Congress and UML scramble to resolve differences over BRI

Congress leaders seek to exclude strategic provisions from the plan to implement Beijing’s flagship initiative.

After the Nepali Congress raised “serious” objections over some of the provisions and contents of the proposed implementation plan of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a meeting of the top ruling party leaders on Tuesday evening decided to narrow down the differences so that a memorandum of understanding on BRI could be signed during the China visit of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli scheduled for the first week of December.