Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam on Thursday said the next government to be formed after the promulgation of the new Constitution in July will be headed by his CPN-UML party which will lead the massive post-earthquake relief work.
“The new constitution will be ready within the Nepali month of Ashad, that is mid-July and the new government will be in place towards July-end, as soon as the constitution is promulgated,” said Gautam who is also Nepal’s Home Minister and the acting president of Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML).
Nepal’s four major political parties - Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Unified CPN-Maoist and Madhesi Peoples Rights Forum (Democratic) - have recently reached a 16-point deal to divide the country into eight federal units ending a months-long deadlock and paving the way for drafting the Constitution.
Gautam claimed that his party is most capable of leading the post-quake reconstruction and rehabilitation works as it has already demonstrated its capability in the past month taking part in the reconstruction works in different parts of the country.