Maoists to seek no-trust vote against Nepal PM

After vacillating for almost a year, Nepal's opposition Maoist party yesterday decided to seek a no-trust vote against Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
'This government will not be able to draft a new constitution (within the deadline of May 28),' Maoist member of parliament and spokesman Dinanath Sharma told the media after the standing committee of the formerly outlawed party held deliberations Wednesday to decide its next strategy ahead of a 'grand push' against the government Thursday.
'It will not be able to complete the task even if it is given two more years. As long as this government stays, there can be no consensus among the parties because this government is against consensus, the constitution and the peace process.'
Since their government fell last year, the Maoists, the largest party in Nepal after the 2008 elections, had been threatening to seek a no-trust vote against the government. However, with the two largest ruling parties sticking together, their offensive is doomed to fail for want of two-thirds majority in the 601-member parliament.