KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML has called the meeting of its standing committee in the capital. The meeting which is convening at party headquarters is expected to endorse the suggestion of the party that the future political system must have direct election to prime minister.

The party has long been insisting on the same, with the general convention backing the idea. The idea which was mooted by Jhala Nath Khanal had been facing opposition in the party.