By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 31, 2023The writer covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.Amid Supreme Court’s reluctance in deciding six petitions related to jurisdiction row between the federal and provincial governments, a new petition has been lodged by the Bagmati Province arguing that the centre has overstepped its authority in transport management. As per the decision of the provincial Cabinet, Laxman Lamsal, provincial minister for labour, employment and…
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report in The Island, Aug 6, 2023The TNA last week issued a statement clarifying its position with regard to the political solution for the Tamil National Question, the 13th amendment to the constitution, the conduct of the long delayed provincial council elections and the All Party conferences convened by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The text of the statement signed by Jaffna District MP MA Sumanthiran reads: “The Tamil People have, since 1956, consistently given the Tamil…
report in The Himalayan Times, June 26, 2023Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav has said federalism is flawed itself.”Even though the federal structure has been implemented, it is flawed and the constitution should be amended to execute it correctly,” he said.Stating that there is no other option but to amend the constitution to realise federalism, he said the form of government has been distorted. Stating that no government could be stable when it is a…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, .January 14th, 2023Even though all seven provincial assemblies have elected their chief ministers who are now busy picking ministers, people appear more curious about the composition of the new Cabinet in the Madhesh province. That is so for a number of reasons. First, there has been a significant change in the power equation in Madhesh after the November 20 polls with previously dominant regional forces losing ground and…