Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi has met CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
The two talked about the efforts to fight COVID-19 pandemic during the meeting at Dahal's residence in Khumaltar Friday morning, according to a Khumaltar source. Dahal thanked China for its assistance to fight the pandemic and said he expects more in the future.
Envoy Yanqi, on her part, expressed commitment to continuing assistance during the meeting for almost 20 minutes.
The Khumaltar source did not reveal whether the two talked about the recent political developments.
Internal dynamics in the ruling party is very fluid in recent times with CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal allying to oust Oli from Baluwatar.
A majority of standing committee members have urged the two chairman to convene standing committee meeting to review the government's performance.
Oli is trying to win over disgruntled lawmakers from Dahal-Nepal faction to forge a majority in the parliamentary party. The factions of both Oli, and that of Dahal and Nepal have started signature campaign among the party lawmakers to show they have majority in the parliamentary party.
Oli who has been cornered by the alliance of another Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, senior leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhala Nath Khanal, and Vice-chairman Bam Dev Gautam Gautam against him on Wednesday proposed that Gautam be made the PM after the end of coornavirus pandemic. "Let's make him PM by amending the Constitution to allow even a National Assembly member the PM or by vacating any constituency and getting him elected from there," Oli proposed after Dahal demanded Oli's resignation at the start of the secretariat meeting.
