Nepal Premier G P Koirala may announce his resignation on Wednesday during the Constituent Assembly meeting if the ruling multi-party alliance fails to break the two-month deadlock over the issue of power-sharing.“Koirala may announce his resignation as soon as the process of amendment to the Constitution starts at the CA meeting on Wednesday,” Nepali Congress central member Prakash Sharan Mahat said.Nepali Congress will sit in the Opposition benches if a consensus is not reached on key issues, including the army integration and power -sharing, he said.However, Koirala’s resignation will come into effect only after the Constituent Assembly elects a new President, Nepali Congress sources said.Koirala, who also holds the post of the head of the state, has been advised by his lawyers not to step down until the election of president.The seven Maoist Ministers in the interim government had earlier submitted their resignation to the party Chairman Prachanda in a bid to pressurise Koirala to quit and hand over power to them, but technically they are still the part of the Cabinet.Similarly, Koirala is expected to announce his resignation in the Constituent Assembly meeting, but mere announcement would not make it effective. Until a President is elected, his resignation cannot come into effect, political observers said. However, political observers expect some dramatic developments in the wake of Koirala’s meeting with Army chief Rukmangad Katuwal on Monday and Home Minister Krishna Sitaula’s parleys with Prachanda on Tuesday with the message from Prime Minister.Nepali Congress— the largest democratic party in Nepal— sitting in the Opposition may also send negative signals to the country’s development partners, analysts said.
