Former Nepal PM Baburam Bhattarai won’t contest normal elections

Six weeks forward of the elections, Baburam Bhattarai, former Prime Minister and a key architect of the Maoist insurgency that lasted for a decade since 1996, on Monday introduced that he wouldn’t be contesting from Gorkha— a constituency he represented for 3 consecutive phrases.

Dr Bhattarai made the announcement on Twitter, however clarified that it doesn’t imply he’s retiring. He mentioned he can be accessible for the folks and concerned in all of the initiatives within the space.

Bhattarai had left the Maoist Chief Puhspa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and aligned with Madhes centric events three years in the past, however had come again to the Maoist fold two weeks again.

His sudden determination is seen as an indicator that he has vacated a comparatively safer seat for Prachanda as issues don’t seem constructive in his current constituency in Chitwan district.

According to the Maoist occasion sources, Bhattarai’s daughter Manushi Yami Bhattarai could also be accommodated by the occasion and fielded from Constituency 7 in Kathmandu.