Dahal was appointed PM for the third time after he secured the support of 169 members of the Parliament to form the new government. Dahal, also known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, meaning "fierce", served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2016 to 2017.
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.
"If the Congress is adamant on their demand of holding the position of President and PM then there's no need for a coalition. We would simply walk out from it. This same statement was made in Saturday's meeting and is also conveyed today. We have come to the conclusion in the meeting to walk
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has also been making overtures to the coalition members including the Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre), coalition leaders are under pressure to strike a power-sharing deal among themselves.
A joint team of DRG ( District Reserve Guard) and STP (Special Task Force) led the operation and they also recovered a weapon, explosives, medicines and other Maoist material recovered from the spot
Responding to his question, Minister of State in the ministry of home affairs Nityanand Rai, said that to address Left Wing Extremism (LWE) menace holistically, the Government of India (GoI) approved the 'National Policy and Action Plan to address LWE' in 2015.
The anti-terror agency filed the chargesheet before a special court at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh against the five accused persons in the case registered based on the complaint filed regarding the recruitment of one Radha to the cadres of CPI (Maoist), a proscribed organization.