KATHMANDU: After Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called for the cabinet meeting at 1:00pm coinciding with the pre-scheduled Secretariat meeting on Wednesday, it was being speculated that the party secretariat would announce a different time.

However, ruling Nepal Communist Party's spokesperson Narayankaji Shrestha made an announcement following reports of the cabinet meeting that the Secretariat meeting would be conducted as scheduled.

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It is to be noted that the PM and leaders close to him have been calling for a postponement of the Secretariat meeting to a later date while the Dahal-Nepal faction is firm on conducting it today as decided earlier on November 13.