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[News] GP Koirala not right choice: Leftists

A group of leftist intellectuals met Maoist chairman Prachanda at the latters residence in Naya Bazaar residence today.During the meeting, they said that Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala should not be made the first president of the country.The intellectuals also urged Prachanda to forge a Leftist alliance on key national issues.Senior Maoist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal and general secretary of the CPN-Unity Centre-Masal Narayan Kaji Shrestha aka Prakash were also present at the meeting.The Leftist forces hold around 61 per cent seats in the Constituent Assembly, but you have not been able to forge an alliance on key national issues, a Leftist intellectual said during the meeting with Prachanda.The Leftist intellectual urged the Maoist chairman not to reach any understanding on electing Nepali Congress president GP Koirala the countrys first president, as he does not reflect peoples wishes.We have not changed our official stance....
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