Nepal’s Prachanda Proposes All-Party Government in Provinces

Nepal’s Communist Party co-chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has proposed an all-party government in the provinces, amid a political crisis in the country.

Prachanda met with CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli at his residence in Gundu, where he proposed a collaborative government among the three major parties – the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, and CPN-Maoist Center.

Prachanda’s Proposal

According to CPN-Maoist Center spokesperson Prakash Jwala, Prachanda proposed that the upcoming provincial government should be an all-party government, given the current political situation.

‘The government that will be formed now will be an elected one, so our preparation should also be according to that,’ Jwala quoted Prachanda as saying.

Prachanda also emphasized the need for cooperation among the parties that supported the federal democratic republic system.

Meeting with Oli

Prachanda met with Oli at around 2 pm on Tuesday and discussed the current political situation, the crisis in the provinces, and future cooperation.

Jwala said that Prachanda’s proposal was not limited to the three major parties but also included other parties.

‘We should also include other parties in the government,’ Prachanda was quoted as saying.

Reaction from Other Parties

Oli’s response to Prachanda’s proposal was not immediately clear, but sources close to him said that he was in favor of a joint government with the Nepali Congress and CPN-Maoist Center.

The Nepali Congress, however, has expressed reservations about Prachanda’s proposal.

‘We are clear on our bottom line – no province should be without an opposition,’ Nepali Congress vice-president Vishwa Prakash Sharma said on Monday.

‘If necessary, the Nepali Congress is ready to sit in the opposition… We do not believe that all parties should be in the same government.’

NCP’s Strategy

The CPN-Maoist Center has decided to propose an all-party government in the provinces, with the option of forming a left-wing government if the first option fails.

Party leaders said that this was a long-term strategy, and they were open to cooperation with other parties in the provinces.

‘As the split happened yesterday, the left-wing movement cannot move forward just by uniting today,’ a former party official said.

‘But through dialogue and review, we can reach unity in the long term, and for that, we should be open to cooperation in the provincial governments.’