NC unity taskforce holds crucial meet
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Sept 5 - A crucial meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) taskforce on unification with the breakaway NC-Democratic is currently underway at an undisclosed location.
The meeting began at 10 this morning is expected to finalize unsettled issues, said source close to the Prime Minister.
According to the sources, the NC taskforce left the ongoing central working committee meeting of the party to focus on the unification process as ordered by the Prime Minister and NC President Girija Prasad Koirala.
Koirala had voiced concerns over the “delayed unification†process, sources added.
Last week, the presidents of both the parties had reached an agreement to merge the parties ahead of the November 22 Constituent Assembly elections.
After a vertical split lasting almost five years, the Nepali Congress and breakaway Nepali Congress (Democratic) earlier last week finally agreed to unify under tremendous pressure from party rank and file for unification well before the upcoming the polls.
The unification announcement was expected to come last Wednesday, however, due to various reasons the process have been protracted for a long time.
