by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 11, 2023It sounds improbable. But perhaps it’s not impossible. During the party’s recent central committee meeting, two of the most influential CPN (Maoist Centre) leaders strongly raised the issue of grooming the successor of party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Until recently, even broaching the topic of Dahal’s successor would have been a hearsay in the party. The two deputy general secretaries Barshaman Pun and Janardan Sharma…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 11, 2023Differences between the major two coalition partners—the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre)—resurfaced even at the meeting of the High-level Political Mechanism (HLPC) on Friday. At the heart of their disagreement is UML chair KP Sharma Oli’s insistence that he will not accept a consensus candidate for President. The long-awaited meeting of the political mechanism led by Oli, the chairman of the largest party in…