By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 26, 2023The government has asked the President’s Office to release Resham Lal Chaudhary, the jailed leader of the Nagarik Unmukti Party, through presidential pardon on Republic Day next week. The government made the request on Wednesday. Former lawmaker Chaudhary has been serving a life term at the Capital’s Dillibazar prison after being convicted of masterminding the 2015 Tikapur massacre. It was only on May 16 that…
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By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, March 31,2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal couldn’t expand his Cabinet on Thursday as well after some fringe parties insisted on getting the ministries allocated to other coalition partners. One such fringe party is the Nagarik Unmukti Party that has been laying claim to the Ministry of Urban Development, which Dahal had already allocated to the largest party, the Nepali Congress. Although coalition partners have agreed on a…