While CPN-Maoist Centre’s decision to quit the KP Sharma Oli-led ruling coalition has left people surprised, Onlinekhabar has obtained a copy of the ‘divorce paper’ — the letter that Maoist party Chief Prachanda wrote to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli — explaining the reasons behind withdrawal of support to the Oli-led government. In the letter, surprisingly, Prachanda has expressed hope the move will help build national consensus, though the main opposition Nepali Congress made it clear earlier that it will help Prachanda cobble together a majority government, not a national unity government.

Prachanda stated: The incumbent government was not willing to implement the nine-point agreement and the three-point gentleman’s understanding. Because of this factor, it would be politically inappropriate for our party to remain a part of the government, so we have withdrawn our support to it.