Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 29, 2023The government’s plan to distribute cash relief to disqualified former Maoist combatants has entered Parliament, but no ruling party appears ready to take ownership of the plan. Discussing the matter in the House, several parliamentarians have asked the government to halt the cash relief to disqualified former Maoist combatants who are set to receive Rs200,000 per head. Interestingly, ruling Nepali Congress lawmakers have joined the main opposition CPN-UML…
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By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 28, 2023More than a month after a change in the ruling coalition ahead of the presidential elections, the CPN-UML has lost power in two provinces, resulting in the appointment of new chief ministers on Thursday. Nepali Congress provincial assembly leader Surendra Raj Pandey has been appointed the new chief minister of Gandaki Province while another Congress assembly leader Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary was appointed the chief minister…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 18, 2023Five months after the major elections held in November last year, the provincial governments are yet to get a full shape—some have been hanging by a thread after being turned into minority governments while in others the competing interests of the parties in the ruling coalition have complicated the process. The CPN-UML has pulled out of the governments in Sudurpaschim, Madhesh, Bagmati and Karnali, but the…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 08, 2023A day after the 10-party ruling coalition unveiled its common minimum programme signed by its leaders, the Rastriya Jana Morcha, one of the coalition partners, said it does not approve of the government’s programme. Issuing a press statement, Jana Morcha chair Chitra Bahadur KC not only expressed his party’s displeasure with the coalition’s common programme, but also objected to the ‘unauthorised’ use of his signature…
report in Nepalnews online, Mar 31, 2023Ruling coalition members—the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist), among others held a meeting on Cabinet expansion on Thursday evening. The Prime Minister’s secretariat has informed that the allocation of ministries would be finalized and an oath-taking held on Friday. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Vice President Purna Bahadur…
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…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 12, 2023The coalition partners of the ruling alliance have decided to field three leaders as candidates for the post of Vice President. The parties at a meeting of the alliance held at the prime minister’s residence on Saturday decided to register the candidacies of the three candidates as they could not agree on a common candidate. One candidate from the Janamat Party, and two from the Janata Samajbadi Party…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, March 12, 2023Taliban’s Acting Minister of Public Health Dr. Qalandar Ebad, in a recorded video, says the ruling regime wants to modify Afghanistan’s education system, particularly medical sciences, according to Pakistan’s curriculum. The recorded video has already gone viral on social media. Some social media experts have criticized Minister Ebad’s remarks about modifying Afghanistan’s education system to that of Pakistan. Taliban Minister’s comments about changing Afghanistan’s education system based…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/ Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Mar 2, 2023In recent days, several media reports have focused on the possibility of talks between the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP over holding an inclusive national election. Those reports read the ruling party may take an initiative to bring the BNP to the table for ensuring the latter’s participation in the national election, slated for January next year, to make it acceptable…
AFP report, Feb 23, 2023KABUL: Taliban authorities called on Washington on Wednesday to return $3.5 billion belonging to Afghanistan´s central bank after a New York federal judge ruled the families of victims in the 9/11 attacks cannot seize the funds. The United States took control of the assets soon after the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, with President Joe Biden saying the money could be made available to the families of…
by Tika R Pradhan and Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 13, 2023As differences persist between the CPN (Maoist Centre) and the CPN-UML over the candidate for President, ruling alliance parties have started doubting the longevity of their partnership. A meeting of the ruling parties held at the prime minister’s residence at Baluwatar on Sunday failed to make any headway in the dispute with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal sticking to his proposal of…