Prachanda under pressure to resign as party boss

Prachanda under pressure to resign as party boss

After a poor showing in the Constituent Assembly elections, Nepal’s once powerful Maoist leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, is under pressure to give up his leadership. Holding him responsible for the results, several party leaders, including second-in-command and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, have sought his exit as chairman of the Unified Communist Party […]