Coalition won’t be acceptable during local level polls: Shekhar Koirala

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Leader of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), Shekhar Koirala and Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, held a discussion on Thursday morning. In the meeting, Koirala told Dahal that the coalition won’t be acceptable in the upcoming local level elections. Nepali Congress  and CPN(MC) are coalition partners in the current government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba including CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha Party. The two leaders discussed the Millennium Corporate Challenge (MCC), coalition and avoiding a parliamentary stalemate, according to Dinesh Thapaliya, personal secretary of Koirala.  During the meeting, Dahal had proposed to go to the polls as a coalition partner but Koirala refused the call.  Earlier, Koirala had held a similar discussion with Chairman of the main opposition party, CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli.  

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