CPN-UNL dismisses PM KP Oli tirade against India

Nepal’s ruling CPN-UML denied on Sunday that Prime Minister K.P. Oli had accused India of trying to topple his government. In a statement, party Secretary Pradip Gyawali rejected media reports to this effect.

Media reports here cited Oli, who is also the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist chairman, as saying at the ongoing party Standing Committee meeting, that the US was also on the same page with India and both countries were hatching a conspiracy against his government and party.

 Oli reportedly told party leaders that this had transpired as they had “started taking our decisions on our own”, and the present conflict in Nepal was over who will take decisions.