KATHMANDU, JULY 29

Chairperson of the CPN-Maoist Centre Pushpa Kamal Dahal has ruled out the possibility of the formation of socialist centre in the present situation.

He, however, clarified that efforts were on to form a communist front in the favour of changes for the upcoming elections. 'Discussions are under way to forge communist alliance for election. But, the decision is yet to be made,' he said while addressing the second full meeting of the central committee of the Press Centre Nepal close to his party today. For an electoral alliance, communist parties in the incumbent government, including the Maoist Centre, the CPN (Unified Socialist) and the Janata Samajbadi Party had been in talks, it has been said.

But, he pledged to continue the existing alliance until elections.

'The coalition will continue until next elections and as per need. The tendency of upsetting agendas for change is still under way. The alliance is needed for this cause too.' On the State Partnership Programme, the former PM claimed that the government rejected the programme due to the pressure exerted by the CPN-MC.

A version of this article appears in the print on July 30, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.