by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 6, 2022Another sad incident in Darchula district on Sunday was indicative not just of the Indian state’s callousness towards its small neighbour but also exposed Nepal’s lack of preparation in safeguarding its border settlements. The incident involved people on either side of the border pelting stones at one another across the Mahakali River, injuring four Nepali nationals including a minor. “The Ministry of Home Affairs has on…
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by Harihar Singh Rathore in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 2, 2022The completion of a road linking Dolpa and Jajarkot has brought little cheer to locals because of the absence of bridges. The 118-km road was completed three years ago, but the contractors are yet to build five bridges which means porters still have to carry goods on their backs. Lack of river crossings has made life difficult—and dangerous—for the residents of Dolpa, eastern Jajarkot and…
by Anil Giri & Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 2, 2022With the counting of both the first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) votes of the November 20 elections nearly over, leaders have intensified meetings and behind-the-curtain negotiations to form a new government and, above all, to decide the new prime minister. There are several claimants for the post. Incumbent Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress General…
By RAM KUMAR KAMAT in The Himalayan Times, Dec 2, 2022The process of forming a new government will start after the Election Commission submits the final parliamentary and provincial election results to the president. The EC can submit election result report to the head of state only after it completes counting of all ballot papers under the first-past-the-post and proportional representation system. The poll panel has yet to count FPTP ballot papers in Dolakha, Bajura,…
report in Nepalnews.com, Nov 30, 2022 at 21:04 hrsCounting of votes cast under the proportional representation (PR) of the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly is underway. As per the details of the Election Commission recorded till 6:00 pm Wednesday, the CPN UML is leading the vote count. The party has received 2,720,639 votes out of 10,171,273 valid votes so far. Similarly, the Nepali Congress has obtained 2,585,090 votes followed…
by Purushottam Poudel and Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 1, 2022The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)’s swift rise as a political force is perhaps the biggest story of the November 20 polls. It has also made people curious: What is its governing ideology and political line? RSP President Rabi Lamichhane claimed in a recent interview with Onlinekhabar, a news website, that the party is right of centre. However, Shishir Khanal, a party leader elected…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 1, 2022CK Raut, president of the Janamat Party, held talks with Nepali Congress leader Bimalendra Nidhi on Wednesday and offered to join the new ruling coalition. Nidhi confirmed to the Post about his meeting with Raut. Nidhi later visited Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and briefed him about his meeting with Raut. During their meeting at Baluwatar, Nidhi informed Deuba that Raut has offered to support the ruling coalition…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post,30 Nov 2022Four months ago, media personality Rabi Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) made a foray in Nepali politics. Registered on July 1, the party didn’t just win seven seats under the first-past-the-post elections to the House of Representatives, but also has safely crossed the threshold to qualify as a national party. By press time on Tuesday, the party had secured over 11 percent votes under the proportional representation…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,30 Nov 2022CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has said he does not see any possibility of the leftist parties coming together and forming a government. Nepal said this while talking to journalists at the end of this party’s Secretariat meeting on Tuesday. The stance of the party, a member of the current ruling coalition which also contested the parliamentary and provincial elections as an alliance, means it would be…
by Mohan Shahi in The Kathmandu Post,30 Nov 2022Almost three weeks since they were displaced by an earthquake, hundreds of families in Doti are still awaiting rehabilitation. With the winter cold already setting in, the survivors are having a hard time living in temporary shelters. The earthquake victims complain that the authorities concerned have completely ignored them and their hardships. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority has not yet assessed the damage caused…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 29, 2022With almost all results from the November 20 federal and provincial elections already in and no party winning a clear majority, big parties have intensified discussions to form a new government with the help of smaller parties. Although the current ruling five-party alliance led by the Nepali Congress is determined to form a new government again, it is still uncertain whether the coalition member parties will…