KATHMANDU: Top leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), including Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, have asked party Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha to withdraw his resignation.

Shrestha is yet to do so, but party sources said he would follow the party’s decision. He resigned as NCP (NCP) spokesperson on July 23 ‘following a dispute with PM Oli.