NC cancels mass gathering, calls emergency meeting

April 8, 2001
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Kathmandu, April 8:The ruling Nepali Congress cancelled its mass meeting scheduled for 9 April in Kathmandu and called an emergency meeting of its central working committee instead.

The party’s central office issued a press release Sunday saying the meeting was being cancelled because of the dire political situation in the country.

The meeting was to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the restoration of multi-party democracy in Nepal. NC leaders including Prime Minister Girija Koirala were to speak about the current political situation and the Nepali Congress’ strategy.

The party will instead hold an emergency meeting of its central working committee on 9 April, and a meeting of its parliamentary party on 10 April to discuss the current political situation and work out a strategy to deal with it. There has been mounting pressure on Prime Minister Koirala, both from within the NC and from opposition parties to step down.