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Posts tagged as “Maoist”

Dahal promoting daughters at the expense of party leaders

by Tika R Pradhan inThe Kathmandu Post,Jan 3, 2023On December 25, an interesting photo was published in different media outlets, in which Ganga Dahal, the youngest daughter of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, is seen shaking hands with CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli and the Maoist Center chair is seen talking to Oli while pointing at Ganga. The photo taken at the Balkot-based residence of Oli, speaks a lot as Ganga, according to leaders of…

Nepal-China ties get a ‘happy’ boost with new leftist PM, but India and US wary

by Kunal Purohit in SCMP, 28 Dec 2022The rise of a veteran Maoist leader to become Nepal’s new prime minister is likely to inject “more momentum” into the country’s China ties while also checking American influence in the region, analysts said, after communist parties came together on Sunday to oust the previous US-aligned government. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, more popularly known as Prachanda – meaning fearless – ditched his alliance partner the Nepali Congress (NC) to…

Maoist rank and file prefer left alliance, not so their chair

by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 29, 2022When CPN (Maoist Centre) General Secretary Dev Gurung congratulated his electoral rival in Lamjung, Prithvi Subba Gurung of the CPN-UML, upon the latter’s election as federal lawmaker from the district on Friday, he also floated a proposal to jointly lobby for a left alliance. UML Deputy General Secretary Prithvi Subba Gurung, who beat Maoist General Secretary Gurung, accepted the proposal. But despite the lobbying by…

Ruling alliance faces a tall order for vote transfer in Rolpa

by Kashiram Dangi in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 15, 2022Barsha Man Pun, the deputy general secretary of CPN (Maoist Centre), is contesting for the federal parliament seat from Rolpa, an epicentre of Maoist insurgency. He is the common candidate of the ruling alliance in the district, which has a single electoral constituency in the House of Representatives. Pun is up against Purna Bahadur Budha Magar, his one-time party comrade and former Maoist combatant who is…