How will it affect the deadlocked electoral process for the selection of the new prime minister?
Maoist Deputy Parliamentary Leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha telephoned me on Friday and informed me that the party had decided to withdraw Dahal’s candidacy. However, I have yet to receive any formal notification. Nonetheless, one candidate still remains. We need to wait for his reaction. How would the process move ahead, given that one of the candidates has opted out? We don’t go for voice voting; we rather divide the votes. You may have noticed that all proposals are put to voting and if the first proposal fails to provide a result, voting on second proposal begins. Now that one of the candidates has decided to withdraw, the other candidate should try and secure the majority of those present during voting. If so, the stalemate looks likely to continue. I believe the parties will come out with some kind of a solution after consulting among themselves. What could be the possible solution? In my interaction with the parties at the Business Advisory Committee of the House and elsewhere, I h
