NEPAL- POLITICS- PRIME MINISTER PUSHPA KAMAL DAHAL FORGES NEW ALLIANCE

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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 waving at his supporters at an event in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 4, 2024, just hours after he formed a new alliance. Known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, which means "fierce," and as a former guerilla leader, Dahal is currently leading the formation of a new alliance with the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), breaking away from the Nepali Congress, which is the oldest and largest party holding seats in the Federal Parliament of Nepal. Dahal is justifying his shift in coalition by claiming 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 enter 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)


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