Did China wrest initiative from India in Nepal? NC leader claims coalition will not last

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Did China managed an impossible task? Foreign experts believe that Chinese diplomats and officials have played behind the scene to ensure that Pushp Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, leader of a Maoist faction break away from the Nepali Congress led coalition and walked right into the lap of former Maoist Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, President of the Communist Party of Nepal. Both Prachanda and Oli are known India baiters and pro China leaders. However senior Nepali Congress leader and party Member of Parliament Ajay Chaurasia believes that the ``rag tag coalition'' will not last long. Speaking exclusively with ANM News on phone from Kathmandu, Chaurasia mentioned that Oli and Prachanda are old rivals and the ``coalition is a marriage of convenience.''