Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 10, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that his government has no intention to curtail the Election Commission’s autonomy. He said the government did not want to scrap the district election offices, but was just managing them differently, to cut costs. The government, through its budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024, had announced that the district election offices would be scrapped and the election-related work would be conducted…
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By Parameswaran Wigneshwaran in Daily FT, June 6, 2023*Former MP Chandrasegar says JVP aims to ensure unity rather than division while addressing demands for autonomy in North and East **Claims concepts of autonomy and self-determination emerged from Marxist ideologies but have now been exploited by capitalists ***Says new constitution enacted when NPP comes to power will encompass the demands and aspirations of Tamil people The leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday expressed the party’s willingness…