KATHMANDU, clan 23 Kyodo Prime M...

KATHMANDU, clan 23 Kyodo

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba formed a of the present day political party to strive to hold the November parliamentary elections following the refusal by the agency of election authorities to recognize his faction in the split Nepali Congres Party (NCP) as a political party, his spokesman said Monday.

''We applied for the registration of a just discovered party at the Election Commission,'' spokesman and former lawmaker Homnath Dahal said. Deuba heads the recently made known party named the Nepali Congres Party (Democratic), he added.

Last week, the election commission recognized an NCP faction l by way of former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as the ''legitimate'' NCP

Deuba has geared himself to the parliamentary elections amid widespread doubts that the midterm elections would take rise on Nov. 13 as scheduled as Maoist rebels are stepping up attacks.

forward Monday, communist rebels detonated bomb at education offices in Kathmandu and the adjoining city of Patan. single person was hurt in the Patan blast, police said.

In a disturbance over the issue of extending a state of push imposed to battle the Maoist insurgency, Deuba dissolved the parliament in May for unwilted elections.

The NCP then split down the middle in June across the issue.

The rebels have called a three-day strike culminating forward Nov. 13, the day when the parliamentary elections are held.

Opposition parties have criticized Deuba for worsening the situation of law and order.

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