Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is expected to hold a press conference today on the tapes which were aired by various TV channels yesterday which have him making some damaging confessions with regards to the PLA strength and other issues. This was revealed by civil society leaders who met him at his official residence in Baluwatar. The leaders said they asked the PM about the controversial tapes and the Maoist action against the UML and Nepali Congress cadres in the districts. On the issue of smooth conduct of CA, PM reportedly told the leaders that he would be speaking to leaders of political parties today.  Civil society leaders like Krishna Pahadi, Devendra Raj Pandey and Khagendra Sangraula among others were present in the meeting. Maoist sources said that the venue and time of the press conference had not been decided yet.