Nepal PM Prachanda to shun inauguration programmes

Nepal's newly elected Prime Minister Prachanda today said he will not take part in any inauguration ceremonies except a few and asserted that Constitution implementation, reconstruction and economic reforms were his priority as Premier.
"I had decided on this before becoming the Prime Minister. Few exceptions aside, I won't take part in inauguration ceremony or programmes," Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' said at a programme in Banasthali.
"Constitution implementation, reconstruction and economic reforms are on the priority list of his government," he said.
The CPN (Maoist Center) chairman also claimed his party would become the biggest party after unification among 10 Maoist parties.

The 61-year-old Prachanda was elected Prime Minister on Wednesday for the second time after his brief stint with premiership came to an end in 2009.
He was Prime Minister from 2008 to 2009 before a disagreement with the President over his attempt to sack the army chief brought his period in office to an early end.