by Durgalal KC in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 12, 2023Suresh Kumar Oli, a goat herder from Pahruwa in ward 15 of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City, Dang, was detained by security personnel on December 22, 2002, under the suspicion of being a Maoist rebel. He was 31 years old. Suresh’s wife, Devisara Oli, recalls her husband being booked for questioning by the police on that fateful Sunday. “He never returned. I still wait for him after all…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 13, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is preparing to bring the CK Raut-led Janamat Party back to his Cabinet. Dahal is likely to induct a Janamat minister in the government by Sunday evening, said Ramesh Malla, personal secretary to the prime minister. The prime minister has been talking to some ministers from his party to convince one of them to make way for the new minister,…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 8, 2023After some parties including the main opposition CPN-UML and opposition Rastriya Prajatantra Party, the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) has decided to launch a ‘three-month grassroots’ campaign to reach out to the people. Party leaders believe that the campaign will help revive the party in the upcoming polls as they will know the concerns of the people and act accordingly to convince them to vote for…
report in Nepalnews.com, Aug 3, 2023Eighteen leaders put forth their views on the brief report of Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in the fourth plenary meeting of the party central committee that began on Wednesday. During the meeting held at Kamaladi-based Nepal Academy, the leaders expressed their views regarding restructure of the party, its working style, effectiveness and government’s performance. A central committee member Madhav Sapkota shared that…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post,July 30, 2023The CPN (Maoist Centre), the third-largest party in the federal parliament, currently helms the coalition government with the backing of the Nepali Congress, the largest party, while the second-largest, the CPN-UML, remains outside the government. But Maoist leaders say the party’s increased emphasis on governance has left its organisation in a mess. As the organisational base of the party continues to erode, the Maoist Centre has…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, July 25, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who chairs the CPN (Maoist Centre), the party that waged a decade-long people’s war, has refuted allegations that he used child combatants during the insurgency. Writing a response to a writ petition filed at the Supreme Court claiming that child combatants were used during the Maoist insurgency, Dahal refuted the allegations and said that no document of the peace process…
by Janakraj Sapkota in The Kathmandu Post, June 25, 2023Bharat Budha, chair of Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality’s ward 10, knows that many youths from his village have made it to the United States via ‘tallo bato’—backdoor route—and that many are still on the way. He also knows that eight of them have been deported from the country and that they have lost a cumulative Rs45 million in the process. The deported youths say that they…
By Deo Narayan Sah in The Kathmandu Post, June 07, 2023Two CPN (Maoist Centre) ministers in Koshi Province resigned from their posts on Tuesday, following the party’s decision to withdraw its support to Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki. Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development Durga Prasad Chapagain and Minister for Tourism, Forest and Environment Jeevan Acharya tendered their resignations to the chief minister. Chapagain and Acharya were appointed as the provincial ministers on January 9. Earlier…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, Feb 17, 2023As the nomination day for the presidential election is approaching, the third largest party that leads the current government with the backing of the CPN-UML and later got the support of other parties including the Nepali Congress, the CPN (Maoist Centre) seems inching closer to the Congress. Some leaders of the party said the Maoist Centre could support the Nepali Congress in the presidential polls…
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 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…