KATHMANDU, April 17 - The CPN-Maoist Thursday requested the CPN-UML to rethink its decision on withdrawing from the government. Maoist Chairman Prachanda called on UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, who recently resigned from the General Secretarial post of his party, this morning and asked him to reconsider withdrawal from the government. Following Prachanda’s request, Nepal said that the decision comes from the meeting of UML Standing Committee (politburo) adding the UML is committed to the seven-party unity.
During the nearly 45 minute-long meeting at Nepal’s residence at Koteshwor in the capital today, the duo discussed the results of the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections and future strategies. Maoists second-in-command Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai was also present at the meeting.
The UML, which was the second largest political party after the Nepali Congress following the last parliamentary election in 1999, pulled out of the coalition government Wednesday after it suffered a huge loss in the CA polls. All seven ministers of the party submitted their joint resignation to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at Baluwatar.
Almost all Standing Committee and Central Committee members, including Nepal, KP Oli, Bamdev Gautam, Bharat Mohan Adhikari, Raghuji Panta, Keshav Badal, Yubaraj Gyawali, Bidya Devi Bhandari and Krishna Gopal Shrestha, have lost in the CA elections. The UML is leading in the second position in the ongoing vote count under Proportional Representation
POLL TALLY
Party --- Seats
Maoist --- 116
NWPP --- 2
NC --- 33
SP-M --- 3
UML --- 31
PFN --- 2
MPRF --- 24
TMDP --- 7
Others --- 2
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