Kathmandu : Nepal Communist Party (Unified Socialist) President Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday said that his party was in no hurry to join the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. In Nepal’s 275-member House of Representatives, the CPN (Unified Socialist) holds 10 seats. Madhav Nepal said that his party would not be in a hurry to decide on its participation in the government. The motion of confidence is likely to be taken up on January 10.
According to the news of ‘My Republica’ newspaper, Madhav Nepal said in a program organized by the party-affiliated Youth Association Nepal, Kathmandu district committee that the political picture is not clear yet and no decision will be taken in the meeting of his party’s politburo. has not been done. He said that he would take a decision on this on January 10 after looking at the policies and programs of the government and the activities of the political parties involved in the government.
‘Prachanda’ became the Prime Minister for the third time
Madhav Nepal had on January 2 ruled out joining the government headed by Prachanda, the head of the Nepal Communist Party-Maoist Centre. He said the party was doing well in the present political scenario and was not in favor of getting into any blame game. ‘Prachanda’ took oath as the Prime Minister for the third time on 26 December.
Prachanda held Oli’s hand instead of Deuba
This came a day after Prachanda’s party dramatically walked out of the Nepali Congress-led pre-poll alliance and announced a tie-up with opposition leader KP Sharma Oli’s CPN-UML. Prachanda has claimed the support of 169 members in the 275-member House of Representatives. A political party needs 138 seats to form the government under its leadership. The Nepali Congress led by Sher Bahadur Deuba has 89 seats, while the CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist Center have secured 78 and 32 seats, respectively.
