‘Will form a new government’
Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) president KP Sharma Oli finalized an agreement on Monday night to form a new government to replace the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. A day after its formation, a meeting of the main committee of the party was held. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, party spokesperson Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat said, “The largest party Nepali Congress and UML have said that they will form the new government together, so the Prime Minister should pave the way.”
New government will be formed through constitutional process
“Other parties are also supporting the new Nepali Congress-UML alliance,” MyRepublica news portal quoted Mahat as saying. Therefore, the Nepali Congress CWC has requested the Prime Minister to pave the way.” Mahat said that if the Prime Minister does not pave the way for the formation of a new government, the new government will be formed through the constitutional process. However, the embattled Prime Minister Prachanda has refused to resign from the post and has said that as per the constitutional provision, a Prime Minister who loses majority in the House has to prove the support of the ruling coalition. After withdrawal, the Prime Minister will have to seek a vote of confidence (language).