Maoists earns support from 20 parties

Maoists have earned the support from twenty out of twenty-five parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA).

Speaking at the CA, Friday, leaders of twenty parties including the pro-monarchy party Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nepal) backed Prachanda's candidature as the Prime Minister.

Three parties – Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP), Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) and Rastriya Jana Morcha (RJM) – have declared that they will not take part in the election.

As such, there is no other party supporting NC in the prime ministerial election. nepalnews.com sd Aug 15 08