Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 31, 2023The Central Working Committee meeting of the Nepali Congress has entrusted its parliamentary board to select the candidates for the upcoming National Assembly elections. This decision came as the three-day central meet of the ruling party concluded on Saturday. The party will follow the candidate selection criteria that are almost final, said Min Bishwakarma, head of the party’s publicity department. The criteria will prefer Congress members who have…
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Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2023At a time when Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has publicly vowed to reshuffle his Cabinet, the Nepali Congress, the largest party in the government, is reviewing the performance of its ministers. The primary agenda of the party’s central working committee meeting that convenes on Thursday is to review and assess the performance of nine ministers who are currently serving in the Dahal government, said party leaders. The…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 28, 2023Nepal has seen a series of demonstrations lately—by pro-Hindu groups in Dharan and Nepalgunj, by the monarchist Rastriya Prajatantra Party in Jhapa, and by supporters of controversial medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai in Kathmandu. These protests have alarmed the country’s top political brass. Thousands of people demanding the restoration of Hindu state and constitutional monarchy staged demonstrations in Dharan in August-end, and in Nepalgunj and a few…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 14, 2023Lawmakers from coalition partners Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) have started to dispute the need for a change in the government leadership. The disagreement in the alliance began after lawmaker Sanjay Gautam of the ruling Congress party argued that a change in guard had become inevitable due to the government’s failure to deliver. Gautam said the government led by Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal had got disillusioned…
By Deo Narayan Sah in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 13, 2023The government formation process in Koshi Province took an unexpected turn after a group of Nepali Congress lawmakers revolted against the party’s decision to support the chief ministerial bid of Indra Bahadur Angbo, a CPN (Maoist Centre) assembly member. Eight of the 29 Congress provincial assembly members came up with a proposal to field the party’s Kedar Karki for the position against the central leadership’s…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, October 3, 2023Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa on Sunday proposed that all Congress ministers be recalled from the government. Thapa’s statement comes a week after the end of the party’s central working committee meeting. He is yet to officially make any such proposal at party meetings. “Let’s allow the Socialist Front to run the government,” Thapa said at a function on Sunday, referring to the political bloc…
byAnil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 21, 2023A group of Nepali Congress dissidents led by senior leader Shekhar Koirala met party president Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday on the eve of the party’s Central Working Committee meeting, and pressed him to correct the course or face consequences. This sets the stage for a showdown at the Central Working Committee meeting, which is starting Thursday. The Koirala camp is preparing to attack Deuba on several…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 23, 2023The Nepali Congress, the largest party in the federal and provincial parliaments as well the local level, has concluded that the public has misconceptions about it, arising from the flow of illusionary messages about the party’s policy and leadership. Releasing the findings of a nationwide campaign carried out by the party from August 5 to 15, Min Bishwokarma, head of the party’s publicity department, said that due to…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, August 19th, 2023WASHINGTON: The US Congress should look at the allegedly leaked cipher about former prime minister Imran Khan’s ousting when it returns from summer recess, says a former US national security adviser John Bolton. In an interview with VOA broadcasting service, recorded this week, Mr Bolton said he “worries about” the Biden administration’s foreign policy about South Asia because “it’s not clearly defined”. Asked if the language used in…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 14, 2023After the main opposition CPN-UML, a faction of the ruling Nepali Congress has also demanded a high-level probe panel to investigate the cases of gold smuggling. This development is likely to build pressure on the ruling coalition, which was rejecting the opposition’s demand for such a probe saying that the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police was already looking into the issue and that…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 10, 2023Representatives of the US Congress Ed Case and Richard McCormick are coming to Dhaka on Saturday for a four-day visit. Foreign Minister Dr Ak Abdul Momen confirmed the visit to Dhaka Tribune. “We welcome the visit,” he said, adding that: “The Biden administration is sending delegations one after another to strengthen our bilateral relations. This is a good sign.” Ed Case is a Democrat representative from Hawaii. Richard McCormick…