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NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba informs journalists about his party's decision to support Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal as new Prime Minister. Photo: RSSUCPN (Maoist-Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to become Nepal's Prime Minister for the second time.
After the main opposition NC endorsed a seven-point agreement between its President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Dahal on Wednesday, the Maoist leader's re-entry into Singha Darbar as the country's executive chief is a mere formality.
On Tuesday, the Maoists had decided to withdraw support from the UML-led government. Prior to that, however, they had signed the seven-point agreement with the NC. As per this agreement, the NC will support Dahal's prime-ministership for nine months, after which Dahal will resign for Deuba to assume the post of PM for the next nine months.
As Prime Minister KP Oli refused to step down even after the withdrawal of support by his party's major coalition partner, the Maoists registered a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Wednesday. With backing from the NC, Madhesi and other fringe parties, the Maoists can now easily unseat Oli who only has support from 252 legislators as against the opposition's 342 legislators.
Dahal first became Prime Minister in 2009 after his party secured a landslide victory in the first Constituent Assembly elections in 2008. But his tenure was short-lived, as he had to bow out after failing to sack the then-army chief Rookmangud Katwal.