Resham-Ranjita
discord sparks fear of Nagarik Unmukti Party
disintegration, by Gyanu Ghimire (kh
12/04/2024), NUP
row: Ranjita Shrestha suspends MP Ghanashyam
Chaudhary (kh 12/04/2024)
Nagarik
Unmukti meeting erupts in violence as factions
stand firm (kh 01/04/2024), Nagarik
Unmukti Central members accuse Resham Chaudhary
of threatening violence (kh 01/04/2024), NUP
Chairperson Shrestha expels two provincial
chairmen from party for involvement in beating
up party leaders (rep 02/04/2024), NUP
chairperson Shrestha cancels meeting called by
Resham Chaudhary (rep 02/04/2024), Sudurpaschim
Province lawmaker Indira Giri dismissed from
position (kh 08/04/2024) [The Political Parties Act
gives party leaders completely inappropriate
power! The loss of party membership or the
expulsion of MPs from parliament must be subject
to the highest conditions and must not be so
easily decreed by a single person!]
Nagarik
Unmukti Party takes stand as opposition party
(kh 06/03/2024)
Long
hair symbolizes the nature of a rebel: CK Raut.
Rebellion in Strands: Unveiling the Political
Odyssey of CK Raut (based on interview), by
Gyanu Ghimire (kh 17/01/2024)
The
ills of pending electoral reforms :
Democratising Nepal’s political parties has been
a Sisyphean endeavour, by Achyut Wagle (kp
16/01/2024)
Resham
Chaudhary elected party chair. Does the law
allow it? Constitutional lawyer says
presidential pardon doesn’t mean Chaudhary got a
clean chit on the 2015 killings (kh
13/01/2024) [Murder
trials against other politicians have been
delayed for many years. Can Nepal still be
described as a state governed by the rule of
law?]
Deliberations
in Australia regarding potential new political
party in Nepal, Dangol and Ghale to attend the
event (kh 29/11/2023)
Inner-party
Democracy Ends Mass Alienation, by Dev Raj
Dahal (rn 11/11/2023)
Socialist
Front to hold assemblies in three provinces
(kh 06/09/2023)
Recall
Exercise Should Involve Voters, by Mukti
Rijal (rn 24/08/2023)
Nepal
Sadbhawana Party reformed (kh 20/08/2023)
Janamat
begins its ‘right to recall’ practice : +Voting
to determine the performance of the elected
representatives starts from 22 different polling
stations. The practice, however, is not
recognised by Nepal’s laws, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp
Have
wings, won’t fly : Sister wings of political
parties became recruitment centres for cadres
than bodies for collective bargaining (kp
31/07/2023)
Left
leaders announce Samajwadi Front Nepal (kh
19/06/2023), Socialist
Front Nepal: Parties to work separately,
Secretariat to handle the Front (kh
19/06/2023) [Unity looks
different. The leaders of all parties involved
can continue their individual power games
unhindered. Differences between them and a
break-up of the front are foreseeable. Thus, for
the moment, the front serves the interests of
the so-called top politicians, but not those of
the people.], Socialism
cannot be acquired through political
maneuvering, deception: Dr. Bhattarai (kh
20/06/2023), Socialist
Front Likely To Wield Considerable Clout, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn 20/06/2023) [These old failed
politicians, including Oli and Deuba, will not
make a difference. The country needs young and
socially inclusive democratic leaders!],
Leaders
justify formation of Socialist Front (ht
20/06/2023), 'An
alliance of forces formed with an eye on
retaining power' (ht 25/06/2023)
There
is possibility of opening a party, contesting
elections and joining govt: Mahabir Pun (rep
15/06/2023)
Samajwadi
Morcha, a loose forum of left parties, nears
final stages (kh 14/06/2023), Proposed
Socialist Front unite all communist forces: PM
Dahal : NCP will be revived (kh 14/06/2023)
[??], ‘Socialist
front’ will be announced soon: Prime Minister
Dahal : Maoist leaders rule out the UML joining
such a front at least in the immediate future
(kp 15/06/2023) [Hopefully
with a completely new and socially inclusive
young generation of leaders!], Leftist
forces’ socialist front is being formed. What
for? At least five parties will regroup,
committing to federalism, democracy,
republicanism, inclusion and secularism, by
Anil Giri (kp 16/06/2023), Strategy
To Boost Bargaining Power?, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 18/06/2023)
Janamat
Party recalls Murmu, Singh from HoR (rep
27/05/2023)
Setting
the record straight: Parties submit their audit
reports to EC, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
13/05/2023)
New
forces came and went. Will emerging parties be
different? Swatantra, Janamat became national
parties at one go. Here’s a peek into their
prospects, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
30/04/2023)
Opportunism
and sacrifice in politics : The contest between
the older parties and the newbies is one between
stagnation and kinetics, by Avasna Pandey
(kp 30/04/2023)
Democratic
socialist, Janamat, Nagarik Unmukti agree for
working alliance (rn 12/03/2023)
Alternative
parties under game theory : The Rabi Lamichhane
saga has led many to believe that the Rastriya
Swatantra Party is no different to traditional
parties, by Vibhav Pradhan and Arjun Kumar
Thapa (kp 19/02/2023)
Four
fringe left parties discuss unification (kh
10/02/2023)
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party holding National Convention from
Friday (kh 09/02/2023), Bibeksheel
Sajha leaders regroup, in comeback bid : As the
party opens its general convention, Samikchya
Baskota, Milan Pandey, and Prakash Chandra
Pariyar are eyeing party chair, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 11/02/2023), Baskota
elected Bibeksheel Sajha chief : Ranju Darshana
becomes general secretary through the party’s
first general convention (kp 12/02/2023), Bibeksheel
Sajha sets a strong message of gender parity in
politics : Despite ups and downs, Bibeksheel
Sajha Party has reemerged in Nepal’s politics
with a strong message of gender equality
(nlt 12/02/2023)
Decay
of the party system : Political culture will
suffer if parties adopt a nepotistic approach to
politics, by Sambridh Ghimire (kp
26/01/2023)
Janamat
and Unmukti Party sign 12-point agreement :
Agreement includes unity between the two parties
(kh 08/01/2023)
Nagarik
Unmukti Party chooses opposition bench in
parliament (kh 08/01/2023)
The
rise of Nagarik Unmukti Party : A look into how
it became a formidable political force within a
year of its establishment, the agenda it carries
and its way forward, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/01/2023)
Prabhu
Sah announcing a new party (kh 29/12/2022),
Prabhu
Sah launches Aam Janata Party : An extended
meeting of the party held in Kathmandu has
formed a 51-member ad hoc central committee
under Sah’s chairmanship (kp 29/12/2022)
After
their election as independent candidates,
Amaresh Singh and Prabhu Sah mulling forming a
new party (rep 14/12/2022)
What
are new parties offering that traditional ones
don’t? Many have laid emphasis on effective
implementation of constitution and shoring up
federalism, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
25/10/2022)
Our
parties desperately need reform (ae
20/10/2022)
Bibeksheel
Sajha scraps its controversial document ‘Nation
above notion’ (rep 01/10/2022) [Thank God, now he's finally
gone!], Bibeksheel
Sajha Party leaders resign en masse in Lumbini
(rep 02/10/2022)
“Province
should be revoked, and local levels
restructured” : "People still say they will vote
for us if we come up with good plans",
interview with Samikshya Baskota, chirperson of
Bibeksheel Sajha Party (kh 24/08/2022)
We
will reorganize Bibeksheel Sajha Party in line
with the spirit of its establishment: Pandey
(rep 14/08/2022)
Former
PM Dr. Bhattarai forming Nepal Samajwadi Party
(kh 26/07/2022), Baburam
Bhattarai registers new party : The leader
recently left Janata Samajbadi Party in quest
for a ‘socialist centre’, by Anil Giri (kp
29/07/2022)
Bamdev
Gautam announcing a new party today (kh
28/06/2022) [There are
not enough useless parties led by failed male
Bahun politicians!]
Former
journo Ravi Lamichhane announces ‘Rashtriya
Swotantra Party’ (kh 21/06/2022), EC
receives two petitions urging it not to register
Ravi Lamichhane’s party (kh 22/06/2022)
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party Chairman Rabindra Mishra resigns :
Mishra said he tendered his resignation from the
post of the party’s chairman on the ground of
morality, taking full responsibility for the
polls results (nlt 25/05/2022) [A small step for Mishra, a
big step for democracy, republic and secularism!]
Resham
Chaudhary won election from hiding. His
5-month-old party claims Tikapur when he is in
jail : Tharus who feel they were shortchanged by
the state have spoken through the ballot,
activists and analysts say, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 23/05/2022)
Not
just UML, Congress and Maoist Centre, many
unheard of parties are also contesting local
polls : Some of the political parties registered
for the May 13 elections have quirky and
peculiar names (kp 07/05/2022)
Bibeksheel
Sajha office closed after intra-party dispute
escalates (rep 29/03/2022)
BSP
expels 26 leaders including Bagmati Province
Assembly members (kh 15/03/2022) [The Political Party Act
needs revision in many respects. This must
include that the party leadership cannot so
easily expel disagreeable party members if they
differ from the opinion of the party
chairperson. This is the opposite of democracy!]
Fringe
parties threaten to boycott polls (ht
15/03/2022), Just
demand : Inability of the fringe parties to
solicit votes under one election symbol will
only add to the campaign cost (ht
16/03/2022)
Politicians,
individuals compete to form new parties as
elections near : Ten political parties were
registered with the Election Commission in past
three months and more are coming, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 10/02/2022)
Expelled
Pandey moves Supreme Court against Bibeksheel
Sajha Chair Mishra and EC (kh 09/02/2022)
EC
dismisses Milan Pandey's complaint (rep
04/01/2022)
Bibeksheel
Sajha demands govt declare Prithvi Jayanti as
Nepal Day (rep 04/01/2022)
Resham
Chaudhary’s wife registers new party at Election
Commission (kh 03/01/2022), Murder
convict Resham Chaudhary applies for
registration of a new political party (With
photos) (rep 03/01/2022)
Follow
Einstein’s Socialism, by Parmeshwar Devkota
(rn 02/01/2022)
RPP
Chair Lingden and Bibeksheel Sajha Chairman
Mishra discuss party unity (kh 31/12/2021) [Similarly minded parties,
but this spells the final end of the Bibeksheel
Sajha Party. Rabindra Mishra's alternativity
means a return to the non-inclusive Hindu
monarchy that more than 17,000 people sacrificed
their lives to abolish! Whether Hindu state or
secularism is not a question of religion. More
than 40 per cent of the people are not Hindus
from a social point of view. Hindu women and
Dalits are also extremely discriminated against.
Unfortunately, even the major parties have not
come close to delivering what they promised in
2006. Therefore, Nepal has remained a state of
high-caste Hindu men under a supposedly
inclusive and secular republic.]
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party to organize ‘Mahakali-Mechi National
Unity Tour’ (kh 22/12/2021) [Once a political
alternative, the party today celebrates the
Hindu state of the Shah monarchy without
alternatives!], Ranju
Darshana quits Bibeksheel Sajha Party (kh
23/12/2021)
Coordinator
of Bibeksheel Sajha Party Milan Pandey announces
parallel committee (kh 21/12/2021), Bibeksheel
Sajha expels coordinator Pandey annulling his
membership (kh 21/12/2021) [Hopes rested on the
Bibeksheel Sajha Party to be an alternative,
socially inclusive democratic party. Now it is a
backward looking Hindu state and monarchy
oriented party, may it rest in peace!], Coordinator
of Bibeksheel Sajha Milan Pandey expelled from
party (rep 21/12/2021)
Bijukchhe
asks party leaders to prioritize people (kh
17/12/2021)
Lawmaker
Tripathi announces ‘People’s Progressive Party’
(kh 14/12/2021) [Constantly
new parties are not the solution. Nepal urgently
needs a new, charismatic and socially inclusive
generation of politicians and policies!]
Former
DIG Ramesh Kharel announcing new party today
(kh 10/12/2021) [Nepal
does not need more parties, but a comprehensive
democratisation of the existing ones with
adequate inclusion of all social groups and a
renunciation of the authoritarian machinations
of the existing party elites!]
Party
politics getting costlier is a matter of concern
: Citing the ballooning expenditures of party’s
internal elections, observers say politics,
which should serve people, is moving out of
ordinary people’s reach, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 04/12/2021)
Bibeksheel-Sajha
Party unification declaration program boycotted
by own leaders (rep 04/12/2021)
Alternative
politics: Is there still hope? Populist politics
and no tolerance for dissent means a demise of
the alternative political movement, by
Dinkar Nepal (ae 08/12/2021)
It’s
a grave mistake to unify with Sajha Party: BSP
Coordinator Pandey (kh 22/11/2021)
Dhakal
reelected as Chair of Pariwar Dal (rep
22/11/2021)
CPN
(ML) organizing 8th national convention in
Chitwan (kh 11/11/2021)
Bibeksheel
Sajha passes proposal to abolish federalism with
two-thirds majority (kh) [Despite justified criticism
of the handling of the federal idea, it remains
a path of hope for the traditionally
marginalised sections of society in the state
occupied by male Tagadharis. May this once
hopeful alternative party rest in peace for all
times. Rabindra Mishra has proved that he, too,
advocates the preservation of male Tagadharis'
values and rejects inclusion of the majority of
Nepalis (Janajatis, Madhesis, Muslims and
Dalits). Moreover, he is no less authoritarian
than KP Oli: Leader command, we follow!],
Pandey
faction of Bibeksheel forms Commission to take
action against party Chair (kh 29/10/2021),
Election
Commission legitimizes Chair Mishra-led
Bibeksheel Sajha Party : The election body
approves the party's recent amendment to statute
(kh 04/11/2021)
Bibeksheel
Coordinator Pandey floats three alternatives to
resolve dispute in party (kh 07/10/2021)
SP
divided over issues of federalism and secularism
: Party Chair Mishra, Coordinator Pandey call
separate meetings (kh 31/08/2021) [Rabindra Mishra is about
to dump his once hopeful party and himself
in the dustbin of oblivion!], Bibeksheel
Sajha on the verge of split, again : Party chair
Rabindra Mishra and convener Milan Pandey have
called separate meetings of the Central
Committee on Thursday (kp 31/08/2021) [Each and every member of the
Bibeksheel Sajha Party should distance
him/herself from the backward-looking chairman!]
Journo
Tripathi demands end of federalism and
secularism, and restoration of monarchy (kh
30/07/2021) [Another
completely superfluous party. Why not turn back
the wheel of history to the time before the
Gorkhali conquests: no Shah monarchy, no Hindu
state, no Bahunbad, just a garden of ethnic
flowers, which Prithvi Narayan then abolished to
establish his state of exclusion and social
statification?]
Most
parties fare poorly on internal democracy :
Parties have been postponing their conventions
under various pretexts. Observers say this must
end, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/08/2021)
Rabindra
Mishra: Wrong right turn : He has betrayed the
idea of alternative politics and hence lost the
moral authority to lead the movement, by
Dinkar Nepal (ae 29/07/2021), Bibeksheel
leaders unveil alternative proposal (kh
03/08/2021), BSP
Chair’s Dangerous Proposal, by Mukunda Raj
Kattel (rn 09/08/2021) [Rabindra
Mishra has been preaching Bibeksheel Sajha Party
for years as an innovative and alternative
political force. Now he is showing his true
Hindu fundamentalist face. If there is anything
Nepal truly does not need, it is a return to the
Hindu state, monarchy, centralism and Panchayat
glorification. If the BSP is to have a future,
it must part company with its chairperson
immediately! There is no sign of a rethink among
the established parties. This could be an
opportunity for the BSP!], Angling
for the sympathy of conservatives :
Rabindra Mishra’s ‘alternative’ thoughts
seem to have been fossilised in the bygone
decades of the Panchayat era, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 19/08/2021), Rabindra
Mishra: Nepal’s Trump. Like Trump, Mishra seeks
to harness the grievances of Nepal’s privileged
class whose traditional sources of authority are
being challenged by the new republican, federal,
decentralized, and secular structure, by
Bishal Thapa (ae 19/08/2021)
Changing
Course : Nation Above Notion. Abolition of
Federalism by Restructuring and Strengthening
Local Bodies : Referendum on Secularism, by
Rabindra Mishra (paper on personal website,
26/07/2021)
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party shuts down its physical activities,
asks party members to help the people in need
(rep 26/04/2021)
Next
agitation will bring Madhesi parties to size,
says Raut (ht 19/01/2021)
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party forms political dialogue committee
(rep 13/01/2021)
Bibeksheel
Nepali Dal and Sajha Party unifying on Wednesday
(kh 08/12/2020), Sajha
Party and Bibeksheel Nepali merge to form
Bibeksheel Sajha Party (rep 09/12/2020),
Bibeksheel-Sajha: What next? : Health,
education and anti-corruption don’t a political
ideology make (ae 11/12/2020)
Why
the idea of alternative forces is still
failing to get traction in Nepal : There’s scope
for new parties in the country, but those
wanting to be alternative forces must win
people’s trust and have clear ideologies,
analysts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
09/11/2020)
दल
एकीकरणको टुकुटुकु : बंगालको खाडी र अरब सागरबीच
संगम भए पनि ती लामो दूरीसम्म आआफ्नै धार र रङमा
रहन्छन् , by Chandra Kishor (ka 05/11/2020)
Unity
between Bibeksheel Nepali Dal and Sajha Party
reaches final stage (kh 20/10/2020)
Who
are the 37 new CCMs of the Sajha party?
(With list) (rep 08/10/2020)
Aam
Aadmi’s resounding win in Delhi could be a
lesson for Nepal’s alternative political forces:
AAP’s win has been attributed to connecting with
the people at the grassroots, which Nepal’s
alternative forces have failed to do, political
analysts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/02/2020), Lessons
From Delhi Election, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
15/02/2020)
Political
corruption: State funding of parties needed,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 04/02/2020)
CK
Raut slams Tarai-based parties (ht
21/01/2020)
In
this Nepali city, the North Korean dream is
alive—and it's thriving: The city of Bhaktapur,
ruled for over three decades by Narayan Man
Bijukchhe, has long stressed self-reliance over
everything, and everyone else, by Anup Ojha
and Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/01/2020)
Integrity
deficit in parties: Weakening value-based
politics, by Mukti Rijal (ht 19/11/2019)
Rabindra
Mishra: Political parties are just creating
fertile ground for us: The
journalist-turned-politician talks about his
party’s ideology and how he plans to make Sajha
the leading party in the country, by Pranaya
SJB Rana (kp 17/11/2019)
Health
post and ward office closed to hold election of
a party: The staff were asked to sit outside the
office and work for the day, by Abdhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 06/11/219)
Sajha
Party announces its candidate for Kaski
by-election: Nepal Communist Party and Nepali
Congress struggling to pick party candidate,
by Deepak Pariyar (kp 24/10/2019)
Chair
of Bibeksheel Nepali Dal elected (ht
18/10/2019)
Political
parties and their decay: The leaders’ commitment
to the process and values of democracy is
increasingly becoming suspect, by Lok Raj
Baral (kp 05/08/2019)
Raut’s
Janamat Party registered at EC (rep
21/05/2019)
Fringe
communist parties launch a movement against the
ruling Nepal Communist Party, calling them
‘fascists’: Led by Mohan Baidya and CP Gajurel,
four parties and one communist front have vowed
to expose the ‘anti-national activities’ of the
government, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
15/05/2019)
Bibeksheel
Nepali moves Supreme Court against election
body’s refusal to register it as a party, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 28/03/2019)
CK
Raut launches Janamat Party (rep
19/03/2019), After
quitting
‘Free Madhes’ campaign, CK Raut launches a new
party: Raut’s Janamat Party vows to
continue struggle for the rights of people,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 19/03/2019)
Why
parties
split: One major reason why political parties
are unable to lead the change is because they
are not yet ready to transfer power to people,
by Meena Bhatta (rep 07/02/2019)
Bibeksheel
Sajha, after promising hope and change, splits,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/01/2019), Bibeksheel
Sajha faction applies to register new party at
EC (rep 12/01/2019) [Once again, a hopeful young party destroys
itself over personal power ambitions!], Bibeksheel
Sajha Party suffers split (ht 12/01/2019), Bibeksheel
Sajha: Split major blow but journey will
continue, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
13/03/2019), Split
of Bibeksheel-Sajha Party, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 19/01/2019), Break
up
song: If Mishra and his Sajha Party and Thapa
and his Bibeksheel Party want to run this
country someday then they must understand that
they need money and muscles, by Guffadi (kp
19/01/2019)
Crack
surfaces
in Bibeksheel Sajha over leadership role:
Coordinator Thapa observes that the party
deviated from its core principle, by Tika R.
Pradhan and Arpan Shrestha (kp 01/01/2018)
96
parties fail to furnish property details: EC
(kp 24/10/2018)
Age
and agility in student politics: Political
parties should stop calling their youth
politicians’ wing the students’ wing, by
Abhi Subedi (kp 14/10/2018)
All
political parties are technically illegal,
by Om Astha Rai (nt 17/08/2018)
Masculine
parties:
Failure to ensure 33pc women representation in
party committees shows ‘of men, for men and by
men’ attitude of parties (ht 08/06/2018)
Bibeksheel
urges larger alliance (kp 04/05/2018)
Democratic
struggles
have just begun: Political parties constitute
the central mechanism that drives Nepal’s
democracy. We must spend all our energy in
reforming them so that they are more democratic
in representation and more effective in
functioning, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp
19/02/2018)
Bijukchhe
to retire from elections (kp 04/11/2017)
Akhanda
Party merges with NC: NC President Deuba
welcomes Akhanda Party Chairman Kumar Khadka and
other leaders (kp 16/10/2017)
Threshold
forcing fringe parties to go for mergers,
alliances (rep 16/10/2017)
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party announces candidates (kp
10/10/2017), Bibeksheel
Sajha Party names more candidates (kp
15/10/2017)
CPN
(U) to merge with Maoist Centre (kp
10/10/2017)
Mohan
Bikram Singh says will not join left alliance
(ht 08/10/2017), Rastriya
Janamorcha to support left alliance, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 08/10/2017)
33-party
alliance to participate in polls with
‘sickle-hammer’ symbol (ht 06/10/2017)
Bibeksheel
Sajha
aims to win key constituencies in upcoming
elections: Though the party has yet to build its
strength outside Kathmandu, it hopes to
attract new and thinking voters with its agenda
(kp 28/09/2017)
NPRSLP
merges with UML (ht 12/09/2017)
Smaller
Parties: Balancer Or Spoiler?, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 30/07/2017)
Sajha
and
Bibeksheel to unite, announcement today:
To form 34-member central committee with
collective leadership n To follow inclusive
democracy, welfare state and economy, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/07/2017), Bibeksheel
and Sajha parties unifying today (rep
26/07/2017), Sajha
and Bibeksheel announce unification (kp
27/07/2017), A
long way to go: Sajha and Bibeksheel coming
together is good news but their base is still
very limited (kp 27/07/2017)
NSPN,
SSF-N
unity talks stalled (kp 24/07/2017)
Fringe
parties' survival at stake with rise in
political opportunism, by Roshan Sedhai (rep
23/06/2017)
Law
on political financing: You pay your money; Many
anomalies in our political parties can be
explained by lack of transparency and
accountability in their sourcing and use of
funds, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 04/05/2017)
Kishor
Thapa
is Sajha Party mayoral candidate for Kathmandu
(kp 15/04/2017)
Holding
their
breath: People are curious to find out how
rookie politician Mishra will deliver clean
politics, by Kalpana Subedi Pandit (kp
12/04/2017)
Poor
people,
rich parties: Publication of financial
statements puts political parties at the centre
of public attention and investigation, by
Narayan Manandhar (kp 09/04/2017)
Over
dozen
leaders, cadres quit NMSP (ht 05/04/2017)
MJF-D,
RJP
decide to unify (ht 05/04/2017) [new name
will be Nepal Loktantrik Forum and MJF-D Chairman
Gachhadar will lead it], Threshold
provision
triggers merger of fringe parties: MJF-L,
Rastriya Janamukti Party, Dalit Janajati Party
become Nepal Loktantrik Forum Party, by
Binod Ghimire and Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/04/2017),
Two
fringe parties merge with MPRF-D: New party
named Nepal Democratic Forum (rep
06/04/2017)
Limbuwan
party
for leveraging election to strengthen its base,
by Arjun B. Rajbanshi (kp 03/04/2017)
Sadbhawana
cadres,
leaders quit (ht 30/03/2017), Three
central
leaders, 17 others quit Sadbhawana Party (ht
31/03/2017)
Mishra
quits
BBC to form ‘Sajha Party’ (kp 01/03/2017), We
want
to inspire Nepali youths to believe that
politics can be noble, interview with
Rabindra Mishra (kp 20/03/2017), Sajha
Party
seeks local election ‘independents’ (kp
22/03/2017)
Fringe
parties:
Threshold design to disenfranchise marginalised
groups; The bill related to political parties,
which awaits parliamentary nod, requires a
national party to pass 3 percent vote threshold
in parliamentary polls (kp 10/02/2017)
Senior
leaders divided over use of force in communist
movement (rep 27/12/2016)
Ansari
announces
new political party (kp 18/12/2016) [There cannot be enough
parties in Nepal!!]
NSN
will
attract cadres from other parties: BRB (ht
13/11/2016)
TMLP,
SP
intensify unification talks (kp 07/10/2016)
Submission
of
audit report: Election authority proposes axing
defiant parties, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
20/09/2016), 11
parties
removed from EC register (kp 24/09/2016)
Political
Parties: Caught In Contradiction, by Mukti
Rijal (rn 01/09/2016)
Naya
Shakti
Nepal applies for party registration at EC
(kp 11/07/2016)
151
members
in Naya Shakti top committee (kp 01/07/2016)
Dr.
Bhattarai And New Party, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 15/06/2016), Old
wine
in a new bottle: An appealing prospect that is
hollow from within, how long will people
believe in Naya Shakti?, by Sarin Ghimire
(kp 18/06/2016), Bhattarai’s
new
challenges: You can do a lot of things on paper
but when it comes to people, it is always trust
that matters, by Khagendra Nath Sharma (kp
19/06/2016), Glimmers
of
hope: Bhattarai’s party alone can forge a common
front with the Janajatis and Madhesis to unite
the country, by Pramod Mishra (kp
23/06/2016), Out-Oliing
Oli!, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 23/06/2016)
NSN
to
continue with existing leadership (ht
15/06/2016)
Naya
Shakti
leftists in tug of war with democrats, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 14/06/2016)
SJP
merges with NSN (ht 12/06/2016)
Bhattarai's
new
'leftist' party to be democratic (rep
26/05/2016)
CPN-ML’s
general
convention kicks off (ht 08/05/2016)
Commitments
of
New Force Nepal: It’s a political movement that
will build on the latest achievements in the
realms of knowledge and science, by Baburam
Bhattarai (kp 06/05/2016)
Current
Situation
of Nepalese Political Parties, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 02/05/2016)
EC
proposes
bill to fund parties, by Prakash Acharya (ht 28/04/2016)
Naya
Shakti
close to unveiling party, ideology (kp
13/04/2016)
Parties
at
a crossroads: With a phase of revolution over,
political parties need to address new national
needs, by Mohan Guragain (kp 27/03/2016)
Naya
Shakti
to be registered ‘in April’ (kp 23/03/2016)
Naya
Shakti
launches city clean-up drive (kp 20/03/2016)
Over
two
dozen Chure bhawar men join RPP-N (kp
20/03/2016)
New
test: Bhattarai has named his party Naya Shakti
but most members are former Maoist leaders and
retired civil servants, by David Kainee (rep
16/03/2016)
Election
Commission
scraps registration of 15 political parties
(ht 07/03/2016), Minister
weighs
case against EC: Prem Bahadur Singh says he will
challenge Election Commission’s decision to
scrap his Samajbadi Janata Party at Supreme
Court (kp 10/03/2016)
Parties
to
report progress towards inclusion (kp
04/03/2016) [There will
be hardly something to report!]
Parties
not
ensuring full representation to be crossed off
EC list: Political parties need to ensure
inclusive representation of women, Dalits and
marginalised groups in their working committees
and those of their sister organisations (kp
28/02/2016)
Why
Naya
Shakti: Those involved in Naya Shakti have
proven their commitment and dedication to serve
the people at the grassroots for many years,
by Pradeep Man Tulachan (rep 27/02/2016)
EC
to
scrap registration of 21 political parties
(kp 26/02/2016)
FSF-N
will
fight for oppressed communities, says Yadav
(ht 25/02/2016)
Over
4
dozen SSFN leaders quit en masse (kp
18/02/2016), Forty
FSN-Nepal
leaders quit party over inclusion row (ht
18/02/2016)
Naya
Shakti
unveils party principles: BRB says his new force
would make efforts to maintain transparency and
corruption-free society and politics (kp
08/02/2016), New
Force
awakens: Society and the country should give
Baburam Bhattarai a chance to change if he wants
to, by Janak Raj Joshi (kp 12/02/2016)
About
100
youth leaders, cadres desert Samajbadi Forum
Nepal (kp 29/01/2016)
Naya
Shakti
forms 35-member Interim Council (kp
25/01/2016), Dahal,
BRB
playing one-upmanship, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 25/01/2016), Baburam
Bhattarai
inducts 35 members in his New Force’s ICC
(ht 25/01/2016), Maoist
leaders
join Naya Shakti (kp 27/01/2016), Naya
Shakti
forms four depts (kp 28/01/2016), Of
Naya
Shakti and ‘halal’ revolutions, by Biswas
Baral (rep 30/01/2016), Naya
Shakti: Another Gimmick Of Bhattarai?, by
Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 31/01/2016), Riddled
with
contradiction: Baburam Bhattarai needs to come
clean and perform public penance before Nepalis
accept his new incarnation as a respected leader
of Naya Shakti, by Kul Chandra Gautam (rep
01/02/2016), Checkered
history:
Naya Shakti leader Baburam Bhattarai has missed
real opportunities to show his commitment to
humanitarian values and peaceful development,
by Kul Chandra Gautam (rep 06/02/2016), Bloody
old
wine: It is harder to forgive Bhattarai because
he is an intelligent man capable of seeing the
world from other people’s perspective, by
Kul Chandra Gautam (rep 13/02/2016)
BRB
says
‘Naya Shakti’ structure within a week (kp
21/01/2016), Bhattarai's
new
party not communist, just leftist (rep
21/01/2016)
New,
old
politics: Bhattarai’s new force will need to
prove that it is not just another party among
many others, by Surendra Regmi (kp
26/11/2015), BRB
starts
process to give shape to new party: To form
organisational structure from grassroots (kp
29/11/2015)
MJF-N,FSP-N
and
KSRP to announce merger tomorrow (ht
14/06/2015), 3
parties to announce merger today: Madhesi
Janadhikar Forum-Nepal, Federal Socialist Party
Nepal and Khas Samabeshi Party merge to form the
new Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum (kp
15/06/2015), Three
parties
merge to become Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 16/06/2015) [It is the fifth
strongest party in CA now!], MJF-N,
FSP-N,
KSRP merge to form fifth largest party in CA
(ht 16/06/2015), MPRF-N,
FSPN,
KINP merge to form FSFN (rep 16/06/2015)
MJF-N,
FSPN
close to finalising merger deal for new party,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 12/06/2015)
Three
fringe
parties in unification bid (ht 21/04/2015)
2
RJP MPs form new party (kp 04/03/2015)
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