Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who has been facing the heat from the rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), got a temporary reprieve today, as the party’s Standing Committee ended this afternoon after passing a condolence message on the death of NCP central member Kaman Singh Lama. Lama succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday.

The next meeting of the party’s Standing Committee has been scheduled for 1:00pm on December 16. Standing Committee member Yubaraj Gyawali said the party body did not discuss any other agenda after paying homage to Lama, who was a senior communist leader and also a former member of Parliament.

According to PM’s Press Adviser Surya Thapa, both chairmen of the party — Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal — attended the meeting held at the PM’s official residence in Baluwatar.

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