Baburam Bhattarai on Sunday unveiled a preliminary structure of his proposed party highlighting its key features. He announced a 35-member Interim Council which would be transformed into a new political party within a month. Former Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal, former AIG Ganesh Rai, Artists Ashok Sharma, Karishma Manandhar and Saroj Khanal, among other personalities, have been associated with the Naya Shakti. Bhattarai has been named the coordinator of the council. Retired government and police officials are other members of the council. The main principles of the new force are said to be participatory democracy, good governance, accountability and rule of law. The Naya Shakti campaign has set up its office in Babarmahal, Kathmandu. A group of leaders have been assigned to draft the party’s statute. The new force will solicit suggestions before formulating its manifesto.