Kathmandu, December 29: As the Maoists planned to move ahead with an anti-government indefinite strike, the political crisis in Nepal deepened in 2009, amid indications that the former rebels may walk away from the democratic path it embarked on in November 2006.
Nepalese parties have failed to put in place a stable government as the country ended its third year of the peace process amid violence and political deadlock.
Maoist chief Prachanda, who was forced to quit the prime minister’s post in a dispute with President Ram Baran Yadav, demanded the disbandment of the 22-party coalition led by Madhav Kumar Nepal and its replacement with a national government, which would include the former rebels.
–PTI