Army chief’s meeting with chief justice stokes speculation of political message

The meeting between Thapa and Rana comes at a time when the nation is awaiting a verdict on Oli’s House dissolution, which could determine what course the country would take.

Chief of the Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa and Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana sent the Kathmandu rumour mill into an overdrive on Monday by holding a meeting, probably the first such one-on-one between the heads of the two agencies.