By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, July 30, 2023The need to revise the existing electoral system came up in the recent Central Working Committee meeting of the Nepali Congress. A number of central members demanded a complete direct election to the House of Representatives by scrapping the provision for proportional representation of ethnic populations, while making the National Assembly fully representative of the country’s diverse groups. Though the party made no decision on the…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post online, July 12, 2023On Saturday, Gagan Thapa, a popular Nepali Congress leader and one of the party’s two general secretaries, made an interesting announcement: “The need of the hour is to make myself or any other leader from my generation the new prime minister of the country.” The announcement created a ripple of sorts in political circles—especially in the country’s largest party. Most Congress leaders doubt the…
By Anil Giri & Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 26, 2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.Nepali Congress Central Committee Member Minendra Rijal is reputed for his straight and scholarly take on issues of national interest. He is also a strong internal critic of the Congress. The Post’s Anil Giri and Nishan Khatiwada sat down with him to discuss recent rumours about a change in ruling coalition as…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 31, 2023The largest party in federal parliament—Nepali Congress—is currently a mess with many of its leaders demanding President Sher Bahadur Deuba call crucial meetings so that they could air their discontent. The Nepali Congress in December 2021 concluded its national convention, which only elected the party’s leadership, but the party is yet to organise a policy convention. Following the convention that elected Deuba as chief, the…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kanthmandu Post, Feb 21, 2023Even with just four days to go for the filing of nominations for the presidential election, the CPN (Maoist Centre) is still keeping its cards close to its chest. There have been no clear indications about whom it will support as the new head of state, even though the party seems to be inching closer to the Nepali Congress on the issue. Leaders of the…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,23 Oct 2022As the federal and provincial elections close in, the worries of Nepali Congress, the main party in the ruling alliance, have grown. If not mitigated on time, intra-party rift and betrayal, say party leaders, could harm the party’s poll prospects next month. The party is this time filing candidacies in only 91 out of 165 directly-elected House of Representatives seats, putting it under intense pressure to win…