The first president of the newly-declared republic of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, has been sworn into office.
The largely ceremonial post was created after the abolition in May of the country's centuries-old monarchy.
while the Maoists - with their capacity to bring supporters onto the streets - will be watching form the outside.

Kathmandu, July 23: Indian-origin leader Ram Baran Yadav, who was sworn in as Nepal's first president on Wednesday, has his task cut out for him: keeping the fragile peace process on track amid a political logjam created by the sidelining of the Maoists in 11th hour political manoeuvring.
Yadav, a veteran Nepali Congress leader who was relatively unknown outside Nepal, was a last-minute choice of the major parties to oppose Maoist candidate and Madhesi leader Ramraja Prasad Singh in the presidential elections, the first round of which was held last week.
rove to be a difficult customer.

By VOA News Nepal has sworn in its first president, nearly two months after lawmakers abolished the monarchy and established the Himalayan nation as a

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's first president elected earlier this week has taken the oath of office.
Ram Baran Yadav, the elected first Nepali president, greets his supporters, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
in May by the Constituent Assembly.

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's ex-communists should spearhead the new government, political opponents said Wednesday, a day after the Maoists announced they had abandoned plans for leadership because their choice for president had been rejected.
Nepal's political parties met Wednesday to try and resolve the stalemate, but no agreement had been reached, said Arjun Narsingh of the Nepali Congress, which finished second in an April election.
Tuesday his party would act as the opposition after Singh lost the vote.

KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's Maoists said Tuesday they would not form the Himalayan nation's first post-royal government after the defeat of their candidate for president, setting off a new political crisis here.
The former rebels' decision, seen as a blow to Nepal's peace process, came one day after rival parties in a constitutional assembly ganged up against the Maoists to elect a president allied to the main centrist party.