by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, October 3, 2023Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa on Sunday proposed that all Congress ministers be recalled from the government. Thapa’s statement comes a week after the end of the party’s central working committee meeting. He is yet to officially make any such proposal at party meetings. “Let’s allow the Socialist Front to run the government,” Thapa said at a function on Sunday, referring to the political bloc…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 15, 2023On Monday, Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa claimed the ruling coalition would collapse by February 22. But the Maoist Centre leaders believe the coalition could continue even after a new President is elected through consensus. Thapa’s statement came after his recent meeting with Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal with whom he discussed the presidential elections. “The agreement [to stitch…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 12, 2022 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who also heads the present ruling alliance of four political parties, has been busy cobbling together a broader coalition to form a new government with a clear majority in the soon-to-be-formed parliament. For that, he is negotiating with leaders from various other political parties as the current coalition is two seats short of a simple majority, which is essential to…