by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 24, 2023Despite a series of intra-party and inter-party parleys on Thursday, no decision could be made on the presidential candidate. Talks have intensified as the date for the presidential election draws close. A tripartite meeting between leaders of the CPN (Maoist Centre), Janata Samajbadi Party and CPN (Unified Socialist) on Thursday agreed to decide the presidential candidate only after a joint meeting with the Nepali Congress on…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post,30 Nov 2022With most Dalit, Janajati and women candiates across parties failing to win the first-past-the-post (FPTP) elections for the House of Representatives, the upcoming parliament is set to become less inclusive than the last one. As many as 35 Janajatis, eight women and only one Dalit have won parliament seats under the FPTP system of elections with almost all results from the November 20 elections already in.…