Oli, Dahal move to extend alliance to next year’s local and provincial polls
Summary
KP Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal are working to extend their left-wing alliance to next year’s local and provincial elections after their parties’ poor performance in the March 5 House election. The two sides are building cooperation through provincial and local committees, while insisting there is no immediate plan for a party merger.
Key Points
- CPN-UML chair KP Oli and NCP coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal are preparing to expand their alliance into next year’s local and provincial polls.
- The parties have already joined hands in five provinces and are asking lower-level committees to build a framework for electoral cooperation.
- Dahal says collaboration is aimed at defending democracy and national interests, but not at an immediate merger.
- The alliance comes after a sharp decline in communist vote share and repeated electoral setbacks for the two parties.
