By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 17, 2023A new alliance of left leaning political parties is in the offing. The Socialist Front’s basic objective will be to establish ‘scientific socialism for the country’s overall transformation’. But with leaders claiming the new front will lead to a radical national transformation, the question is: can they deliver? According to former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, who chairs the Nepal Samajbadi Party, the new front is not…
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By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 09, 2023Balendra Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, has placed a map of ‘Greater Nepal’ in his chamber as a symbolic counter to India’s placing of the ‘Akhand Bharat’ mural in its new parliamentary building in New Delhi. Mayor Shah, who has been elected by Kathmandu’s voters and who had taken the oath of office and secrecy as per the constitution of Nepal, is accountable to…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 03, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Friday that discussions have begun on alternatives for resolving the boundary issue with India, mainly the Kalapani dispute. After a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday, Dahal indicated that Nepal can consider swapping the Kalapani area with India in order to gain land access to Bangladesh through the Indian ‘chicken’s neck’. The ‘chicken’s neck’ or Siliguri…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 22, 2023Former prime minister and CPN (Unified Socialist) chair Madhav Kumar Nepal suddenly finds himself thrust to the spotlight following news reports that CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli has proposed Nepal as a possible presidential candidate. Nepal is also eager to run for the President in a vote scheduled for March 9, but the question remains whether the political parties will agree to make him their…