China “playing foul” on MCC; Nepali communist leaders under China’s pressure

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is emphatically in favor of ratifying the Millennium Challenge Corporation-Nepal Compact despite being aware of the fact that four communist parties (barring Nepali Congress) in the ruling coalition would create trouble at the behest of China.

This was evident when the (communist) leaders of the ruling coalition at the all-party meeting on Friday– boycotted by the main opposition CPN-UML — opposed PM Deuba’s idea of moving it forward in the Parliament.