Prachanda set to be new Nepal PM

Reuters :
A former Maoist guerrilla who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy will take over as prime minister in alliance with the main opposition after last month’s election returned a hung parliament, party officials said on Sunday.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who still goes by his nom de guerre Prachanda – meaning “terrible” or “fierce” will head the new government for the first half of the five-year term with the support of the opposition Communist Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) party and some other smaller groups.
Prachanda will step down in 2025, making way for the UML to take over the office, local media reported.
“This is the understanding. Remaining work of distribution of key other posts and ministries is still to be worked out,” Dev Gurung, the general secretary of Prachanda’s Maoist Centre party told Reuters after a meeting of the new coalition.
Gurung said Prachanda would soon go to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to stake his claim for the prime minister’s job.