report in Daily FT, Dec 16, 2023-Re-elected SLPP leader Mahinda Rajapaksa tells National Convention party remains powerful and still is SL’s strongest political force—-Claims country’s youth have been deceived by a political group and have fallen prey to external and internal forces——Says there are concerted efforts to portray Rajapaksas negatively by blaming economic collapse on regimes led by them——–Pledges to deliver justice for party supporters who were harmed or had properties damaged on 9 May…
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by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2023It had been a long time since Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa and senior leader of the party Shekhar Koirala shared a podium. Thapa won the election of the party’s general secretary from the Koirala camp, but Koirala himself lost the contest for party presidency to Sher Bahadur Deuba at the 14th general convention in December 2021. According to party insiders, initially, it was thought…