By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 27,2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.The country’s largest political party, Nepali Congress, is yet to hold the long-pending general conventions of its sister organisations and give a complete shape to their central bodies. Factionalism has trickled down to each of its wings and the demands to revive the sister organisations remain unheard as of now. The main opposition, CPN-UML, has held…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, March 27, 2023Lawmakers including those from the ruling parties have demanded a revision of the bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, arguing that several of its provisions aim to protect perpetrators. Taking part in deliberations in the House of Representatives on Sunday, they argued that the bill was brought to conclude the transitional justice process without ensuring justice to the victims. “Conflict…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 18, 2023 at 07:01Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party has been elected as the new Vice President of Nepal. Out of the total 52,628 weighted votes, Ram Sahay secured 30,328 while Asta Laxmi Shakya of the CPN-UML received 16,328 and Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party got 2,537 in an election held on Friday. Fifty-two-year-old Ram Sahay garnered 58.02 percent of the votes, while his closest…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 17,2023Nepal will elect its third Vice President on Friday. The vice presidential election will be held at the Parliament building at New Baneshwor, Kathmandu. “All preparations are complete. Voting will take place from 10 am to 3 pm on Friday,” said Shaligram Sharma Paudel, spokesman at the Election Commission. The final list of candidates published by the commission includes Ashta Laxmi Shakya from the CPN-UML, Pramila Yadav…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 16, 2023Frequent changes in the power equation are not new to Nepali politics where political instability remains a persistent problem. Following last month’s change in the composition of the ruling coalition in Kathmandu, provincial governments are set to yet another change in leadership in just five months since the general elections. Until a few weeks ago, the federal government was led by CPN (Maoist Centre), with the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 16, 2023A meeting on Wednesday of the 10-party coalition that supports the Pushpa Kamal Dahal government failed to agree on who to elect as Vice President since two members of the coalition are claiming the post. The vice-presidential election is scheduled for Friday. Alliance members Janata Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party have fielded Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav and Mamata Jha, respectively, as their candidates for the post. UML vice-chair…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 15, 2023With the change in the composition of the ruling coalition—the departure of the UML and entry of the Congress—Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to seek a vote of confidence before expanding his Cabinet. But Cabinet expansion this time is not going to be easy with 10 parties on board the ruling coalition. Of the ten parties only two are in government—Dahal’s Maoist Centre…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 13, 2023On Saturday, three parties based in the Tarai—Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, CK Raut’s Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party of Ranjita Shrestha—forged a working alliance vowing to press ahead with their common agenda. To start with, they have fielded their own candidate for the Vice President election. This pits Mamata Jha against the ruling coalition’s official candidate in which they are also the constituents…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 11, 2023Controversial businessman Durga Prasai is known for his strong linkage with the country’s top political leadership, including Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli. Now, it appears, he has deserted these communist leaders as he is now seen running ‘a mega campaign to save the nation, nationality, religion, culture and citizens’. Restoration of monarchy, Hindu nation and abolition of federalism are…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 8, 2023Two separate writ petitions have been filed against Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the Supreme Court asking for criminal investigation against him over insurgency-era atrocities. Advocate and conflict victim Gyanendra Aran and Kalyan Budhathoki, another victim, registered a pair of petitions against Dahal on Tuesday. They took exception to the Maoist chair taking responsibility for the deaths of 5,000 of…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 6, 2023At most of Kathmandu’s apparel stores, one poster is common nowadays: SALE. But that’s not helping rev up sales. The apparel stores have witnessed a slowdown in discretionary spending by consumers over the past few months, primarily because of inflationary pressures, reflecting how a slowing economy has dampened the market’s mood. A credit crunch, real estate slowdown, tumbling stock market and rising unemployment have rattled the…