Major political parties–Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist-(UCPN-M),
Nepali Congress
(NC) and Communist
Party of Nepal-Unified
Marxist Leninist
(CPN-UML) along with the United Madheshi Democratic Front
(UDMF) signed a
five-point agreement
on May 3-4 to form
a National Unity
Government, reports
Nepal News.
As per the agreement,
all 48 Government
ministers representing
coalition partners
UCPN-M and UDMF
in the current cabinet
tendered their resignation
to Prime Minister
Baburam Bhattarai
on May 3. As per
the agreement, another
Government led by
the Nepali Congress
(NC) will be formed
ahead of the promulgation
of the constitution.
The parties also
agreed to promulgate
the constitution
"before May
27". The next
government would
hold the general
elections within
a year after the
promulgation of
the new constitution.
This is the first
time after the election
to the Constituent
Assembly in 2008
that a national
consensus Government
will be formed.
Meanwhile, the CPN-UML
has decided not
to join the coalition
Government led by
Prime Minister Baburam
Bhataarai, reports
Nepal News.
Responding to the
UCPN -M plea to
join the Government,
the UML said the
existing Government
could not be changed
into unity Government
as it was formed
on the basis of
majority vote. CPN-UML
leader KP Oli said
the coalition Government
was formed as per
the article 38 (2)
of the Interim Constitution
based on the majority
voting system and
his party would
not join the Government.
The CPN-UML has
also sought the
resignation of PM
Baburam Bhattarai
to pave the way
for the formation
of the national
unity Government.
Further, with one among the several persons injured in the
Janakpur bomb-blast
succumbing to his
injuries on May
4, the number of
victims of April
30’s bomb explosion
has reached 5, reports
The Himalayan
Times. The deceased
has been identified
as Dipendra Das. | 
