The CPN (Maoist Centre), Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’ key coalition partner which has formed an electoral alliance with the main opposition CPN-UML, said on Saturday that it would neither pull out of the government nor recall its ministers.  

“We have decided to continue support to the government as it is important to hold the provincial and federal polls on time,” Maoist Centre Spokesperson Pampha Bhusal said after the party’s meeting on Saturday.

Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, according to a party source, met PM Deuba at Baluwatar on Saturday to inform his party’s decision. Asked about the party’s plan if Deuba reshuffles the Cabinet, Bhusal said: “We haven’t thought about that yet.”