by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 9, 2022CPN-UML, the largest party in the previous House of Representatives, slipped to a second position in the new House with 78 seats, winning 11 seats less than the Nepali Congress, which has become the dominant force with 89 lawmakers. UML leaders, who are well aware that they could have no executive powers for the next five years, have been trying to sow divisions in the…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 7, 2022The CPN-UML, which trailed the ruling Nepali Congress in the first-past-the-post (FPTP) seats, has won the most (34) seats of the lower house under the proportional representation (PR) system. In the seat allocation completed on Tuesday night, the ruling Congress has managed to bag 32 PR seats. The party that had won 57 FPTP seats will now have a total strength of 89 seats in the…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 6, 2022With no clear majority for either the Nepali Congress- or CPN-UML-led alliances in November polls, government formation is proving to be a tough row to hoe. All major and fringe parties have been directly or indirectly negotiating to join the government. As such, government formation will get knottier, said political watchers. The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party, which emerged as the fourth largest force from the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 1, 2022CK Raut, president of the Janamat Party, held talks with Nepali Congress leader Bimalendra Nidhi on Wednesday and offered to join the new ruling coalition. Nidhi confirmed to the Post about his meeting with Raut. Nidhi later visited Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and briefed him about his meeting with Raut. During their meeting at Baluwatar, Nidhi informed Deuba that Raut has offered to support the ruling coalition…