Bhattarai claims most parties have pledged support for Maoist-led govt

Bhattarai claims most parties have pledged support for Maoist-led govt

Senior Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has claimed that almost all political parties have said during recent discussions that they are ready to back a Maoist-government.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of three major parties - Maoists, Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) - Bhattarai said UML and other left parties are in favour of the Maoist-led government. Nepali Congress, however, has not spoken clearly on how the government formation process should go, he added.

UML leaders, according to Bhattarai, have suggested that the Maoist-led government should also include other parties including NC.

Prior to the three-party meeting, which remained inconclusive, the Maoist leadership had held a meeting with smaller left parties. Bhattarai informed that the left parties should to form a 'communist government' involving the left parties represented in the Constituent Assembly.

Leaders of CPN-M, NC, UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) are to meet at the Maoist parliamentary office in Singha Durbar today to discuss the government formation and the draft of the common minimum programme (CMP) proposed by the Maoist side