Prachanda exercises to oust Oli

Maoist-Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been trying his best to pull down the KP Sharma Oli-led government.

He has been busy holding meeting within the party, with Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba and even Mahantha Thakur of Janta Samajwadi Party Nepal. However, his effort has not yielded any fruit till date as PM Oli has been applying one strategy after another to foil Dahal’s attempt. While giving continuity to his support to the government, Dahal looks desperate to dethrone Oli. A standing committee meeting of the Maoist Centre on Tuesday discussed the formation of a new government and withdrawal of its support to the KP Sharma Oli-led government. Briefing media after the standing committee meeting held at the party office Parisdanda, party spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha said the meeting discussed the formation of a new government and about withdrawing their support to the current government. The meeting concluded that talks held with political parties to form a new government by removing the current government were positive, he said.

At the meeting, party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda said that the party would decide within a day or two over the formation of the new government.

Stating that the steps were being taken based on an understanding with the Nepali Congress and Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-Nepal), Shrestha said, “We are in favour of taking deliberate steps so that there will be no situation of political confusion in the country.”

He said that their wish was that the restored parliament would complete its full term and the government move forward with democratic practices.

The meeting also condemned the abrupt end of the session of the House of Representatives terming it an undemocratic, autocratic and arbitrary move.