Nepal coalition to amend constitution, change electoral system

Pushing Hindu nationalism, restoring monarchy will spark protests, experts say

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Newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli signs a document after taking the oath of office at the Shital Niwas presidential building in Kathmandu on July 15. © Reuters

PRANAY SHARMA, Contributing writer

NEW DELHI -- A new coalition government came to power in Nepal when pro-China leader K. P. Sharma Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Sher Bahadur Deuba, an ally of India, of the Nepali Congress entered into a power-sharing agreement to amend the constitution to change the electoral system and bring stability to the country.

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