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Posts tagged as “Nepali”

Jhapa has turned into ‘power centre’ of national politics

by Arjun Rajbanshi/ Deo Narayan Sah in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 2, 20223There was a time when strategies on the formation and dissolution of governments at Singha Durbar, the country’s administrative headquarters, were made hundreds of kilometres away in Biratnagar, Morang, the home district of Nepali Congress paramount leaders BP Koirala and Girija Prasad Koirala. Political remarks expressed in Biratnagar, the headquarters of the influential Koirala dynasty, created ripples in national politics in Kathmandu. After…

Gagan Thapa bats for apolitical President

by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post,Dec 23, 2022 .Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa has said a non-political person would be an acceptable candidate for President for all sides. In an interview with the Post on Thursday, General Secretary Thapa said that as major political parties in the ruling coalition are eying the post of President, a non-political person can be appointed as a compromise candidate. “Our party should not demand both the presidency…