Bumpy Road Ahead For New Alliance

The creation of new five-party alliance mainly of the left forces has surprised all. Nepali Congress (NC), the largest ally in previous alliance, was taken off guard. Instead of analysing and solving its growing contradictions with the CPN-Maoist Centre that now heads the five-party coalition government, the NC is just accusing the former of betraying it. The dismantling of NC-Maoist Centre alliance is a big achievement for the CPN-UML. Its chairman KP Sharma Oli is beaming with pleasure at breaking the NC-Maoist partnership and claiming its credit.