After engineering Prez victory, Koirala makes comeback move

Kathmandu, Aug 10: After inflicting a humiliating defeat on the Maoists in the Presidential polls, Nepal's octogenarian caretaker Prime Minister G P Koirala is apparently making moves for a comeback to lead the next With the Maoists missing two deadlines to form a "consensus" government after failing to bring on ... ...all parties, President Ram Baran Yadav has asked the Constituent Assembly to elect a government through a majority vote.Koirala, the 83-year-old Nepali Congress leader who resigned as Prime Minister on July 23 under pressure from Maoists after they emerged the biggest party in the April 10 poll, has now begun efforts to again forge an alliance with Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and other Madhesi A similar joining of hands by the parties against the Maoists had led to the victory of his handpicked candidate in the Presidential poll last month.Koirala had meetings with leaders of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), Madhesi Janadhikar Forum and other Madhesi parties over the weekend and reportedly sought their help to form new government under his leadership, nepalnews.Koirala is expected to further intensify discussions with leaders of different parties except CPN (Maoist) to explore the possibility of a majority government led by Nepali The Nepali Congress has announced that it will take a initiative for formation of the new government as the Maoists failed to do so within the given time.In an emotional speech in the Assembly after his resignation, Koirala who has been plagued by health worries, had urged Nepal's parties to carry on the peace process which he scripted with Maoist chief Prachanda, hinting that he was But the victory of Yadav, his family physician, in the the presidential poll showed that India-born Koirala was still in the game and had managed to sideline the Maoists and won his party the support of Indian-origin Madhesi community.The Maoists, who were trying to install a "weak" President, proposed the name of Ram Raja Prasad Singh in a last minute decision though they had earlier promised to support CPN-UML candidate Madhav Kumar Nepal.A wily politician, Koirala managed to pacify the parties, who were opposed to his attending the SAARC Summit in Colombo as he was only a caretaker Premier.He apologied to the parties for not taking them in confidence over the decision and attended the Summit on Aug

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