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Archive for February, 2010
‘Supari’ killing
A man, who has connections to Indian mafia don Chhota Rajan, has claimed responsibility for the murder of Jamim Shah. Indian Express writes:
A gangster who hails from Delhi and had links with underworld don Chhota Rajan today claimed to have murdered the controversial Nepalese media tycoon Jamim Shah for his “anti-India activities”, even as police [...]
Free fall
The cabinet held an emergency session on Monday to launch a special committee that will investigate the murder of Jamim Shah. It will include officials from Nepal Police, National Investigation Department and Office of Attorney General.
While we wait for the committee’s findings, Nagarik has a pretty good background on Jamim Shah and his business interests.
The [...]
Making up
The trend of breaking up and making up among Nepali political parties continued on Sunday, with Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s merger with Rastriya Janasakti Party. The two bickering factions led by Surya Bahadur Thapa and Pashupati Shamsher Rana got together after four years to form a new union called Rastriya Shakti Prajatantra Party. Republica writes:
The two [...]
Channel Nepal President Jamim Shah shot dead
Jamim Shah, president of Channel Nepal and Space Time Network, was shot dead by two unknown gunmen Sunday afternoon.
Shah was gunned down in front of the French Embassy in Lazimpat at 2:30pm, when two masked men on motorbikes fired at his car.
Shah was taken to Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj with three shots in his chest [...]
Unity issues
It took a whole day for CPN-UML leaders to start bickering again. Despite a decision to put a united front on Thursday, the rift in the party displayed itself again in the CA. From Republica:
The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has for the second time withdrawn its official proposal for state restructuring that [...]
Party feuds
Khanal and Oli factions of CPN-UML have finally reached a consensus after a year-long bickering . The two factions were fighting over leadership issues, and also over the party’s position regarding the Maoists. The Kathmandu Post writes about the new consensus:
Opposing Khanala’s proposal to adopt the policy of “unity, coordination, and transformation” while dealing with [...]
High level dealings
More details have emerged from Monday’s High Level Political Mechanism meeting. Nepali Congress president, Girija Prasad Koirala, asked the Maoist leaders to abandon their “anti-India campaign”, which Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal refused. From The Kathmandu Post:
UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the party wouldn’t withdraw its programmes as they were not meant “to [...]
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