CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal will get to chair party meetings 15 months after becoming co-chairman of the party.
The party's secretariat meeting held at the prime minister's (PM) official residence in Baluwatar decided that Dahal can run the party and complete the remaining works of unification in absence of PM and another chairman KP Sharma Oli paving the way for him to chair the party's meetings.
The secretariat meetings were earlier held only in presence of the two chairmen who would co-chair the meetings. The Thursday's meeting decided that Dahal alone can convene and chair secretariat meetings.
The party has yet to finalize overseas committee, chairpersons and secretaries of six metropolitan cities, and complete division of labor among the remaining central members.
CPN Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha said Thursday's meeting took a decision that Chairman Dahal can take the necessary decisions as PM and Chairman Oli will have to stay in Singapore for around a week for treatment. He added that the party will soon convene secretariat meeting to be chaired by Dahal.
