Kathmandu, July 26 : CPN-Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that President Dr. Rambaran Yadav has asked his party to take the initiative to form the new Government in Nepal.

“The president asked us to take initiative to form the government as we are the largest party. We informed the President that there will be no moral ground for us to lead the new Government while the alliance forged at the time of the presidential election remains intact," Kantipur quoted him, as saying.