By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 11, 2023Leaders of major parties have advised Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to maintain a fine balance in the country’s relations with the two neighbours as he prepares for a China visit this month. Dahal is preparing for two back-to-back visits—first to the 78th United National General Assembly in New York and then to China. Dahal is scheduled to address the UNGA on September 21 and…
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report in Nepalnews.com, Sept 10, 2023Member of Parliament Prabhu Hajara joined the Communist Party three and a half decades ago to end discrimination against the Dalit community in the society. He currently represents the CPN (UML) in the House of Representatives after being elected under the proportional representation (PR) election system. MP Hajara says that there was a lot of discrimination in the society towards the Dalit community in the past but many changes have…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 8, 2023Did the KP Sharma Oli government lie to the nation when it claimed it had informed the international community about the new map passed by Nepal’s parliament in 2020? Most likely, if the foreign minister’s reply to a parliamentary committee on Thursday is true. After unveiling a new demarcation of Nepal in May 2020, the Oli administration told the media that it had communicated to foreign…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 8, 2023Did the KP Sharma Oli government lie to the nation when it claimed it had informed the international community about the new map passed by Nepal’s parliament in 2020? Most likely, if the foreign minister’s reply to a parliamentary committee on Thursday is true. After unveiling a new demarcation of Nepal in May 2020, the Oli administration told the media that it had communicated to foreign…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 8, 2023Several members of Parliament have asked the government to caution—and seek clarification from—Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song over his ‘undiplomatic’ remarks on Nepal’s energy trading with India and the state of the Indian economy. On Saturday, speaking at a discussion titled ‘China in global economy and its impact in Nepal’, Chen spoke at length about Nepal’s trade with India. “Unfortunately, you have a neighbour like…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 7, 2023Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song’s remarks regarding the trade of electricity and other goods between Nepal and India as well as the economic growth of Nepal’s southern neighbour have ignited a controversy. Addressing a discussion titled ‘China in global economy and its impact in Nepal’, organised in Kathmandu on Saturday by the Foundation for Trans-Himalayan Research and Studies and Friends of Silk Road Club Nepal,…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 6, 2023Leaders of ruling parties who ratified the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact last year have started disputing over the US aid a week after it entered the implementation phase. One of the ruling parties, the CPN (Unified Socialist), has even formed a separate panel led by its vice-chair to study if the compact “undermines Nepal’s sovereignty” in the course of project implementation. Also, a political…
byTika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 5, 2023Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s announcement last month to reopen investigation into the 17-year-old Gaur massacre has made the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), a key partner in the ruling coalition, deeply suspicious of the prime minister’s intentions. Although Dahal, soon afterwards, seemed to have backtracked on his plan and assured JSP chair Upendra Yadav that there would be no such investigation, the party remains jittery. A meeting of…
report in Nepalnews.com, Sept 5, 2023Chairman of the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP), Mahantha Thakur, has said the Madhesh agenda was not watered down, but relevant and vibrant. Addressing the extended meeting of the LSP province committee at Bardibas on Monday, Chairman Thakur reminded that the party would reach the agenda of the party establishment time to the people again. “Some of the political agenda we raised were established based on movement. However, the suppression from…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 4, 2023 .The Rastriya Swatantra Party, which took many by surprise when it got established as the fourth largest in the House of Representatives elections within months of its formation, has encountered challenges in expanding its influence in Madhesh. Though the party has launched various activities in the province composed solely of Tarai districts, its leaders said they have realised that they have to put extra effort…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kaathmandu Post, Sept 3, 2023The Lumbini provincial convention of CPN-UML, an event keenly watched by party insiders and observers alike, kicked off in Butwal on Saturday. The convention is viewed as a test of strength of key UML leaders Bishnu Paudel and Shankar Pokhrel, who are the party’s vice-chairman and general secretary, respectively. This is the first provincial gathering organised after the second-largest party’s tenth general convention was held…