Editing Politics of Nepal (section)

=== Since 2008 ===
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Major parties such as the [[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]], [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)]] (CPN UML) and the [[Nepali Congress]] agreed to write a constitution to replace the interim constitution<ref>{{Cite web| title=Interim constitution of Nepal | url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nepal_Interim_Constitution2007.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035353/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nepal_Interim_Constitution2007.pdf | archive-date=2007-09-30}}</ref> within 2 years.

The Maoists, as the largest party of the country, took power right after the elections and named Pushpa Kamal Dahal ([[Prachanda]]) as the prime minister of Nepal. CPN UML also joined this government, but the Nepali Congress took the part of the main opposition party. Prachanda soon fell into a dispute with the then army chief Rookmanda Katwal and decided to sack him. But the [[President (government title)|President]] [[Ram Baran Yadav]], as the supreme head of
military power in the country, revoked this decision and gave the army chief additional time in office. An angry Prachanda and his party quit the government, majorly citing this reason and decided to operate as the main opposition to the government headed by CPN UML and its co-partner Nepali Congress afterward. [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]] was named the Prime Minister.

The Maoists demanded [[Civilian control of the military|civilian supremacy over the army]].

The Maoists forced closures – commonly known as ''bandhs'' – in the country, and also declared autonomous states for almost all the ethnic groups in Nepal.

In May 2012 the constitutional assembly was dissolved and another election to select the new constitutional assembly members were declared by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai.