Nepal Political Crisis: Nepali Congress demands PM’s resignation, says ‘Prachanda’ should pave the way for new government
The Nepali Congress on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to pave the way for the formation of a new government. The Himalayan nation’s largest political party a day earlier inked a power-sharing deal with the CPN-UML to oust the incumbent government led by the former guerrilla leader. The current political situation and the party’s future strategy were discussed at a meeting of the Nepali Congress Central Work Performance Committee (CWC) held at party president Sher Bahadur Deuba’s residence in Budhanilkantha.
‘We will form a new government’
The party’s key committee meeting was held a day after Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepal Communist Party-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) chairman KP Sharma Oli finalised an agreement on Monday night to form a new government to replace the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Talking to reporters after the meeting, party spokesperson Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat said, “The largest party Nepali Congress and UML have said they will form a new government together, so the prime minister should pave the way.”
New government will be formed through constitutional process
My Republica news portal quoted Mahat as saying, “Other parties are also supporting the new Nepali Congress-UML alliance. Therefore, the Nepali Congress CWC has requested the Prime Minister to pave the way.” Mahat said that if the Prime Minister does not pave the way for the formation of a new government, then a new government will be formed through the constitutional process. However, embattled Prime Minister Prachanda has refused to resign from the post and said that he would like to face a vote of confidence in Parliament. According to the constitutional provision, the Prime Minister who loses majority in the House will have to prove majority within 30 days. The Prime Minister will have to win the vote of confidence after the ruling coalition withdraws support.
