Editorial photo #11048160 Politics
NEPAL- POLITICS- PRIME MINISTER PUSHPA KAMAL DAHAL FORGES NEW ALLIANCE
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Center (CPN-MC), is attending an event in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 4, 2024, just hours after forming a new alliance. Known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, which means "fierce," and as a former guerilla leader, Dahal has established a new alliance with the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), breaking ties with the Nepali Congress, the oldest and largest party holding seats in the Federal Parliament of Nepal. Dahal, justifying his shift in coalition, claims that the Maoists will continue to thrive in times of upheaval and that this will persist in the Himalayan nation as long as he remains in politics. The Maoists, who signed a peace accord in 2006 to join mainstream Nepali politics, have not been in the opposition in parliament since then. Dahal assumed power in December 2022 following general elections that resulted in a hung parliament. (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto)
