Publication Date:
Sun, 2011-02-06 23:54
Jhalnath Khanal was sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav at a ceremony in Katmandu. He was chosen by Parliament on Thursday, seven months and 17 attempts after the last government resigned amid sometimes violent protests. Discussions on a new Cabinet between leaders of Khanal's Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) and its main coalition partner, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), have not yielded an agreement.
Yogesh Bhattarai, a close Khanal aide, said the negotiations were continuing. Khanal, 60, is a veteran politician who was involved in pro-democracy protests against the monarchy in 1990 and again in 2006. This is his first time to serve as prime minister.
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