them refused to budge from their stance.

Oli has been saying that the UML candidate should be appointed as the next President as per the previous agreement.

Ruling coalition parties—Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Rastriya Swatantra Party—have also been saying that the UML’s candidate should be made the President as per the past agreement. PM Dahal, however, has been seeking a candidate of national consensus for the post of President. The politics took a new turn after the Nepali Congress gave a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Dahal. After he got the vote of confidence, PM Dahal has inclined to the Nepali Congress of late.