Election Commission workers in Kathmandu begin counting ballots on Friday, a day after the final round of parliamentary and provincial elections in Nepal. (EPA Photo)KATHMANDU: An alliance of two communist parties is leading parliamentary election results in Nepal and could be forming the next government in the Himalayan nation. The Nepal Congress, which was the largest party in the last election, has so far won only three seats. The former rebels of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) fought government troops between 1996 and 2006, when they entered a UN-monitored peace deal and joined mainstream politics. But bickering among political parties delayed until 2015 the implementation of the new constitution, which declared Nepal a republic.

Source: Bangkok Post December 09, 2017 08:26 UTC