Emergency secretariat meeting of CPN after rape allegation against Speaker Mahara Mahara may be asked to resign

Setopati

Kathmandu, Oct 1

The emergency secretariat meeting of the ruling CPN has started on Tuesday following revelation of allegation against Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara of raping a woman working at the federal parliament secretariat on Sunday.
The secretariat meeting held at the prime minister's (PM) residence in Baluwatar will decide the party's position on the incident. "There is also a possibility of making him resign," a party source confided.
PM and CPN Chairman KP Sharma Oli earlier discussed the issue with another Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Speaker Mahara has been accused of raping a woman working at the federal parliament secretariat on Sunday.
The woman has claimed an inebriated Mahara reached her rented apartment in Tinkune with a bottle of whiskey when there was no one else in the apartment Sunday night and raped her.
Setopati has acquired an audio recording of the woman accusing Mahara of raping her.

Published Date: 2019-10-01 12:47:00

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