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CPN MC not in favour of toppling government: Chair Dahal

CPN MC not in favour of toppling government: Chair Dahal

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

A meeting of the CPN Maoist Centre's parliamentary party held in Singhadarbar, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Photo Courtesy: PMu2019s Secretariat

KATHMANDU: CPN Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said his party is not in favour of toppling the incumbent coalition government led by the Nepali Congress. 'Leftist alliance and its unification is different matter. The government was formed with an objective to implement the new constitution. The focus at present is on holding the House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections. We all want elections,' said the former prime minister while addressing the CPN MC's parliamentary party meeting at Singha Durbar today. On a different note, he said the alliance aims at fulfilling historic and national responsibility. 'We have forged an electoral alliance with the UML, and announced party unification after the polls. The effort aims to form a single communist centre. This will not affect the incumbent government. We do not want to affect the polls by means of ousting the government,' he said. However, the Maoist Centre was ready to leave the government if forced to do so, he said. At the meeting, some lawmakers in the party asked Dahal about the need for forging an alliance with the CPN-UML without first discussing ideological grounds between the two parties. Meanwhile, the CPN MC has called for a party politburo meeting later today to discuss the unification of the leftist alliance, and preparations for the upcoming elections. The venue for the meeting will be at City Hall.