Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 27: Sher Bahadur Deuba, the prime minister of Nepal, and Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda, the leader of the CPN-Maoist Centre, met on Saturday and decided to keep up their current five-party coalition as part of a new majority government for the nation.
Top political parties have stepped up their efforts to form a new government as the results of Nepal’s direct voting parliamentary elections near completion. This is in an effort to put an end to the political unrest that has afflicted the Himalayan nation for more than ten years.
On Sunday, candidates ran for seven provincial assemblies as well as the House of Representatives (HoR). On Monday, the voting count began.
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According to party sources, Prime Minister Deuba and Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Centre Prachanda met at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar, Kathmandu.
According to Ganesh Shah, a member of the CPN-Maoist Centre’s Standing Committee, the two leaders discussed recent political developments and potential scenarios for the formation of a new government during the meeting.
“The two leaders have reached an understanding to continue the present ruling alliance,” he said.
“Janata Samajwadi Party led by Upendra Yadav will also join the ruling alliance led by the Nepali Congress and, with the support from both the Madhesi parties, we will have a comfortable majority to form the government,” Shah told PTI.
Prime Minister Deuba of the Nepali Congress, Prachanda of the CPN-Maoist, Madhav Nepal of the CPN-Unified Socialist, Mahantha Thakur of the Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party, and Chitra Bahadur of the Rashtriya Janamorcha are the leaders of the coalition.
The five-party ruling alliance has won 82 seats so far, while the CPN-UML coalition, led by former prime minister K P Oli, won 52 in a straight election.
