Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the MCC agreement should not be passed in the status quo. In a political report presented at the closed session of the 8th National General Convention on Monday, Dahal said that the MCC will be passed only after revision and amendment.

At the inaugural session of the UCPN (Maoist) General Convention on Sunday, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba claimed that the MCC was in the national interest and urged the people to argue only after studying the MCC agreement.However, Dahal said that “MCC project will be taken forward only after the project is modified and revised.” Under no circumstances will it be passed in the status quo.