by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post,Feb 2, 2023After the January 25 death of Prem Prasad Acharya, who had set himself on fire in front of the Parliament building at New Baneshwar a day earlier by accusing the government, in an over 6000-word Facebook post, of promoting corruption and making things difficult for entrepreneurs, scores of activists and commoners took to the streets under the banner “Kathmandu Uprising” as they rallied behind Acharya’s cause. The…
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by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, January 27th, 2023The ruling Maoist Centre is working to form a new sub-alliance in partnership with the Janata Samajbadi Party, the CPN (Unified Socialist) and the Nepal Samajbadi Party. Of late, they are exploring ways to forge a working partnership. After top leaders of the Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Janata Samajbadi Party met on Sunday, the parties’ talks teams and the task forces have expedited their…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 26, 2023Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chief KP Sharma Oli, who had unexpectedly joined hands to form a governing coalition on December 25, has so far succeeded in forming the government under Dahal’s leadership, expand the Cabinet, and elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The two leaders, who were arch-rivals until a few months ago, however, still harbour suspicion of…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 24, 2023Since the formation of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal government in the last week of December, ministers seem to be competing with each other in giving directives to various departments. However, experts find no meaning in such directives other than publicity of the ministers’ actions. They say their on-the-spot instructions would not resolve any problem. The ministers should have a strong command at the policy level and…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, January 24, 2023China has proposed a visit by a Chinese team to Nepal in February to hold a third round of discussions regarding the development of the Nepal-China Cross Border Transmission Line. A Joint Technical Group comprising representatives of the Nepal Electricity Authority and the State Grid Corporation of China had previously held two rounds of talks in China and Nepal, respectively, for the transmission line before…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 23, 2023After failing to get the support of the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) on the elections of Speaker and deputy Speaker, the Shekhar Koirala-Gagan Thapa faction of the Nepali Congress has said the decision of the largest party to give a confidence vote to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was a mistake. As the Congress is preparing for the meeting of its Central Working Committee scheduled…
by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 22, 2023Amid the spread of measles virus in several local units of Banke, health authorities have sought help from religious leaders, especially Muslim preachers (Maulanas), in the ongoing immunisation drive. Officials hope that vaccine coverage will be increased with the help of preachers, as people of certain religious groups trust them more than health officials. “We have been taking help from religious leaders, especially Maulanas, in the…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 21, 2023The newcomer Rastriya Swatantra Party’s unexpected success and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s impressive comeback in the November elections have sharply curtailed the Madhesh-based parties’ bargaining power in ongoing power-sharing negotiations. Among the Madhesh-based parties, so far only the Janamat Party has joined the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and it too is not happy with its share in the Cabinet. Janamat Party chair CK Raut’s…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 19, 2023 As a Chinese technical team started a feasibility study for the proposed Kerung-Kathmandu cross-border railway, India has almost completed a detailed feasibility study for the Raxaul-Kathmandu Railway project, officials at the Department of Railways said. The two projects highlight the geopolitical rivalry between the two neighbouring giants who are competing for influence in Nepal. In late December, a six-member Chinese team representing the China…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 16, 2023As top leaders from the two major ruling coalition partners—the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre)—seemed to be harbouring suspicion at each other, some leaders from the parties, however, have said that the relations between the two sides haven’t worsened as perceived in the public. Leaders of the CPN-UML, the largest partner in the ruling coalition, smelt a rat mainly after the Nepali Congress, which was…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post,Jan 13th, 2023 The second-rung leaders of the Nepali Congress including general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Parkash Sharma have stood against almost all major political decisions taken by party president Sher Bahadur Deuba in the past one year. Yet they failed to build much pressure on Deuba and the establishment faction, let alone force the party chief to review any of his decisions. This kind of powerlessness was…