Nepal PM Prachanda resigns

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Nepal's former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has left for Belarus after telling supporters in London his Maoist party in Nepal is certain to usher in "world revolution". "The twenty-first century will be the century of world revolution," Prachanda told a large gathering of supporters at a meeting in south-east London.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - Nepal's former prime minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal Prachanda claims India thought he was closer to Communist China than to India, but says it was wrong to think so. Prachanda, who resigned as prime minister in May after less nine than months in office, said he wanted good relations with both of Nepal's giant neighbours - India and China.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON/KATHMANDU - The Chairman of the Unified CPN (Maoist), Prachanda, has said that Asian countries should develop a unified security strategy to combat US influence in South Asia. Speaking at the Embassy of Nepal in London on Tuesday, Prachanda said India, China and Nepal should work together to counter American.

July 2nd, 2009 KATHMANDU - Former Nepal Prime Minister and Unified CPN (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda has claimed that a new government under the leadership of his party would be formed within next one-and-half months. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Prachanda said he was now concentrating on forming a "national government with civilian supremacy", which would come into existence in one month and half.

May 13th, 2009 KATHMANDU - CPN-UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal toady met caretaker Prime Minister Prachanda and urged him to assist them in the formation of new government. At the meeting held at Maoists senior leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai's residence in Pulchowk, Nepal said: "I have urged Prachanda to participate in the to-be-formed new government for taking the peace process to the logical conclusion." However, Prachanda said they would not involve and assist in the government formation unless President Ram Baran Yadav corrects his move to reinstate Army Chief, General Rookmangud Katawal.

May 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda met Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to discuss the political scenario in the aftermath of his resignation. According to Nepali Congress vice president Ram Chandra Poudel who was present during hour-long meeting, Koirala asked Prachanda to cooperate in forming a government of national consensus.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Opposing any external interference in Nepal affairs, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury Tuesday said crisis in that country was 'not unnatural' as such 'hiccups' occur in a 'nascent democracy'. Nepal has a 'nascent democracy in which many hiccups can develop, which is not unnatural', Yechury said in a statement.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 'Concerned' over the crisis in Nepal, India's ruling Congress party Monday said 'democratic process is necessary' for stability in that country. 'Its an internal matter of Nepal.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hours after Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda resigned as Nepal's prime minister, India Monday pushed for 'broadest possible political consensus' and hoped that the present crisis in its eastern neighbour is resolved in a manner which contributes to the early conclusion of the peace process. Reacting to the crisis in Nepal sparked off after the sacking of the army chief and subsequent resignation of Prachanda, New Delhi struck a cautious note saying 'what is happening in Nepal is internal to Nepal'.

May 4th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Monday announced his resignation following a major row over the sacking of the army chief. Prachanda, Nepal's first Maoist prime minister, announced his resignation in a televised address to the nation.

May 4th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Monday announced his resignation following a flaming row over the sacking of the army chief. Prachanda, Nepal's first Maoist prime minister, announced his resignation in a televised address to the nation.

April 19th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepali Prime Minister Prachanda has told British Under Secretary of State for Defense and Minister for Veterans Kevan Jones that the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) may be asked to stop work after the integration of the army and the rehabilitation of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) combatants by July. Jones, in his departure statement at the end of his five-day visit to Nepal, said that the people of Nepal could be assured of Britain's steadfast support, both for peace building and for development.

March 27th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood urged cooperation from the Nepal Government for maintaining security along the border in view of the upcoming general elections in India. Sood urged this during the meeting with Prime Minister Prachanda here on Thursday.

March 25th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda today said that the uneasy relationship among the coalition partners has created doubt on the Constitution drafting process. Speaking at the Constitutional Committee of the Constituent Assembly here, Prachanda said that there are doubts among the general public on Constitution drafting due to differences among the parties.

February 15th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Three months after he had accompanied Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Nepal, India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon is arriving in Kathmandu Tuesday on a two-day visit. The Indian envoy is scheduled to hold talks with Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav and opposition leader and former premier Girija Prasad Koirala.