July 24, Kathmandu - Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that all the lawmakers of his party are trying to become ministers.

Speaking at a program organized at the party office in Parisdanda today on the occasion of the memorial day of the founder of the Communist Party of Nepal, Nara Bahadur Karmacharya, Prachanda said that 49 members of his party needed a minister.

Although everyone needs a minister, if they get more, they will get only seven ministers. He also remarked that he was talking about ideals but his focus was on getting a minister or not. Prachanda stressed on the need for party leaders and cadres to learn from the ideals of Nara Bahadur Karmacharya.