New govt before Dashain, claims Oli

Senior UML leader K.P Sharma Oli Saturday said that a new government would be formed before Dashain festival.

Speaking to reporters at Biratnagar airport, Oli said that President Ram Baran Yadav would make a call for formation of new government if the Baburam Bhattarai government did not step down by then voluntarily. It will be a government led by non-Maoists, he further said.

"The President will form new government by removing this government as per the Article 43 of the Interim Constitution," said he.

Mentioning that the UML had already proposed the Nepali Congress to take the government's leadership, Oli, who is projected by some UML leaders as a prime ministerial candidate, said that it might be UML's turn again if the NC did not come forward. nepalnews.com