PREMIER DEUBA PRACHANDA, AGREE TO FORM NEW NEPAL GOVT

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda held a meeting on Saturday and they agreed to continue their ruling five-party alliance as part of a new majority government in the country.

As the results of Nepal’s parliamentary elections under direct voting come closer to an end, top political parties have intensified efforts for the formation of the new government to end the political instability that has plagued the Himalayan nation for more than a decade.

Elections to the House of Representatives and seven provincial assemblies were held on November 20 and the counting of votes started next day. PTI