![]() ![]() The Oli factor is hard to ignore in Nepal's politics. Oli reportedly became suspicious of Prachanda after Deuba decided to back Prachanda in the confidence vote. But the two fell out after Prachanda decided to back Poudel as the presidential candidate. Prachanda then forged an alliance with Oli to form the government. Prachanda's party, which contested the November 20 parliamentary and provincial elections as a partner of the five-party alliance led by the Nepali Congress, left the alliance after it refused to give Prachanda any of the two key posts - the president and the prime minister. Prachanda was sworn in as the PM for the third time on December 26 after he walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader Oli. In December 2022, in a sudden turn of events after the election, Oli backed Prachanda to emerge as the PM for the third time. There is an emerging triangular power-sharing agreement between Madhav Kumar Nepal, Prachanda and Deuba. He had the backing of eight parties, including the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialists), whose leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is also a prime ministerial hopeful. Poudel was backed by Prachanda's Maoists which had 32 seats in Parliament, and Nepali Congress, the single largest party with 89 seats. Deuba ushered in a period of key development projects. Oli, an old India confidant, however, gave India a tough time as PM, while the entry of Deuba as PM gave India a degree of comfort. India has strategic interests and it engages with all three key parties and their current leaders - Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, who is the current PM (Maoists), KP Sharma Oli (CPN-UML) and Sher Bahadur Deuba (Nepali Congress). The shifts in Nepalese politics have kept India on its toes, particularly with China's inroads into the neighbouring country. ![]() ![]() The election of seasoned Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel this week as the next President of Nepal symbolises twists and turns and jostling for power between three main parties that has been common to the Himalayan state over the past few decades. ![]()
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