A merger of nine parties including the CPN-Maoist Center is set to take place on Wednesday to form "Nepali Communist Party" with the approaching March election after the Gen-Z revolution in the Himalayan Nation.
Speaking exclusively to ANI, Dahal, who toured the vandalized office of the Socialist front on Saturday morning, called on the government to limit the freedom given to the former King.
The Socialist Front, comprising opposition parties like CPN-Maoist Center and CPN-Unified Socialist, will rally in favor of the republic at Bhrikutimandap, while a group led by Durga Prasai will push for the restoration of the monarchy at Tinkune, near the airport.
In a significant development, the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP)-Nepal, a member of Nepal's ruling alliance, has withdrawn its support to Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' government in Nepal
Former House Speaker and Vice-Chair of the ruling Maoist Center, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, has been remanded in judicial custody for four days by the Kathmandu District Court.
Out of the 19 seats contested for the National Assembly polls on Thursday, the Maoist Center secured 5 seats making a clear-cut majority in the Upper House.
The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) was obstructed by the opposition over an allegation of corruption against the then Prime Minister and party chair- KP Sharma Oli. The Oli-led government had decided to install a new "Jalahari", the base of Shiva Linga inside the Pashupatinath
"Only the number of ministries and ministers has been decided today (Wednesday). The formal allocation of the Ministry is yet to be ascertained. As per today's decision, the Nepali Congress will get 8, Maoist Center will get 5, Unified Socialist and Janata Samajbadi Party will get 2 each whi
Dahal, also chairman of the third highest seat-holding party- Maoist Center in the parliament, came to power garnering the support of CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) led by KP Sharma Oli along with other small parties.