Kathmandu, April 5 -- The man of the week in Nepali politics is Mahant Thakur of the Janata Samajbadi Party. He is being courted by both the Maoist Centre, the Nepali Congress and the K P Oli-led UML.

The country has been mired in political games, ever since the Supreme Court restored theHouse of Representativeson 23February. However, after the Supreme Court delivered its verdict to resuscitate NCP (UML) and NCP (Maoist Centre) on 7March, there has been an impasse.

The UML is the largest party in the House with 121 seats. In order to attain majority, it needs the backing of one of the other parties in the house- the NC, Maoist Centre andJanata Samajbadi Party.

The Parliamentary arithmetic is such that the UML needs the JSP to form a ne...