Nepal’s former Prime Minister and Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai on Sunday launched a new party, vowing to reform the country’s political system and bring stability by maintaining harmonious relationship with both India and China.
Bhattarai said his party ‘Naya Shakti Nepal’ would bear the “historic responsibility” of making Nepal prosperous and developed.
Addressing the ceremony attended by Prime Minister KP Oli, Bhattarai said that his party is bringing the draft that would see Nepal as world’s richest country in just 25 years.
Bhattarai’s move to form a new party is set to give a big blow to CPN-Maoist Centre led by Prachanda, analysts here believe.
Prachanda had recently joined hand with some splinter Maoist groups to bolster their strength. Prachanda’s party CPN-Maoist Centre is the main coalition partner of the incumbent Government led by Oli.
“Naya Shakti will bring reforms that will establish that politics is not a dirty game. We will make it pure and transparent. We will do what we say,” 61-year-old Bhattarai said.