Co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal today told Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to withdraw recent political appointments as that could adversely affect the environment within the party at a time when a task force had already been formed to solve the intra-party feud.

Dahal told Oli that he should make political appointments only after getting them approved by the party Secretariat, a source close to Dahal told THT.

The government recently appointed Durga Bhandari as the acting chairperson of Press Council Nepal. The appointment was stayed by the Supreme Court yesterday. The government also appointed Kalyan Rokka as the chair of Youth and Small Enterprises Self- Employment Fund. A few days ago, Dahal and senior NCP leader Jhalanath Khanal had met Oli and opposed the appointment of Sushil Bhatta as the chief of Investment Board Nepal. Prime Minister’s Press Adviser Surya Thapa, however, said the issue of political appointments did not figure in the talks between Oli and Dahal.

The government has not been able to make appointments in some constitutional bodies and government institutions, including commissions formed to protect the rights of Madhesis, Janajatis, women, Dalits and other marginalised and vulnerable groups and communities mainly due to lack of coordination between the government and the leader of opposition.

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