by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 3, 2023Office bearers of the ruling Nepali Congress, the largest parliamentary party, have concluded that there can be no changes in the categorisation of the insurgency-era human rights violations listed in the bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. A meeting of the top leaders chaired by President Sher Bahadur Deuba decided that prosecution would be pursued in cases of serious violations…
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report in The Kathmandu Post, July 22, 2023 The ongoing Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the Nepali Congress that is being live-streamed to the audience for the first time in the party’s history lacks a structured and focussed debate. A joint meeting of the party’s office bearers and former office bearers on Sunday had set the agenda for the meeting, which is taking place after a gap of almost a year. The party’s statute…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, July 20, 2023The Nepali Congress leadership has come under withering attack from its own leaders at the ongoing central working committee meeting, which started on Monday in Lalitpur. The meeting is taking place after almost a year, although the party’s statute requires that it be held every two months. Those speaking on Tuesday and Wednesday at the meeting, which was broadcast live on social media for the first…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, July 19, 2023The long-delayed central committee meeting of the Nepali Congress started in Lalitpur on Tuesday. The meeting, which continues for several days, is expected to see heated exchanges between rival factions—amid growing dissatisfaction over the way the party is being run and its participation in the government. Interestingly, for the first time in the party’s history, the meeting was live-streamed on social media showcasing an exercise…
Congress rival factions devise strategies to counter each other at central working committee meeting
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, July 18, 2023On Tuesday, the Nepali Congress is holding its first Central Working Committee meeting after the general elections held in November 2022. According to leaders, the meeting will discuss policy conventions and assess the polls besides other contemporary political developments. The meeting will be crucial with party president Sher Bahadur Deuba expected to face many questions and a hail of criticism from the central working committee…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,July 04, 2023Leaders of the ruling coalition in Kathmandu have decided to form a new government in Koshi Province under the leadership of Nepali Congress. A meeting of coalition leaders held at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar on Monday also decided that the Congress’ Uddab Thapa would be a candidate to lead the provincial government. Rajendra Pandey, acting chair of CPN (Unified Socialist), who attended the meeting said the top…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, July 6, 2023Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday called the party’s central working committee meeting for July 12. The meeting had been pending for a year and is expected to see heated debates over several issues that the party has been confronting. A meeting of Deuba, vice-presidents Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung, and general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma took a decision to that effect.…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 13, 2023National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina discussed various facets of Nepal-China relations on Monday with Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China. Timilsina, who is on an official visit to China, met Zhao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. During the meeting, chair Timilsina said Nepal and China have had cordial and very close relations for centuries, adding…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 31, 2023The largest party in federal parliament—Nepali Congress—is currently a mess with many of its leaders demanding President Sher Bahadur Deuba call crucial meetings so that they could air their discontent. The Nepali Congress in December 2021 concluded its national convention, which only elected the party’s leadership, but the party is yet to organise a policy convention. Following the convention that elected Deuba as chief, the…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, May 24, 2023Against the backdrop of recent electoral setbacks, a section of the Nepali Congress leaders is launching a nationwide campaign to shore up the grand old party. The party’s youth leaders are planning to traverse the country with the Nepali Congress Rupantaran Abhiyan (transformation campaign) to unite cadres across the country and reconnect with voters. The leaders said they have taken serious note of the party’s poor…
report in Daily FT, May 20, 2023*Urge referral of Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court US Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC) and US Congressman Bill Johnson (OH) introduced a bipartisan Resolution yesterday calling for a referendum for Eelam Tamils to be “democratically and equitably represented” as well as a “lasting peaceful political solution”. The Resolution comes as the Tamil nation marks 14 years since the massacre at Mullivaikkal where Sri Lanka’s forces killed tens of thousands…