Kathmandu: Maoist strongman Prachanda
today said Nepal would soon have a new government, apparently
hinting at possibilities of re-alignment of political parties,
in the country which has been paralysed by civil unrest for
the past five months.
Flying-in from Singapore after a meeting with the
ailing Nepalese Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala,
Prachanda told newsmen at the airport that the present
"unnatural alliance" government would soon collapse and
replaced by a new alliance.
The political deadlock in Nepal would end before
November 20 -- the deadline set by the Maoists to meet their
demand for what they call restoration of "civilian supremacy".
The party is also demanding dismissal of the
multi-party coalition government and rectification of
President Rambaran Yadav's reinstatement of the former army
chief Rukmangad Katawal.
Prachanda's comments assume significance after
Koirala's daughter and Deputy Prime Minister Sujata said that
the Maoist leader and her father in the meeting had agreed on
setting up an all-party political mechanism to end the current
political impasse.
Sujata was quoted by the government-run daily
'Gorakhpatra' as saying that Koirala and Prachanda during the
meeting had agreed to form a high-level political mechanism
and to find a middle path for ending the political deadlock.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 17:23