<p>The ruling main coalition partner, CPN (Maoist Centre), has called back its ministers from the government following the Centre's decision to withdraw support to the government. <br><br>A letter dispatched today by the Centre's chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to the PM said that the Centre pulled back its support to the government as it was not ready to implement separate nine-point and three-point gentlemen's agreements struck with the Centre before joining the government. <br><br>The letter also said that the Centre has also recalled the ministers from the government following its withdrawal of the support to the government. <br><br>The letter added that their withdrawal of the support to the government would pave way for the formation of a national unity government. <br><br><b>CPN (MC) informs Speaker about govt quit decision <br></b><br>The CPN (Maoist Centre) has informed the Parliament Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar that the party withdrew its support to the CPN (UML)-led government today. <br><br>The party leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara met Speaker Gharti at her office at Singh Durbar and handed the letter to her in this connection, said Gharti's press advisor Babin Sharma. <br><br><b>New government under Maoist Centre's leadership: Leader Mahara<br></b><br>Right after it withdrew support to the incumbent government, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has claimed that a new government would be formed under its leadership. <br><br>Organising a press conference in the Capital today a few hours after the Centre withdrew its support to the government, the Centre leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara claimed that the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) sent a letter to the Centre's chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, saying that it would back Dahal. <br><br>Mahara said that his party faced difficulties of moral values to continue in the present government as it was not ready to implement separate nine-and-three-point gentlemen's agreements reached with the Centre before joining the government. <br><br>He also claimed that the ruling CPN (UML) would agree on a national unity government. <br><br>An agreement has also been reached that the Centre will lead the next government until the first phase of the implementation of the constitution and the NC will lead in the second phase thereafter, he said. <br><br><b>Quitting govt will be costly for Maoist Centre: Information Minister Rai<br></b><br>Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan Rai has said that the main ruling coalition CPN (Maoist Centre)'s move to quit the government would be costly for both the state and the party itself. <br><br>Speaking at a face-to-face at Reporter's Club in the Capital, the Minister said that this was not a good move for the Centre to quit the government just for the lure of getting the post of Prime Minister at a time when the country was moving ahead towards economic development and prosperity with the promulgation of the constitution. <br><br>However on the occasion, the Centre's leader Dev Prasad Gurung stressed the need for the formation of a national unity government for the development of the country. <br><br>Likewise, the main opposition Nepali Congress leader Chandra Bhandari emphasised the need for the NC to lead the next government in the capacity of a big party in the Parliament. <br><br><b>NC calls its CC meeting tomorrow<br></b><br>Nepali Congress has called its central committee meeting tomorrow.<br><br>The party called the meeting to discuss mainly the latest political course after the Maoist Centre withdrew its support to the UML led government.<br><br><br></p>
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