Kathmandu, Aug. 1 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba along with second-rung leaders from their respective parties met on Thursday to discuss the ongoing political crisis in the Bagmati provincial government.

The meeting came a day after Bagmati Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama lost his position as the Nepali Congress' provincial assembly party leader to Indra Bahadur Baniya of the same party in an election held on Wednesday. This loss effectively disqualifies him from continuing as chief minister. But Lama has refused to resign from chief minister and hand over the provincial government leadership to Baniya.

Lama argued that his loss in the intra-party election does not automatically requir...