Dahal throws weight behind Bhattarai

UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has again backed Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai who has squarely rejected calls for resignation.

UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Speaking to journalists in Birendranagar of Surkhet on Thursday, Dahal said the PM would not resign until the parties arrived at a consensus and that the UCPN (M) was ready to discuss all the options. But Bhattarai will step down as soon as there is consensus, he added.

Meanwhile, the Maoist chairman argued that attempts were being made to 'corner' his party by "blowing Dekendra Thapa murder case out of proportion". He said all the conflict-era cases must be investigated by establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. nepalnews.com