Nepal's Maoist Center leader and former PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal now has the backing of 169 members of the Parliament to form the new government, as three more independent MPs have come forward in his support.
In the new coalition, the CPN-UML has 78, Maoist Center 32, Rastriya Swatantra Party 20, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 14, Janata Samajbadi Party 12, Janamat Party 6 and Nagarik Unmukti Party has 4 MPs in support of Prachanda. The total weightage is 166.
In the new coalition, the CPN-UML has 78, Maoist Center 32, Rastriya Swatantra Party 20, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 14, Janata Samajbadi Party 12, Janamat Party 6 and Nagarik Unmukti Party has 4 MP's in support of Prachanda. The total weightage is 166.
Chairman of Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, storming out from the coalition meeting announced the end of the coalition, a senior Nepali Congress leader confirmed. "First you promised, now you backtracked. The coalition has lost its relevance" Ram Chandra Paudel, one of the se
Confirming the decision of the Maoist centre's chairman over the phone with ANI, Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel said that Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda has said that "the coalition has lost its relevance" and walked out of the meeting venue.
Attacking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that Bharat Jodo Yatra is a "walk for an India where no one lives in fear".
On Friday, Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi issued a summon to Businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Congress leader Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to an alleged fertiliser scam.
CM Chouhan said, "Vallav Bhavan ministry was made a den of touts. The collector was changed three times in a district. It happened for the first time in history when money was taken for a transfer."
Former JMM MLA Sufal Marandi joined BJP with supporters at the BJP state office on Sunday. Senior JMM workers Junas Murmu, Mahesh Murmu, and former chief Kamal Hansda of Pakuria block under Pakur district are among those who took BJP membership along with Marandi.
Makkal Needhi Maiam president and veteran actor Kamal Haasan is scheduled to take part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on December 24 in Delhi.
Nath said, "CM Chouhan has become the foundation stone minister and he keeps laying foundation stones somewhere daily to fool the public. But now the people of Madhya Pradesh are very intelligent. There is a difference between past voters and present voters. The one whom they used to give kn