MCC debate: Biplav meets PM Dahal, warns to break cooperation

KATHMANDU, Aug 30: The controversial debate inside the Socialist Front has heated up regarding the implementation of the American Cooperation Project Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Biplav-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), which is affiliated to the Front, has even warned to break the cooperation.

The General Secretary of CPN, Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’ warned to break the cooperation with the Socialist Front as well as the CPN Maoist Center during his meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.

During his meeting with PM Dahal this morning on Wednesday, Biplav asked not to implement the 12-point explanatory note until a written opinion from the United States was received. But PM Dahal replied that there was nothing he could do, as the MCC has already entered the employee level, CPN leader Anil Sharma Birahi informed Ratopati.

He said that Biplav has also been preparing to meet leaders of other parties regarding MCC. It is said that Biplav had a meeting with PM Dahal for about 2 hours about MCC.

Meanwhile, the message meeting of the Socialist Front scheduled to be held in Dhangadhi today has been postponed. A leader of the CPN Maoist Center Khagaraj Bhatta informed that the program scheduled to be held today has been postponed.

It is said that today is the day of MCC implementation and the message meeting itself has been postponed due to Biplav's dissatisfaction.