Insisting that the new government would be formed under the left alliance, Chairman of CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that all attempts to drive a wedge between the two parties would be foiled.

The statements of the top leaders of the left parties come at a time when there were rumours that CPN (Maoist Centre) could join hands with the Nepali Congress to form a new government and that the UML chief was trying to rope in Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal to form the government, bypassing electoral ally.

“Efforts are on to break the left alliance, but none of them will work,” said Oli, while addressing the launching of UML Vice-chairman Bamdev Gautam’s book ‘Nepal Nawanirman Mahaabhiyan’ at the City Hall on Saturday.

Indicating at NC’s apparent proposal to Dahal to become prime minister for five years, Oli said, “Was this proposal brought to show NC’s affection to him or developing the country?” 

Dismissing NC’s proposal as a plot to foil the merger, Oli said people have given a serious responsibility to the left alliance endorsing the joint election manifesto of the two parties.

Bamdev Gautam’s wishes of swiftly rebuilding Nepal would be fulfilled as the left alliance would form governments in six out of seven provinces, Oli added. 

While the leaders of the two left parties have started discussions on ideological issues whether to adopt People’s Multi-party Democracy or Maoism as the new party’s guiding principle, Oli has said ideological issues would be discussed separately later. 

“Policies will be formulated as per the need of the hour,” he said.

Addressing another programme later in the day, Maoist supremo Dahal echoed Oli, saying that the two parties were preparing for a merger ahead of the government formation process.

“The new government formation process may take around a month. So, we are making preparations for the party merger before forming the government,” Dahal said.