Minister for Irrigation Sanjaya Kumar Gautam has said the CPN (Maoist Centre) has lost moral ground to remain in the ruling coalition.

Gautam, who is also the Bardiya district president of the Nepali Congress, charged the Maoist Centre with displaying dual character.

He claimed that the NC, which believes in democratic values, does not need to worry about the alliance among the leftist forces.

Addressing a tea reception at the party office in Gulariya on Thursday, the minister said that “democratic” parties should come together to pull off a majority in the upcoming polls.