Nepal's former guerrilla party, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), on Monday warned that if new Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal did not dissolve his coalition government within 72 hours and make way for a Maoist-led national government, it would start a new protest movement both from the street and parliament.

"The current government is unconstitutional and illegal," said Maoist leader and former finance minister Baburam Bhattarai, who along with two more senior party leaders will head the new movement against the current government.