KATHMANDU, Jul 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), yesterday, called on Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, to step down, to clear the way for the formation of a “national consensus government.”
The ruling partner set this evening, as the deadline for Dahal to step down, and support the formation of the “national consensus government,” to be headed by KP Sharma Oli, CPN-UML’s chairman and a former prime minister.
The move came, after the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, the two largest parties in the House of Representatives, agreed on Monday night, to join hands for a new coalition.
“We have called on the prime minister to resign, to support the formation of the national consensus government, under the leadership of our party chairperson,” said Rajendra Gautam, publicity department chief of the CPN-UML.
“Our party wants all the parties, including the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) led by Dahal, to join the new government,” Gautam said.
He said, his party will quit the government and withdraw its support, only if Dahal refuses to resign.
The CPN (Maoist Centre) has announced that, Dahal would not resign from his post, but rather seek a vote of confidence in the lower house.
Dahal became the head of a coalition government in Dec, 2022, as the general election in Nov produced no majority party in the lower house, and the prime minister has formed alliances with both the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML ever since.– NNN-XINHUA
