by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 13, 2023On Saturday, three parties based in the Tarai—Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, CK Raut’s Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party of Ranjita Shrestha—forged a working alliance vowing to press ahead with their common agenda. To start with, they have fielded their own candidate for the Vice President election. This pits Mamata Jha against the ruling coalition’s official candidate in which they are also the constituents…
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by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post,Mar 13, 2023Qin Gang, the new foreign minister of China, is likely to give continuity to Beijing’s old policy towards Nepal, foreign policy experts say. On March 7, Qin, 56, addressed the international media for the first time since taking office as foreign minister. On the margins of the annual session of the Chinese parliament in Beijing, Qin told journalists quoting Confucius: “One should repay kindness with kindness, and…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 12, 2023Representatives from student unions registered their candidacies for various posts including office bearers and members of the Free Student Union in hundreds of colleges under the Tribhuvan University across the country on Saturday. The university is holding student union elections for 62 constituent and 523 community colleges under it on March 19. Aspirants registered their candidacies in 50 of the 62 constituent campuses on Saturday as…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 12, 2023The coalition partners of the ruling alliance have decided to field three leaders as candidates for the post of Vice President. The parties at a meeting of the alliance held at the prime minister’s residence on Saturday decided to register the candidacies of the three candidates as they could not agree on a common candidate. One candidate from the Janamat Party, and two from the Janata Samajbadi Party…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 11, 2023Controversial businessman Durga Prasai is known for his strong linkage with the country’s top political leadership, including Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli. Now, it appears, he has deserted these communist leaders as he is now seen running ‘a mega campaign to save the nation, nationality, religion, culture and citizens’. Restoration of monarchy, Hindu nation and abolition of federalism are…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 10, 2023 Ram Chandra Paudel is stepping into Sheetal Niwas hot on the heels of Bidya Devi Bhandari, who got into a number of controversies for being overly supportive of prime minister KP Sharma Oli while blocking some crucial laws forwarded during the premiership of Sher Bahadur Deuba. Political leaders and analysts say Bhandari did not heed public concern, for instance when she was criticised for blocking…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 10, 2023The government on Thursday brought a bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Act retaining most of the “controversial provisions” from the previous bill that couldn’t get through the parliament last year. The Ministry of Law and Justice registered the bill at Parliament Secretariat following a Cabinet nod on Thursday morning. The new bill, like the previous one, hasn’t listed murder as a…
report in Nepal News, Mar 8, 2023 at 08:33 pmThe Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has decided to not cast vote in the presidential election taking place tomorrow. A meeting of the Central Work Execution Committee of the party held today at the party headquarters, Dhumbarahi, took the decision to remain neutral in the election. Talking to media after the meeting, RPP Spokesperson Mohan Shrestha said the party decided not to participate in voting process and…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 8, 2023Two separate writ petitions have been filed against Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the Supreme Court asking for criminal investigation against him over insurgency-era atrocities. Advocate and conflict victim Gyanendra Aran and Kalyan Budhathoki, another victim, registered a pair of petitions against Dahal on Tuesday. They took exception to the Maoist chair taking responsibility for the deaths of 5,000 of…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 8, 2023The much-awaited power-sharing deal among ruling parties will only be struck after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal wins a vote of trust after the elections to the vice president scheduled for March 14. Since more parties are likely to join the eight-party alliance, the process of power-sharing deal will be delayed further, said party leaders. “The prime minister will seek a vote of trust in the House of…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post,March 07, 2023March 7, 2023Updated at : March 7, 2023 06:48Raising public issues, analysing the laws proposed by the executive, and speaking up against the wrongdoings of the government in Parliament all fall under an opposition party’s chief responsibilities. But in Nepal, that is still a distant dream. Regardless of their number of seats, all that the political parties, whether big or small, want is power, political observers say.…