By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, June 03, 2023While he was still new to mainstream politics after abandoning armed conflict, Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal often repeated one term—“discontinuation of continuity”. Dahal claimed that his party would bring about changes in the way the country was run, in a departure from the traditional parties’ styles of work. While taking oath as prime minister for the first time in 2008,…
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By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, May 25, 2023Madhesh politics is simmering. Discontent has grown within the ruling coalition about the Madhesh government’s expansion. CPN (Maoist Centre), Janamat Party, and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party have been saying that their members have not been fairly represented in power-sharing arrangements. The parliamentary party of the Maoist Centre has even decided to recall its two ministers from the Madhesh Cabinet. Only the Nepali Congress and CPN (Unified Socialist)…
report in Daily FT online, 23 May 2023*Says party will act as a platform to hand over country to Z-GenerationClaims he does not come from a generation that benefitted from hereditary politics**Assures his party will not betray spirits of those who lost their lives or went missing by engaging in struggles United Republic Front Leader Patali Champika Ranawaka speaking at its launch yesterday claimed it was formed to create a platform to hand over the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, May 23, 2023Following complaints that Tribhuvan University teachers are involved in party politics, the Election Commission has sought clarification from the TU administration. The commission has asked whether the teachers at the university were involved in party politics and if yes why they were allowed to do so. The constitutional commission has also written to the respective parties asking whether they had assigned any responsibility of the party to the…
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…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu, March 31,2023Rajendra Mahato, a veteran of Madhesh politics, has tossed his hat in the ring for the by-election in Bara-2, a constituency that has remained vacant after Ramsahay Prasad Yadav was elected the country’s Vice President. Keshav Jha, executive member of the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, confirmed to the Post that his party has decided to field senior leader Mahato for the by-election. “The Janamat Party had previously promised to…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, March 28, 2023The writer is a senior political correspondent for the Post, covering politics, parliament, judiciary and social affairs.After struggling for weeks to expand the Cabinet, the prime minister and top leaders of the major ruling coalition partners are now closing in on a power-sharing deal. If the officials at the prime minister’s secretariat are to be believed, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will expand his Cabinet…
Kurunegala politicsBy Maneshka Borham in Daily FT, 21 March 2023Freedom People’s Congress member MP Dr. Charitha Herath has accused former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of leading the efforts of destroying the great tradition of respectable politics in the Kurunegala district. Attending a rally in the Polgahawela electorate yesterday, Herath said leaders that moved to Kurunegala from Hambantota have helped bring down the levels of its politics to criminality, thuggery and hooliganism. Addressing those gathered, Herath…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 16, 2023Frequent changes in the power equation are not new to Nepali politics where political instability remains a persistent problem. Following last month’s change in the composition of the ruling coalition in Kathmandu, provincial governments are set to yet another change in leadership in just five months since the general elections. Until a few weeks ago, the federal government was led by CPN (Maoist Centre), with the…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 12, 2023Representatives from student unions registered their candidacies for various posts including office bearers and members of the Free Student Union in hundreds of colleges under the Tribhuvan University across the country on Saturday. The university is holding student union elections for 62 constituent and 523 community colleges under it on March 19. Aspirants registered their candidacies in 50 of the 62 constituent campuses on Saturday as…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post,March 07, 2023March 7, 2023Updated at : March 7, 2023 06:48Raising public issues, analysing the laws proposed by the executive, and speaking up against the wrongdoings of the government in Parliament all fall under an opposition party’s chief responsibilities. But in Nepal, that is still a distant dream. Regardless of their number of seats, all that the political parties, whether big or small, want is power, political observers say.…