Kathmandu, April 9: The emergency meeting of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee (CWC) began today but was later postponed until 11 April Thursday. According to party spokesman Narahari Acharya, the meeting had to be postponed because Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala had to go to the Royal Palace for a special meeting with the King.
During the time that the meeting was conducted Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel and Defence Minister Mahesh Acharya presented reports on law and order and the security situation of the country after which the meeting started discussions on the report. The meeting condemned recent attacks carried out by Maoist rebels in different parts of the country in which numerous policemen were killed.
Acharya also said the CWC recommended the government to take necessary measures including mobilisation of all bodies responsible for security in order to maintain law and order. Asked whether Prime Minister Koirala`s resignation was demanded in the meeting, Acharya said that this issue did not figure and no member raised the question of the premier’s resignation. The party’s parliamentary committee is meeting on 10 April while the CWC is meeting again on 12 April.