- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli-led Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) party on Monday (27) decided to withdraw its support to the prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”- led government, citing changes in the political equation, dealing yet another jolt to the fragile two-month-old ruling coalition in the country.
The CPN-UML made the formal announcement after top leaders of the party met on Monday, according to The Kathmandu Post newspaper.
“We decided to withdraw from the government after the Nepal prime minister started working in a different fashion and due to the changed political equation in the run-up to the presidential election,” Bishnu Paudel, UML’s vice-chairman said.
The prime reason for the break-up of the alliance between Prachanda and Oli was because the former decided to support senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel for the president’s post.
Paudel is from the Nepali Congress, an opposition party, and from outside the ruling alliance.
Nepal’s presidential election will be held on March 9.
Oli has nominated Subas Nembang a member of CPN-UML party to contest against Paudel.
(PTI)
