The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has said it will support the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) if it cannot lead a new government.
Maoist vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha said the party had decided to back CPN (UML) chairman Jhalanath Khanal in the prime ministerial election if there could be no Maoist-led government. The decision to support Mr. Khanal comes two days after the Nepali Congress announced its prime ministerial candidate.
Meanwhile, it was reported that Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda' would rather support Mr. Khanal than announce Maoist vice-chairman Baburam Bhattarai as the prime ministerial candidate. Some Maoist leaders favour Mr. Bhattarai as the next Prime Minister. Though Mr. Khanal's name is increasingly heard as the CPN (UML)'s candidate, the party is yet to officially announce its candidate. It is learnt that some voices within the party are against forming a CPN (UML)-led government as senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has just resigned as Prime Minister.
Political parties represented in the Constituent Assembly have to nominate their candidates on Tuesday for the election on Wednesday. President Ram Baran Yadav had earlier asked the parties to form a consensus government but it could not happen owing to differences among the major political parties on the management of the Maoists' army.
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