Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 29, 2023The government’s plan to distribute cash relief to disqualified former Maoist combatants has entered Parliament, but no ruling party appears ready to take ownership of the plan. Discussing the matter in the House, several parliamentarians have asked the government to halt the cash relief to disqualified former Maoist combatants who are set to receive Rs200,000 per head. Interestingly, ruling Nepali Congress lawmakers have joined the main opposition CPN-UML…
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By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 17, 2023With ruling parties including the Nepali Congress opposing the CPN-UML’s demand that the second-largest party must have four House members in the hearings committee, crucial bills are stuck in Parliament. Even the scheduled meetings of the top leaders of the three major parties—the Congress, the UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre)—have failed to take place due to the dispute. In a clear sign of conflict,…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 17, 2023It has been more than a week since the CPN-UML pulled out of the Madhesh provincial government. Three coalition partners—Nepali Congress, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party—are yet to join the government led by Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav of Janata Samajbadi Party that includes ministers from the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Janamat Party. The exit of CPN-UML, the second-largest party in the federal parliament,…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 7, 2023With the largest party in the ruling coalition, the Nepali Congress, unable to nominate its four ministerial candidates, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been struggling to give full shape to the Cabinet. The last time the prime minister expanded the cabinet was on Friday. The coalition has allocated eight ministries to the Congress. Party president Sher Bahadur Deuba is waiting for the Shekhar Koirala-Gagan Thapa faction to…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 30,2023Economist and former National Planning Commission vice chairman Swarnim Wagle on Thursday announced quitting the Nepali Congress. In a message addressed to Congress leaders including General Secretary duo Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, Wagle said he could not stay in the party due to continuous ‘insults and humiliations from Deuba-Arzu gang’. He was referring to the behaviour of Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Arzu Rana Deuba. He…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 27,2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.The country’s largest political party, Nepali Congress, is yet to hold the long-pending general conventions of its sister organisations and give a complete shape to their central bodies. Factionalism has trickled down to each of its wings and the demands to revive the sister organisations remain unheard as of now. The main opposition, CPN-UML, has held…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 2, 2023With both the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML claiming the role of main opposition in Parliament, the meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed for nearly three weeks. The House meeting scheduled for Wednesday will now be held on March 19. Bharat Raj Gautam, general secretary at the Parliament Secretariat announced the postponement through a notice on Wednesday morning a few hours before the House meeting,…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 2, 2023The CPN (Unified Socialist) has decided to give the party’s support to Nepali Congress’ presidential candidate Ram Chandra Paudel in the upcoming presidential election. The decision was taken during the party’s central committee meeting on Wednesday. “The party has decided to give its vote to Nepali Congress’ senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel in the upcoming presidential elections,” said Jagannath Khatiwada, head of the party’s publicity department. “The same…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 27, 2023After offering the post of President to the largest party in Parliament, the three parties—the Nepali Congress, the CPN (Maoist Centre) and the CPN (Unified Socialist)—are now looking to finalise a new power-sharing deal, including the exact durations individual leaders will become the prime minister for. As the three parties have decided to helm the government by turns, the ongoing five-year tenure of Parliament will…