Six weeks forward of elections, former prime minister and a key architect of a decade-long Maoist insurgency since 1996, Baburam Bhattarai introduced on Monday that he wouldn’t contest from Gorkhas – a constituency he represented thrice in a row.
Dr Bhattarai made the announcement on Twitter, however clarified that this doesn’t imply he’s retiring. He stated that he can be accessible to the folks and can be concerned in all of the initiatives of the realm.
Bhattarai had stop Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda three years in the past and cast an alliance with Madhes-centric events, however returned to the Maoist facet two weeks in the past.
His sudden resolution is seen as an indicator that he has vacated a comparatively protected seat for Prachanda as issues don’t look constructive in his present constituency in Chitwan district.
According to Maoist get together sources, Bhattarai’s daughter Manushi Yami Bhattarai could also be accommodated by the get together and fielded from constituency 7 in Kathmandu.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
