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Opposition party members try to obstruct the proceedings of a vote of confidence on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 20, 2024
COMMUNISTS withdrew from Nepal’s government today to join long-time rival party the Nepali Congress in a new coalition, as pressure builds on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to resign.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the country’s second-largest party, announced that it was withdrawing support for Mr Dahal and all its ministers resigned on Wednesday night.
Leaders of the communists and of the Nepali Congress, the largest party, had signed an agreement on Tuesday to form a new partnership to govern for the remaining three years before the next general election.
Following the resignation of Nepali Prime Minister KP Oli amid mass youth-driven protests, different narratives have circulated which simplify and misrepresent the complexities and reality on the ground in Nepal at the roots of this crisis, argue VIJAY PRASHAD and ATUL CHANDRA
