by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, .January 14th, 2023 Three days after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal won a vote of confidence in Parliament with an overwhelming majority and three weeks after his appointment as prime minister, Dahal is still struggling to expand his Cabinet by bringing all the coalition partners on board. The abrupt U-turn of the largest party in Parliament, the Nepali Congress, to give Dahal the vote of trust, according…
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by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 11, 2023.Despite the opposition of both party general secretaries—Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Parkash Sharma—as well as leaders Pradip Paudel, Arjun Narsingh KC, Prakash Man Singh and Bal Bahadur KC, the Nepali Congress on Tuesday gave its vote of confidence to the government of CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal. With the support of the Congress as well as other parties, Dahal garnered 268 votes in the…
report The Himalayan Times, January 6, 2023Kathmandu: The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN (Unified Socialist) continues to keep the seven-party alliance and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal guessing on what it will do on January 10 when the Dahal-led government seeks the vote of confidence. The ongoing politburo meeting of the party ended today, saying nothing about the vote of confidence. Dahal had sought the CPN (US) support in the trust vote, but CPN (US) Spokesperson…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 23, 2022After being elected as parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Centre) on Thursday, the party’s chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal reiterated his claim to prime ministership. Dahal, who has been leading the Maoist party’s parliamentary caucus ever since the party joined mainstream politics in 2006, was yet again unanimously elected to the post. According to Maoist lawmakers, Dahal told them that he would speak to…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 18, 2022President Bidya Devi Bhandari is considering calling the political parties to put forward their claims to form the next government forthwith. According to officials at the President’s office, Sheetal Niwas, President Bhandari is not in favour of any delay in calling the parties to submit their claims for government leadership by showing that they have the support of a majority of parliamentarians in accordance with Article…
by Anil Giri & Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 2, 2022With the counting of both the first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) votes of the November 20 elections nearly over, leaders have intensified meetings and behind-the-curtain negotiations to form a new government and, above all, to decide the new prime minister. There are several claimants for the post. Incumbent Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress General…