Top Maoist Centre meeting ends without making key appointments

Observers say the party has turned into Dahal’s fief, where discussions, debates and criticism are now allowed.

The Central Committee meeting of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), which concluded Monday, was thought to be crucial, for it had some important issues to dwell on. The party was supposed to discuss names of its office bearers. Days ahead of the meeting, the party had voted to ratify the Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact eliciting criticism from some of the members.