Former Nepal PM Baburam Bhattarai to form new political party

Former Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai will form a new political party in Nepal. Bhattarai had recently resigned as lawmaker amid differences with the major Nepalese political parties over the promulgation of new Constitution.

He had also resigned from Unified CPN-Maoist party, to form his own political outfit.

Bhattarai, a veteran leader of the Unified CPN-Maoist, was the senior-most leader after party chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda.