Going against a power-sharing deal reached among top leaders of the ruling alliance in the centre, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) have agreed to lead the government in Karnali Province on a rotation basis.

As per a new deal, CPN (Maoist Centre)’s provincial assembly leader Raj Kumar Sharma will first lead the government for two and a half years and UML’s provincial assembly leader Yamlal Kandel for the remaining term, said provincial assembly member Tek Raj Pachhai.

Sharma will stake his claim before the Karnali province chief Tilak Pariyar today.

As per an earlier agreement forged in Kathmandu, the Maoist Centre was supposed to lead the provincial government for a full five years term.

The Nepali Congress has 14 provincial assembly members, CPN (Maoist Centre) 13, UML ten, Rastriya Prajatantra Party and CPN (Unified Socialist) one each provincial assembly member and one independent provincial assembly member in the 40-member provincial assembly.