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Plot thickens as Nepali Congress gives Dahal vote of confidence

by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 11, 2023.Despite the opposition of both party general secretaries—Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Parkash Sharma—as well as leaders Pradip Paudel, Arjun Narsingh KC, Prakash Man Singh and Bal Bahadur KC, the Nepali Congress on Tuesday gave its vote of confidence to the government of CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal. With the support of the Congress as well as other parties, Dahal garnered 268 votes in the…

Ruling coalition trains its focus on service delivery

Report in Kathmandu Post, January 7, 2023The common minimum programme, a document outlining the coalition government’s primary objectives, a draft of which was circulated on Friday, has focused on easing the delivery of government services. The document appears to have also addressed key concerns of the member parties of the ruling alliance. The draft of the common minimum programme prepared by a task-force led by Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel promises a time card system for…

After losing national party status, Unified Socialist bats for unity among country’s leftist forces

by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 4, 2023The CPN (Unified Socialist), which was formed in 2021 by a dissident faction of the CPN-UML, failed to cross the three percent vote threshold under the proportional representation system in the November 20 elections. As a result, it lost the national party status. And now 16 months after splitting from the UML, the Unified Socialist is talking about unifying Nepal’s left parties. The party’s politburo meeting,…

New parties say they will pick ministers based on expertise and experience

by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 3, 2023A week after Maoist Centre chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal became the prime minister, leaders of the coalition partners are still waiting for his go-ahead to pick ministers from their respective parties. Leaders the Post spoke with said they are unable to finalise the names of the ministers as they haven’t yet been informed about the portfolios they will be assigned in the power sharing arrangement among…

Like-minded parties join BNP’s showdown

report in The Daily Star, Dec 31, 2022The BNP and like-minded political parties have begun their simultaneous demonstrations with the former organising a large procession in the capital yesterday afternoon. Activists of the like-minded parties also organised processions in different parts of the city. The BNP and the other parties announced that they would hold a sit-in programme on January 11 in Dhaka and the other divisional cities to press home their 10-point demand that…

Congress leaders seek answers after party’s abrupt exit from power

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,Dec 27, 2022A day after Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal became prime minister with the backing of the CPN-UML and several other parties, Nepali Congress leaders blamed their party president and immediate past prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba of making a strategic blunder by failing to save the ruling alliance and pushing the party to an uncertain future. Dahal broke ties with the Congress-led alliance and joined the…

SLPP-UNP to work together

by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Dec 13, 2022SLPP Gen. Secy. says both parties policies’ should not be harmed, ready to lead any alliance for PCs Poll Stating that a relationship has been established between the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the United National Party (UNP), following the SLPP’s support to elect UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as President, SLPP General Secretary and MP Sagara Kariyawasam said that the SLPP is ready to work…

Diplomats curious who’ll be President

by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 9, 2022After the publication of the results of the November 20 elections, political parties are not only engaged in the formation of a new government, but are also considering possible candidates for the post of President. The ruling alliance is two seats shy of a majority (138) in the federal parliament and expected to form the new government with the support of fringe parties. The Constitution of…

CPN (Unified Socialist) rules out the possibility of leftist alliance

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…