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Communists begin discussions to form new government
Nepal's new Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli shakes hands with his predecessor Sher Bahadur Deuba

LEADERS of the country’s victorious Left Alliance met President Vidyabhani Bhandari today to discuss forming a new government.

It followed the resignation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, of the Congress party, a day after the communist landslide in the November-December elections was confirmed.

The Left Alliance of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) will now form a government, with CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli having been elected prime minister.

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