Game begin as get vote to become first prime minister

KATHMANDU, Aug 10 - President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on Sunday formally directed the Constituent Assembly (CA) to take initiatives for forming a new government through vote.The president's letter addressed to CA chairman Subash Chandra Nemwang was registered at the CA parliamentary office at around 10 this morning.According to the ... ...office, the letter was finalised on Friday night, but was registered today only as Saturday was a holiday.Earlier, President Yadav had sent an informal letter to the CA secretariat requesting to start the procedure on the election of the Prime Minister.The political party that can garner simple majority can now lay claim to power.The President has called on the CA on Sunday since the CPN-Maoist, as the single largest party in the CA, failed to form a new government based on national consensus even by the extended deadline.The Interim Constitution provides that if a consensual government is not formed, the party able to secure a majority in the CA can form the government.

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