Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist

Publish date : 5 November, 2012

Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (C), also known as Prachanda, gestures as he arrives at parliament in Kathmandu on February 2, 2011, to file for candidacy for the prime minister’s election slated for the following day. Nepal’s parliament is holding first round of voting February 3 for a Prime Minister under new election rules designed to break a deadlock that has left the country without a government for seven months. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)