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Prachanda, a former guerilla leader belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), the third largest party in the House of Representatives (HoR), on Sunday sent a letter to the Parliament Secretariat, indicating that he has severed ties with the Nepali Congress.

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worl Prachanda is required to prove his majority after he lost the support of the previous ally, the Nepali Congress, the largest party in the HoR.

Prachanda has now forged a new alliance with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) led by former prime minister K P Oli, who was regarded as a top critic of the Maoist leader.

The new government requires at least 138 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives to win the vote of trust. Wednesday's vote of confidence will be the third such by Prachanda, 69, since he assumed office in December 2022.

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The Prachanda-led coalition government currently enjoys the support of 150 members in the lower house of Parliament.

The second-largest party in the HoR, CPN-UML, led by former premier KP Sharma Oli, has 76 seats, while the third-largest party, CPN-Maoist Centre, has 32 seats. Similarly, the Rastriya Swatantra Party, the Janata Samajwadi Party and the CPN-Unified Socialist have 20, 12 and 10 seats, respectively.

Out of a total of 78 lawmakers of the CPN-UML in the lower house, one of the members has passed away, while another is suspended.

The CPN-Maoist Centre has issued a whip to all of its members of the

US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu, who is currently on a three-day visit to Nepal, held discussions with former prime ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba and Pushpa Kamal Dahal on strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation.

Lu first met Congress President Deuba at his residence in Budhanilkantha, where the two leaders exchanged views on the multifaceted relations between Nepal and the United States.

According to Deuba’s personal secretary Bhanu Deuba, the talks also touched upon global issues, highlighting the importance of mutual collaboration.

Later, Lu visited Dahal, chairman of the CPN (Maoist Centre) at his residence in Khumaltar. Dahal expressed hope that Lu’s visit would be fruitful in bolstering Nepal-US ties, according to the secretariat of the Maoist chair. He appreciated America’s longstanding support for Nepal’s economic development and highlighted Nepal’s efforts towards achieving economic prosperity through agriculture, energy, and tourism. “Nepal aims to lead in all sectors through information technology, and international collaboration and investment are vital for this,” former prime minister Dahal reportedly told Lu.

Dahal also updated Lu on Nepal’s peace process, emphasising its unique model of national consensus, according to his secretariat.

“Nepal’s peace process, completed through national consensus rather than majority-minority politics, is a source of pride not just for us but for the international community that values peace and stability,” Dahal is quoted as saying during the meeting. Dahal further thanked the global community for welcoming Nepal’s recent Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) bill.

Lu expressed satisfaction with Nepal’s progress and reiterated America’s commitment to enhancing cooperation in economic development, peacebuilding, and other areas of mutual interest. He also acknowledged Nepal’s environment conservation efforts, cultural preservation, and initiatives for sustainable development.

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Chhabilal Dahal aka Pushpa Kamal aka Bishwas aka Prachanda has been a champion of change all his life—starting with his own name(s) to the political system. He loathes historical continuities and strives for ruptures—agragami chhalang, as he so enthusiastically pronounced in his initial days in parliamentary politics post the 2006 political changes. In fact, he chased change even as a young political leader of the Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), having changed several parties and factions before finally replacing his seniors and mentors to lead the party in 1989. But after three-and-a-half decades of being the party chief, he has no fascination for change—at least when it comes to leadership change in his party.

As the CPN (Maoist-Centre)—as the party is now called after several name changes over the past decade-and-a-half, struggles to stay relevant in the aftermath of its ouster from the coalition with the CPN-UML, the question of leadership change has become prominent once again. In earlier times, anyone who talked of change in the party's leadership, strategies or ideological standpoints would be forced to leave the party altogether—Mohan Baidya, Baburam Bhattarai and Netra Bikram Chand are in case. Dahal continued to maintain his tight grip over the party even if that meant things falling apart in the party. Prachanda, the fierce one, needed to show he was the boss.

This time around, Janardan Sharma is leading the band of those questioning Dahal's relevance as party chair or calling on him to hand over party leadership to younger leaders. As expected, Dahal's hardline supporters are worried that any discussion about changing leadership now, when the party is at its weakest since its resurgence in parliamentary politics in the mid-2000s, damages the party further. But Dahal's interlocutor himself has claimed that his calls for leadership change are aimed at ensuring that Dahal’s "revolutionary" contributions to Nepali politics last long. For Dahal to

The Maoist ex-rebels, who fought for a decade to oust the king and overturn what they saw as a feudal structure, say they have enough support in the new assembly to form a government and implement their reforms.

Born into a high-caste but poor farming family, Prachanda – whose real name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal – has said he was driven to politics by the extreme poverty he witnessed in rural Nepal.

He led the Maoists in a decade-long armed conflict before signing the peace deal with mainstream political parties in 2006, after Gyanendra, the former king, was forced to end a period of authoritarian direct rule in the face of massive protests.

Girija Prasad Koirala, the interim prime minister, who is seen by many as the architect of the 2006 peace deal that ended the civil war, was preparing to leave his official residence, a member of his staff confirmed.

“He is packing his bags and will leave Friday afternoon,” said Shekhar Thapa, the prime minister’s secretary.

In elections in April, the Maoists won the largest number of seats in the constitutional assembly but fell short of a majority –  requiring them to strike deals with other parties.

The Maoists have allied themselves with the centre-left Unified Marxist-Leninist party and the Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum to ensure Prachanda will be named as Nepal’s new premier.

‘Strong opposition’

“The alliance… has made it certain Prachanda will become prime minister as they’ll easily get the votes needed for a simple  majority,” said Kundan Aryal, editor of Himal, a weekly news magazine.

Congress, led by Koirala, said it will not participate in the new government if it is defeated.

“There’s no question of joining a Maoist-led government if our candidate is defeated,” said Arjun Narsingh Khatri Chettri, a Congress spokesman.

“We’ll stay in the opposition and play a constructive role so the peace process remains on track.”

Nepal has been without a proper government