DHANGADI, MARCH 12

CPN (Unified Socialist) leader and minister in the present coalition government Prem Bahadur Ale said his party was ready to contend in the upcoming local elections on their own.

"It's okay if this present alliance continues up to the election, even if that doesn't happen, we are still ready to fight in the election independently," said the CPN (US) leader, who is also the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

He was speaking to journalists at Dhangadi airport on Saturday. Further, the leader argued the present coalition between parties was necessitated by the country's situation.

A version of this article appears in the print on March 13, 2022, of The Himalayan Times