Kathmandu on high alert after agreement to table MCC

KATHMANDU: FEB. 20 – Following the ruling coalition’s agreement to submit the MCC to parliament for approval, security has been tightened in Kathmandu. In Kathmandu, high security has been adopted, while various parties and sister organizations of the three continue to protest the MCC.

A meeting of the House of Representatives has been called for 1 pm. Central Spokesperson of Nepal Police, Bishnu Kumar KC, informed Makalu Khabar that the security has been tightened due to daily protests against MCC. “So far the situation is peaceful, but we are on alert for possible security threats,” he said. We have increased patrols. ‘

A meeting of the coalition’s top leaders held this morning at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar set up a new MCC table.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairperson of the CPN-Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Chairperson of the CPN-Unified Socialist Party Madhav Kumar Nepal and Chairperson of the JSP Upendra Yadav.