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| I'll be Nepal's 1st prez: Prachanda |
| 2008-03-28 |
| Maoist chief Prachanda has claimed that he will become the first President of Nepal after the crucial April 10 Constituent Assembly elections, even as he expressed doubts over the prospect of polls taking place on schedule. In the eastern town of Rajbiraj, Prachanda claimed that his party Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) would get 150 seats out of a total of 300 seats in the direct election, and that he will become the first President of the Himalayan nation after the polls. He also was apprehensive over elections taking place on the scheduled date. "I am not confident that the CA elections will be held on the stipulated date," he said. Meanwhile, the daughter of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala Sujata Koirala, also a minister without portfolio, was apprehensive about the elections to the constituent assembly taking place at the stipulated time. She expressed concern over recent Maoist attacks against leaders and cadres of other political parties. |
| Posted by:john frum |