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…
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By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, May 24, 2023Against the backdrop of recent electoral setbacks, a section of the Nepali Congress leaders is launching a nationwide campaign to shore up the grand old party. The party’s youth leaders are planning to traverse the country with the Nepali Congress Rupantaran Abhiyan (transformation campaign) to unite cadres across the country and reconnect with voters. The leaders said they have taken serious note of the party’s poor…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 01, 2023Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, who was among the chief ideologues of the decade-long Maoist movement, is currently chair of the Nepal Samajbadi Party. His party contested with the symbol of CPN (Maoist Centre) in the November 2022 elections, after severing ties with Upendra Yadav-led Janata Samajbadi Party. Following the promulgation of the constitution, as a political experiment, Bhattarai ditched the mother Maoist party and…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Apr 22, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been busy with various programmes throughout the holy month of Ramadan, but the party is yet to finalise the layout of its movement after the Eid. According to sources, a simultaneous movement will be announced after the Eid, which will be stronger than the previous ones. The party will announce field-level programmes along with climate-related meetings and seminars in May. This…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Apr 7, 2023The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Government Party has not made a decision yet as to whether they would support the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe to run for a second Presidential term, The Daily Morning learned. When contacted by The Daily Morning, SLPP General Secretary and Parliamentarian Attorney Sagara Kariyawasam said that such a decision has not been made yet and that the Party will make…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 06, 2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.Three parties—the Rastriya Swatantra Party, the Janamat Party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party—made it to Parliament last November in their first try at parliamentary politics, winning 20, six, and four seats, respectively. But they have failed to deliver effectively either as ruling parties or as strong opposition raising public voices, say observers. Jhalak Subedi, a…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 4, 2023BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party is least bothered about the election commission’s decisions to use ballot papers in all 300 seats instead of EVMs in the upcoming polls as their main concern is about the election-time government. Speaking at an iftar party, he also alleged that a suffocating situation has been prevailing in the country as the government has been increasingly trying…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023The Loktantrik Samajbadi Party has decided to support the candidate of Janata Samajbadi Party in the by-elections in Bara constituency-2. The Janata Samajbadi Party is preparing to field party chairman Upendra Yadav in the by-elections for the House of Representative seat from the constituency. Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Mahanta Thakur took the decision. Party senior leader Rajendra Mahato was an aspirant for the Bara-2 seat. Talking to the Post,…
report in Daily FT, Mar 28, 2023Claims poll will take place before December but fails to say what typeSays SLPP is prepared to face any election and all rifts within party will heal once an election is declared Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday hinted that an election will be held prior to the month of December this year. Rajapaksa during a visit to the Abhayarama Temple yesterday said he believes an election will be…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, March 20,2023The government, on Sunday, presented a bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act in the House of Representatives amid objection from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and the Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party (NMKP). Acting on behalf of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is currently heading the law portfolio among others, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma presented the bill…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 18, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to seek a vote of confidence in the House on Monday and plans to expand his Cabinet by the week’s end. A meeting of the 10 political parties supporting the government on Saturday decided to give Dahal their vote of confidence. The meeting also decided to back a bill to amend the Enforced Disappeared Persons and Truth and Reconciliation…