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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 [...]
Rift in Nepali Congress
A High Level Political Mechanism meeting, scheduled to discuss the functioning of the current government, ended inconclusively on Monday. A few interesting details emerged afterwards, as leaders of various parties spoke to the press. From The Himalayan Times:
Nepali Congress has expressed its willingness to lead a new government during Monday’s High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) meeting, [...]
Constitution first, federalism later
CPN-UML has directed its party’s CA members to ask for a State Restructuring Commission in the CA, indicating that the new constitution may be written before the finalising the details of federalism. The Himalyan Times writes:
“Restructuring the state is a very complex issue,” [UML president Jhal Nath] Khanal said, “We can also suggest leaving this [...]
Celebrations and controversies
The bi-annual regional sporting event, South Asian Games, opens in Dhaka, Bagladesh on Friday evening. Nepali Times will be following the performance of the Nepali teams here.
Nepal has pinned its hopes on winning in the martial arts category although India seems set on dominating most sports in the event. Even before the opening ceremony has [...]
Kingmakers
Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal sneakily turned up at Nepali Congress President Girja Prasad Koirala’s residence on Wednesday and pledged full support to the octogenarian leader should he want to be the prime minister of Nepal. Kantipur reports:
The Maoists, who have until now been demanding a national unity government under their leadership, proposed the prime [...]
Back to business
Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal isn’t pleased with the media. Last night, he told BBC Nepali Service:
Having gone through the media reports today, I realised that they did not understand my speech yesterday. It was a sarcastic political comment on the political parties for not having their own stand and for waiting for directives from [...]
The brief on Wednesday
Bright future
Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal have agreed to set up a high level political mechanism within a week to bring the peace process back on track. Top political leaders had discussed setting up such an apparatus four months ago, but it materialised concretely after Dahal’s visit with [...]
