Prachanda files nomination as Nepal PM candidate

TIL Desk/World/Kathmandu-Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda today filed his nomination for the election to the post of prime minister tomorrow that could bring political stability to the country. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba proposed the 61-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre president as the candidate for new Prime Minister, while Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara seconded it.

The crucial development comes a day after Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari gave a fresh call to all political parties to form a majority government when the deadline given to them for forging consensus expired without yielding any results. It is learnt that the Parliament has started preparation for beginning the procedure of electing the premier tomorrow.

Speaker Onsari Gharti has called a meeting of the 596-member Parliament for 11 am to elect the new Prime Minister after embattled premier K P Oli resigned on July 24, triggering a fresh political turmoil in Nepal. Oli tendered his resignation after two key ruling alliance partners – Madhesi People’s Rights Forum-Democratic and Rastriya Prajatantra Party – decided to support the no-confidence motion tabled against him by the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-Maoist Centre led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.