Oli
to focus on polls, rival camp on protests : While
Dahal-Nepal faction seeks support from other forces to
intensify protests, Oli group is pleased with informal
gatherings, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 15/01/2021), Dahal-Nepal
faction of NCP preparing to oust PM Oli from party
(rep 15/01/2021)
Whose
Nepal Communist Party is it anyway?, by Ashok
Dahal (ae 15/01/2021)
Rival
NCP factions hold standing committee meetings (ht
15/01/2021)
Oli
claims his faction’s Central Committee is the
legitimate one : As tenure of Central Committee
expired in May, it was up to him to form new one to
hold party’s convention, he says, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 14/01/2021) [In a
democratic party, the Central Committee must be
elected from below, not be nominated from above!
Everything else would be authoritarian dictatorship
and has nothing to do with democracy!]
Nepal
Communist Party has been cleaved in two, but a
formal—legal—split seems to be heading to stalemate :
The Election Commission says neither the Oli faction
nor the Dahal-Nepal camp has presented the
necessary paperwork for it to be recognised as
the legitimate party. And neither seems to want to
take the blame for split, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 13/01/2021)
NCP
Vice Chair Gautam launches party unification campaign
(kh 09/01/2021) [To reunite
the NCP, all the old party leaders must resign as they
have incurred huge liabilities and are no longer
qualified for leadership positions!]
I
would have resigned if I had been in PM Oli’s place :
Bamdev Gautam (rep 07/01/2021) [But
you yourself, for moral reasons, should never have
accepted the nomination to the National Assembly
either! The voters had clearly expressed that you were
unwanted as a representative of the sovereign people!]
Why
is everyone talking about Subas Nembang? Nembang, who
led Constituent Assembly, is heard in a 2019 video
clip saying constitution does not allow House
dissolution. But he hasn’t called Oli’s move
unconstitutional, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
07/01/2021)
PM
Oli-faction expands Sudhurpaschim Committee; takes
action against Bhim Rawal (kh 07/01/2021)
EC
amends rules to recognise NCP split : Will decide
which faction of the party should use original party’s
name, flag, and election symbol during polls (ht
06/01/2021)
EC
writes to PM Oli, Dahal factions on legitimacy claims
(ht 04/01/2021)
Cadres’
orientation program of Oli camp underway in capital :
Participants not allowed wearing black masks (kh
02/01/2021)
Prachanda-Nepal
faction announces second phase protest plan (kh
02/01/2021)
Plea
For Accommodative Leadership, by Mukti Rijal (rn
01/01/2020) [This problem
affects all major parties and their internal wings.
The failed old politicians should leave the political
stage immediately and make way for a younger,
hopefully charismatic generation. Only then would new
elections really make sense!]
A
year held hostage by the Nepal Communist Party feud :
The infighting in the ruling party reached a tipping
point as 2020 drew to a close. Oli dissolved the House
and called snap polls resulting in the party split and
forcing the country towards uncertainty, by Anil
Giri (kp 31/12/2020)
PM
Oli alleges Prachanda of doing “politics of
conspiracy” : "Prachanda deceived me time and again"
(kh 30/12/2020)
NCP
Split : A Windfall For Opposition, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 29/12/2020)
We
are ready to forget everything if Oli accepts his
mistakes and the dissolved parliament is restored:
Madhav Nepal (rep 29/12/2020) [Neither
the massive constitutional and legal violations of the
Oli government nor the crimes from the time of the
insurgency nor the violence and discrimination against
women must remain forgotten and unpunished, Mr Nepal!]
Provincial
govts feel the heat as NCP’s Dahal-Nepal faction seeks
to oust chief ministers close to PM Oli, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep 28/12/2020), The
plot thickens : The way they have taken the fight to
the provinces is an affront to political culture
(kp 28/12/2020)
Tired
of Oli’s actions, Dahal and Nepal decide to join
hands. But can they coexist? Unless Pushpa Kamal Dahal
and Madhav Nepal make their unity a result of
conviction rather than convenience and fight for the
larger interest of common people rather than their
personal gains, their association may not last long,
analysts and insiders say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
27/12/2020) [Until Dahal's
responsibility for the victims of the uprising is
clarified and justice is done for the latter, he has
no legitimacy for any political office! He himself has
declared that he is responsible for 5,000 deaths.
Already at this moment, his immediate resignation from
all offices should have taken place and he should have
faced a court.]
NCP
Division A Lethal Blow To Left Movement, by Ritu
Raj Subedi (rn 27/12/2020)
Nepal
Communist Party split was expected to have
repercussions. There are hints already Members of
Dahal-Nepal faction in Bagmati file no-confidence
motion against Chief Minister Dormani Poudel, a close
ally of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 26/12/2020)
Election
Commission to settle dispute over legitimacy of Nepal
Communisty Party : After the Dahal-Nepal faction
submitted the necessary documents claiming legitimacy,
the commission will now ask the Oli faction for its
response to the claim, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/12/2020)
NCP
Vice-chairman Gautam meets Dahal, says he is still in
favor of party unity (rep 26/12/2020)
Oli
and Dahal get back to customary blame game—now a bit
more fiercely : Factions led by the two leaders
conclude their Central Committee meetings levelling
charges against each other and vowing to outdo
each other in their strength, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 25/12/2020)
Ram
Bahadur Thapa, Dahal’s long-time ally, joins the Oli
faction : This is the second time Thapa has deserted
his one-time comrade in arms (kp 24/12/2020), HoR
dissolution is for stability and revolutionary change:
Home Minister Thapa (rep 24/127/2020) [The
destruction of constitution and democracy cannot be
called a revolution!], NCP's
Oli-led faction strips Chairman Dahal of executive
rights (rep 24/12/2020)
Leaders
of Dahal-Nepal faction at Election Commission seeking
official recognition as legitimate NCP (rep
23/12/2020), After
split, there’s now fight for the party name and
election symbol : As both factions led by KP Sharma
Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal claim to have majority
Central Committee members, the ball is in the Election
Commission’s court, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/12/2020), Former
minister Tamang joins Prachanda-Nepal faction (kh
24/12/2020)
NCP
row: Prachanda-Nepal faction picks Prachanda as
Parliamentary Party leader (kh 23/12/2020)
Dahal-Nepal
faction to oust Oli from the post of parliamentary
party leader (rep 23/12/2020)
Nepal
Communist Party’s fragile unity falls apart : Factions
led by Oli and Dahal are in bid to wrest control of
the party, as both claim to have majority members on
their side, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/12/2020),
NCP splits 31 months after merger : Dahal-led faction
removes Oli as party co-chair, replaces him with
Madhav Kumar Nepal; Oli’s faction removes Narayan Kaji
Shrestha as party spokesperson, replaces him with
Gyawali; Adds 556 members to Central Committee, forms
committee to hold general convention in Nov, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 23/12/2020), Split
in NCP :
The
non-ideological feud in the ruling NCP has finally led
to the vertical split within 31 months of its
unification (ht 23/12/2020)
Oli’s
move of dissolving the House has brought Nepal
Communist Party to a moment of truth : The party has,
in effect, split. It’s just a matter of time when a
formal announcement is made, insiders say, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 22/12/2020)
Rival
NCP factions declare a fight to finish each other as
party awaits official split, by Bhadra Sharma
(Record 22/12/2020)
NCP
factions in a rush to discredit each other: EC
informed about recommendation to take action against
Oli for violating discipline: Dahal (ht
22/12/2020), Standing
Committee decision not valid, says Oli (ht
22/12/2020)
Oli
faction weak in Sudurpaschim PA (ht 22/12/2020), Troubled
days ahead : The rift is likely to have its impact on
the provinces also, where the NCP has formed six out
of the seven governments (ht 22/12/2020)
Central
committee meeting of Dahal-Nepal faction underway,
leader Nepal set to become party chairperson (rep
22/12/2020), Demanding
reinstatement of dissolved parliament, NCP rival
faction lawmakers file writ petition at Supreme Court
(rep 22/12/2020), Dahal-Nepal
faction expels KP Oli from post of NCP chairman
(rep 22/12/2020), Prachanda-Nepal
faction ousts KP Oli as NCP chair : Madhav Nepal
picked new Chairman (kh 22/12/2020), Rival
faction of NCP picks Madhav Kumar Nepal as party's
second chairman (rep 22/12/2020), Prachanda-Nepal
faction summons Parliamentary Party meeting : Central
Committee meeting to resume on Thursday (kh
22/12/2020), Ex-Speaker
Mahara nominated NCP Standing Committee member (kh
22/12/2020), Prachanda
objects to Oli’s decision to expand Central Committee
: Says Thapa, Gautam will join the camp (kh
22/12/2020)
Oli
announces 1,199-member general convention committee :
A meeting of the Oli faction on Tuesday morning took a
slew of decisions, including appointing Gyawali as the
party spokesperson and holding general convention in
November-December next year (kp 22/12/2020) [Oli's sick brain is convinced that
he may do anything imaginable to maintain his power:
Destroy the party, the constitution, democracy and the
state. If he no longer has a majority in his party's
committees, he creates one artificially by appointing
henchmen. The only democratic option he cannot think
of is to resign!], Ahead
of party split, NCP Chairperson Oli announces
1199-member general convention organizing committee,
by Santosh Ghimire (rep 22/12/2020), Oli
administers oath to 556 new members of NCP central
committee led by his faction (rep 22/12/2020),
Pradeep Gyawali named new spokesperson of Oli-led NCP
faction (rep 22/12/2020), Oli-led
NCP faction to hold party’s ‘unity’ convention in
November next year (rep 22/12/2020)
Dahal
is like vice-chair, can't take action against me: Oli
(Setopati 21/12/2020) [?????],
PM
Oli holds talks with his copper-bottomed lawmakers
including ex-Maoist leader Bhatta (kh 21/12/2020),
Home
Minister Thapa abstains from PM Oli-called meeting
(kh 21/12/2020)
Dahal-Nepal
faction meeting at parliament building, by Dipesh
Shrestha (kp 21/12/2020), 114
dissident lawmakers of NCP to proceed house meetings
(rep 21/12/2020), Election
Commission informed on decision to take action against
Oli (kh 21/12/2020), MPs
of Prachanda-Nepal faction conclude House dissolution
as unconstitutional : Demand Parliament resumes
regular works (kh 21/12/2020)
Standing
Committee of the NCP’s rival faction decides to take
disciplinary action against PM Oli (rep
20/12/2020)
As
Oli skates on thin ice, ruling party meetings come
thick and fast : Oli, who rarely steps out of
Baluwatar, goes to Khumaltar to ‘convince’ Dahal and
then drops by Thapa’s residence amid pressure to
withdraw the ordinance, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
20/12/2020)
Melodramatic
Moves Fuel NCP Rift, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
20/12/2020)
Confrontation
looms in the ruling party as Oli remains defiant :
Oli’s reluctance to withdraw the ordinance despite
agreeing to do so has raised concerns within the Dahal
camp if he is up for some drastic political steps,
by Anil Giri and Tika R Pradhan (kp 19/12/2020), Efforts
on to make Oli toe party line, says Dahal (ht
19/12/2020) [That is not the
problem, Mr Dahal! Obviously you do not understand
this either. Oli has to abide by the constitution and
the law. The rest is an internal party matter!]
The
duel within the Nepal Communist Party : In Nepal’s
political culture, leaders never retire because
politics has paid them well, by Naresh Koirala (kp
18/12/2020) [This is true for
other parties, especially the NC, as well! Politicians
like Deuba, Oli and Dahal can fail miserably several
times as Prime Ministers, they still remain entrenched
at the top of their parties!]
Prachanda-Nepal
faction warns of further steps against Oli if
ordinance not withdrawn (kh 18/12/2020)
PM
Oli proposes Bamdev’s name as the next Prime Minister
(kh 16/12/2020) [An
unbelievable justification by the still-PM! Everyone
from the exclusive male high-caste body has to have a
go? In reality, none of these nine men is suitable for
the post of PM, especially Gautam, who was rejected by
the voters!]
PM
Oli demands resignation of NCP Chief Whip Gurung
(kh 15/12/2020)
Prez
Bhanadari issues ordinance amending Constitutional
Council procedure (rep 15/12/2020) [Democracy
the Nepali way: Parliament is completely superfluous!
Oli and his president regulate everything through
ordinances!], President
Bhandari issues ordinance on Constitutional Council :
Paves the way for holding meeting with majority
members (kh 15/12/2020), CC
meeting postponed as Speaker Sapkota abstains :
Rescheduled for 5 pm (kh 15/12/2020) [Outside
the parliamentary session, he should not have any
other important task besides his function as a member
of the Constitutional Council!], NCP
row deepens with Prachanda demanding withdrawal of
Ordinance : Terms it “unconstitutional”
(kh15/12/2020),
NCP
lawmakers close to rival faction reach President's
Office demanding special session of parliament
(rep 16/12/2020), Temporary
ceasefire in NCP after Oli agrees to withdraw
controversial ordinance (rep 16/12/2020)
Oli's
repeated attempts to woo Dahal, Nepal turn futile as
they refuse to budge, by Tapendra Karki (rep
14/12/2020)
Bhim
Rawal: There’s no other way than to abide by party’s
statute, principles, processes The Standing Committee
member on whether the ruling Nepal Communist Party is
heading towards a split, how the party formed by a
merger can remain united and what could be the
opponent factions’ possible moves (kp 13/12/2020)
(interview), Ruling
NCP's Standing Committee meeting ends by condoling
death of its leader Lama (rep 13/12/2020)
Factional
gatherings signal deepening cracks in the ruling
communist party : Meetings of Oli and Dahal camps are
taking place in the lead up to the Standing Committee
meeting as part of their preparations for the big
showdown, insiders say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
12/12/2020)
NCP
row: Dahal-Nepal faction has strategy to first strip
Oli of chairmanship (kh 12/12/2020)
NCP
feud shows no sign of ebbing (ht 11/12/2020)
NCP
row: Dahal-Nepal faction to extend alliance up to
local level (kh 11/12/2020)
PM
Oli responsible for present crisis within party, says
NCP senior leader Madhav Nepal (rep 10/12/2020)
NCP
Chairmen Duo Hold Meeting (rn 09/12/2020)
Monarchists
took to the streets due to govt’s incompetence: NC
(kh 08/12/2020) [The
incompetence of the oppositional NC should be
mentioned as well! A democratic system requires a
strong and active opposition and this has not been
provided by the NC!]
The
predicament of the ruling party: It can neither split
nor remain united : Leaders are caught between a rock
and a hard place. Parting ways has its fallout, but
with relations so bitter now being under the same roof
has become untenable, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/12/2020)
Oli
skips crucial party meet as Dahal gets the upper hand
: A cornered Oli sends a letter instead, accusing his
rivals of moving goalposts and sowing the seeds
of division, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 07/12/2020), Oli
truant, Dahal defiant, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
07/12/2020)
Is
NCP Ready For Leadership Transfer?, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 06/12/2020), Prachanda
says he is ready to hand over leadership to new
generation (kh 06/12/2020)
A
party, two chairs and attempts to turn the tables :
Oli reiterates he won’t step down and objects to the
plan to hold the Nepal Communist Party Standing
Committee meeting, but the Secretariat decides to
convene it today, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
06/12/2020), NCP
Sectt refers proposals of both co-chairs to Standing
Committee (ht 06/12/2020), NCP
Standing Committee meeting begins at Dhumbarahi sans
PM Oli (kh 06/12/2020), Oli
faction working tirelessly to appease Bamdev Gautam
(kh 06/12/2020), I
stand by my preconceptions; no discussion on Dahal’s
proposal: PM Oli (kh 06/12/2020)
Attempts
to forge consensus between Oli, Dahal on (ht
05/12/2020)
Transitional
justice is once again being used as a tool for
political one-upmanship, conflict victims say : After
reminding Dahal of it as a ‘very sensitive issue’, the
Oli government reaches out to the victims. But victims
and analysts wonder if it is just a ploy to threaten
his opponent, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/12/2020)
NCP
Secretariat meeting postponed : PM Oli abstains; next
meeting on December 5 (kh 02/12/2020), PM
plays truant, NCP Sectt meet put off (ht
03/12/20209
A
birthday cake, a bitter shouting match and a sour note
at the end : As the Nepal Communist Party Secretariat
reconvenes, there is no conciliation in sight since
the conflict continues to be a battle of egos between
the party chairmen, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
02/12/2020)
NCP
Secretariat members start deliberations on political
papers submitted by Oli, Dahal (rep 01/12/2020)
Tamasha
in the party : As top leaders of the ruling Nepal
Communist Party cancel each other, it is the people
who suffer (kp 30/11/2020)
If
Oli and Prachanda retreat from power, we are ready to
take charge (kh 30/11/20209
Gautam
slams Paudel for delay in convening NCP Secretariat
meeting (ht 30/11/20209
Oli
goes on the offensive as he responds to Dahal’s
allegationsIn a 38-page rebuttal, Oli reminds his
fellow chair of his actions, past and present. He,
however, has left some room for reconciliation,
calling on all to work to save the unity, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 29/11/2020), Oli
counters Dahal with 38-page salvo, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 29/11/2020)
All
eyes on Oli as ruling party heads to its crucial
Secretariat meeting : How the party chair responds
through his document to Dahal’s allegations will
define whether the conflict escalates or
ceasefire returns, insiders say, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 28/11/2020), I
have a desire to handover leadership of unified party
to a new-generation leader: Oli (rep 28/11/2020),
PM
Oli rubbishes Prachanda’s proposal as frustration and
artificial allegation in guise of vested interest
(with full text) (KH 28/11/2020), NCP
Secretariat concludes, next meeting taking place on
Dec 1 (rep 28/11/2020), Oli’s
reply full of ego and arrogance: Prachanda (kh
28/11/2020)
NCP
Secretariat Meet Tomorrow, PM Oli To Present Proposal
(rn 27/11/2020)
Unite
the NCP : The NCP can still be saved if its top
leaders ditch their short-term calculations (ae
27/11/2020)
Amid
Oli-Dahal infighting, next generation leaders are by
and large mute spectators : Almost everyone is guided
by factional politics and there is a sense of
insecurity among many that speaking against the
leadership could deprive them of position and power,
Nepal Communist Party insiders say, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 26/11/2020)
To
reconcile or fight? Ruling party factions devise
strategies : Dahal camp’s decision to distribute his
political document to lower committees irks leaders
close to Oli who is writing a paper of his own, by
Anil Giri (kp 26/11/2020), Dahal’s paper passed round,
rift in NCP widens : ‘If differences between chairs are
not settled via consensus, they could be settled via
majority’ (ht 26/11/2020)
NCP
row: Dahal-Nepal faction want PM Oli to quit one post
(kh 25/11/2020)
Ruling
party feud has far-reaching repercussions : If the
meddling and backstabbing go unchecked,
democracy and federalism may be at stake, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 24/11/2020)
नेकपामा
समयले मागेको ‘नयाँ कोर्स’ : नेकपाभित्र निरन्तर विवाद
उत्पन्न हुनुमा पटक–पटक पार्टी प्रमुख भइसकेका नेताहरू
पुनः कमिटीमै रहिरहनु मुख्य कारण हो [Time demands
'new course' in NCP : The main reason for the continuous
dispute within the NCÜ is the fact that the leaders who
have been the party chief time and time again remain in
the committee], by Rashmi Acharya (np 24/11/2020)
Cornered,
Oli woos the opposition. But his opponents say it’s
just a ploy : The prime minister met Sher Bahadur
Deuba seeking his help to stay in power, indicating he
is ready to split the party rather than give in to
demands for his resignation, by Anil Giri (kp
23/11/2020), Prime
minister anticipating split in NCP? Oli’s meeting with
NC president an attempt to enlist main opposition as
coalition partner? (ht 23/11/2020)
Prachanda’s
political report won’t be withdrawn: Leader Nepal
(kh 23/11/2020), PM
Oli urges not to go by misleading publicity against
incumbent government (kh 23/11/2020)
Why
now? Now is not the time for the NCP to question the
basics, but one for it to answer through fair action,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 22/11/2020)
कांग्रेस
र कम्युनिस्ट आत्महत्याको बाटोमा : नेकपाको लोभको
झगडालाई जतिसुकै सैद्धान्तिक आवरण दिए पनि त्यसको मूलमा
सांस्कृतिक र नैतिक विचलनको चिन्ता छैन [Congress
and communists on the path of suicide : No matter how
much ideological cover is given NCP to the struggle of
the for greed, there is no concern of cultural and
moral deviation at its root], by Puranjan Acharya (np
22/11/2020)
NCP
Unity In Jeopardy, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
22/11/2020)
Is
the pause in ruling party fighting the calm before the
storm? The Dahal faction of the Nepal Communist Party
is preparing to employ majority votes if Oli
refuses to relent and hits back, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 22/11/2020
How
power struggle between two chairs has led the ruling
party to a cul-de-sac : The euphoria and triumphalism
of the time of merger around three years ago seem to
be dying, as the Nepal Communist Party struggles to
keep its unity intact, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
20/11/2020), Bid
to save NCP unity on : Party’s general secretary urges
Dahal to withdraw proposal (ht 21/11/2020), NCP
Secretariat meeting to be non-controversial during
visit by Chinese Defense Minister (kh 21/11/2020)
Political
gatherings being held despite pandemic (ht
20/11/2020)
Chinese
whispers, Sheetal Niwas and wrangling in Nepal
Communist Party : Just as conflict was escalating in
ruling party, the President intervened and China’s
ambassador called on Oli. Despite reservations,
Oli then attended the Secretariat meeting, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 19/11/2020), In
ruling party one-upmanship game, the only loser is
general public : As the Oli government has failed to
fight the pandemic and ensure governance amid party
infighting, experts say there’s a danger of systemic
failure, by Binod Ghimire (kp) 19/11/2020),
Oli
to respond to Dahal’s proposal in 10 days : NCP
Standing Committee to meet on December 3, Central
Committee on Dec 10 (ht 19/11/2020) [Oli's
failure across the board is so obvious! Why does it
take him 10 days to admit this?], Amid
growing intra-party rift within ruling NCP,
Chairperson Oli to table separate political document
(rep 19/11/2020), Don’t
slur other leaders to become loyal to Oli: Gautam
(kh 19/11/2020), Time
to seek an answer from NCP, by Gagan Thapa (kh
19/11/2020), I
won’t tolerate mean and baseless allegations: PM Oli
(kh 19/11/2020)
In
ruling party, war between two chairmen is raising the
spectre of a split : The battle of egos has reached
the tipping point with Oli seeking delay of
Secretariat meeting and withdrawal of Dahal’s
political document. Dahal has refused to oblige,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 18/11/2020)
PM
calls cabinet meeting for 2 pm as tension mounts
within ruling NCP (rep 18/11/2020), Amid
growing intra-party rift within ruling NCP,
Chairperson Oli to table separate political document
(rep 18/11/2020), Prime
Minister Oli in Shital Niwas to meet President
Bhandari (kh 18/11/2020), Oli,
Dahal reach gentleman agreement not to enter into any
specific agendas (kh 18/11/2020), President
Bhandari’s proposal for premiership “too late” for
Prachanda (kh 18/11/2020), NCP
Gen Secy Paudel proposes resignation en masse (kh
18/11/2020)
नेकपा
कम्पनी प्रालि : राजनीति त्याग र सेवाको सम्मिश्रण हो,
सेयर हिस्सा देखाएर नाफा माग्दै क्याल्कुलेटर चलाउने
पेसा होइन [CPN Company Pvt : Politics is a
combination of sacrifice and service, not a job of
calculating profits by showing a share], by Akhand
Bhandari (ap 18/11/2020), नेकपा अब
कता ? सत्तालाई प्रधान ठान्ने प्रवृत्ति कायम रहने हो
भने मुलुक, पार्टी र लोकतन्त्रको हित हुँदैन भन्ने चेतना
नेतृत्वमा हुनुपर्छ [NCP, quo vadis? : If the
tendency to consider power as paramount is to be
maintained, the leadership must be aware that it is not
in the interest of the country, the party and
democracy], by Homnath Dahal (ap 18/11/2020)
NCP
Gen Secy Paudel reaches Prachanda’s residence to
convey PM Oli’s message (kh 17/11/2020), NCP
dispute: PM Oli faction holds meeting (kh
17/11/2020), Let’s
convene Secretariat meeting on consensus: PM Oli
(kh 17/11/2020), Prachanda
meets President Bhandari as dispute in NCP escalates
(kh 17/11/2020)
As
crisis deepens, ruling party factions in wait and
watch mode : Leaders close to chairmen Oli and Dahal
take sides in calling the other’s move foul while
experts say the situation is so murky that how events
will pan out cannot be predicted, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 15/11/2020), You
caused crisis, change yourself first: Gautam to PM Oli
: PM Oli woos Gautam with DPM post (kh 15/11/2020)
At
Secretariat meet, Dahal asks Oli to ‘sacrifice’ for
saving party and republic : In his political document,
Dahal points out the failings of the government,
accuses Oli of being individualistic, and demands that
the prime minister engage in ‘self-criticism’, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/11/2020) [These
accusations are all true, but they also apply to Dahal
and many of the other so-called leaders in the NCP and
NC!], Prachanda’s
proposal can’t be discussed within party: Surya Thapa
(kh 14/11/2020) [Come down, Mr
Thapa!], Party
unity in critical juncture due to Prachanda’s
proposal: Pokharel (kh 14/11/2020) [No,
Mr Pokharel, it's due to Oli's failed politics and and
authoritarianism, but you are right, Dahal is no
better!]
Will
generational change in party leaderships be for the
better? Experts aren’t optimistic.Politicians have
made a career of politics rather than having the
intention to serve the people and therefore it is the
value system in politics that needs to change, they
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/11/2020)
NCP
Secretariat meeting concludes after finalizing agenda
for next meeting on Nov 18 (rep 13/11/2020), NCP
Secretariat meeting concludes, to convene again on Nov
18 : Prachanda submits separate proposal (kh
13/11/2020)
With
court reprieve to Bamdev Gautam, equation in ruling
party may change : As the Supreme Court clears decks
for Bamdev Gautam to become minister, a change of camp
by him to Oli may throw the Dahal camp into minority
in the Secretariat, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
12/11/2020) [Power is all I
want, competence and public will don't matter!],
Gautam
holds the key as Oli finally agrees to hold party
Secretariat meeting : After the Supreme Court cleared
the way for Gautam to become minister, there are
chances he may switch sides but insiders say he won’t
leave the Dahal camp this time, by Anil Giri (kp
13/11/2020)
Fighting
Leaders, Fragile Unity, by Mukti Rijal (rn
12/11/2020)
PM
Oli calls Secretariat meeting for Friday following
pressures (kh 12/11/2020)
Conflict
deepens in ruling party as Oli spurns, once again,
Dahal’s call for Secretariat meet : Oli has no option
but to agree to a meeting, but right now he is
employing all his means to delay it and have the
upper hand, Nepal Communist Party insiders say, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 11/11/2020)
मृत्युशय्यामा
कम्युनिस्ट राजनीति [Communist politics on the
brink of death] , by Raja Ram Gautam (ka 11/11/2020)
A
cornered Oli pulling out all the stops to gain support
in the party : After attempting to woo Madhav Kumar
Nepal, the ruling party chair is in a bid to resurrect
the task force that had come to his rescue a few
months back, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 10/11/2020), Majority
members likely to call NCP Secretariat meet :
Apparently, Oli’s ploy to engineer a split among NCP
leaders opposed to him has backfired and the PM is
likely to face the heat in days to come (ht
10/11/2020), PM
Oli to visit Kimathanka on Wednesday as Dahal calls
NCP Secretariat meeting without his consent (rep
10/11/2020), Prachanda
proposes PM Oli to summon Secretariat meeting on
Thursday (kh 10/11/2020)
नेकपा
विवाद र संकट [CPN dispute and crisis] , by Binod
Nepal (Rajdhani 10/11/2020)
NCP
Chair Prachanda Hold Talks With Central Committee
Member Pokharel (rn 10/11/2020)
NCP
task force members close to Dahal abstain from meeting
called by PM Oli (rep 09/11/2020)
Oli
seeks Nepal’s help to resolve crisis in ruling party,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 09/11/2020) [Olis
again tries to manipulate the Standing Committee in
order to avoid a meeting of the Central Secretariat!]
नेकपा
विभाजन भयो भने नेपालमा यति ठूलो गणितमा वामपन्थीको
शक्तिशाली सरकार सायद कहिल्यै बन्ने छैन [If the CPN
(Maoist) splits, there will probably never be a powerful
leftist government in Nepal with such a big math], by
Surendra KC (ap 08/11/2020)
‘डेड
एन्ड’ मा नेकपा, संकटमा जनता [CPN in ‘Dead End’,
People in Crisis], by Krishna Khanal (ka 08/11/2020)
Erstwhile
UML cadres organize meeting in Kathmandu (kh
08/11/2020)
Ruling
party top leaders spar over holding Secretariat
meeting : Oli charges Dahal group with promoting
factional politics and creating nuisance. Opponents
accuse Oli of threatening to split the party whenever
asked to call its meetings, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/11/2020)
Is
NCP Headed Toward Division?, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 08/11/32020)
Dahal-Nepal
faction to ask Oli to fall in line or face the music :
Dahal briefs Secretariat members at an
‘informal’ meeting on Oli’s warning that a
formal meeting without his consent would mean
declaration of party split, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
07/11/2020), NCP
rival faction leaders seek PM Oli’s consent to hold
Secretariat meeting (rep 07/11/2020), NCP
top leaders hand over 2-page memo to PM demanding
Secretariat meeting (kh 07/11/2020)
Amid
widening intra-party rift within ruling NCP, Executive
Chairman Dahal calls party’s ‘informal’ Secretariat
meeting (rep 06/11/2020), Crisis
worsens within NCP; leaders close to PM Oli boycott
secretariat meeting called by Dahal (rep
06/11/2020), Prachanda
discusses with Secretariat members as feud escalates
in NCP : Four leaders including PM Oli absent (kh
06/11/2020)
Oli
and Dahal blow hot and cold, as they play a game
of brinkmanship : Conflict in the Nepal
Communist Party will continue for some time unless one
of the leaders makes a decisive move, which is
unlikely anytime soon, insiders say, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 06/11/2020)
NCP
Has Choice Between Sink Or Swim, by Gopal Khanal
(rn 05/11/2020)
Oli-Dahal
meeting ends inconclusively as intra-party conflict
within ruling NCP grows further (rep 05/11/2020),
Will
not enter Baluwatar for talks any more: Prachanda
(kh 05/11/2020), Prachanda,
Nepal discuss with legal practitioners (kh
05/11/2020)
PM
Oli alleges leaders within NCP trying to push country
toward instability; vows not to step down from power
(rep 04/11/2020) [PM Oli has
already been pushing the country there for long!]
विधि,
पद्धति र अराजकता : सत्तासीन नेकपाले आफूभित्रैबाट
सरकारको विरोधमा प्रतिपक्ष खडा गरेर मोर्चाबन्दी गर्नुको
पछाडि के रहस्य छ ?, by Shyam Upadhyay (ap
04/11/2020)
Ruling
party on the verge of split? Less than two months
after a truce, Oli proposes to Dahal: Let’s part ways,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/11/2020), "Dispute
Within NCP Not As Serious As Portrayed, Can Be
Resolved Through Discussions", by Lucky Chaudhary
(rn 03/11/2020), NCP
Stares At Break-Up, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
03/11/2020), Dahal
wooes former Maoist leaders as NCP faces crisis
(kh 03/11/2020)
Oli
is in a tight spot, again, of his own making, insiders
say : Dahal and Nepal have ignored his overtures and
are pressing for a Secretariat meeting to discuss all
outstanding issues, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
01/11/2020), Dahal
meets Prime Minister KP Oli : Proposes NCP Secretariat
meeting to iron out differences (ht 01/11/2020), Is
the ruling NCP on the verge of split?
The party is facing a serious existential crisis, says
its General Secretary Bishnu Poudel, by Santosh
Ghimire (rep 01/11/2020), NCP
unification has reached a critical juncture: General
Secretary Poudel (kh 01/11/2020), PM
Oli proposed to part ways, Prachanda briefs his
confidants (kh 01/11/2020)
कम्युनिस्ट
पार्टीलाई कम्युनिस्टबाटै खतरा : अरूलाई दोष दिएरभन्दा
आफैँलाई रूपान्तरण गरेर पार्टीलाई सच्चा लोकतान्त्रिक
एवं कम्युनिस्ट पार्टीको रूपमा विकास गर्नुपर्छ, by
Yuvaraj Gyawali (np 01/11/2020)
Oli
extends an olive branch to Dahal but the latter
remains unconvinced : A line of leaders close to prime
minister has been making a dash to Khumaltar in a bid
to appease the party chair who is miffed at Oli
continuing to make unilateral decisions, by Anil
Giri (kp 31/10/2020)
दल,
दलदल र दशा : संगठन विस्तारको निहुँमा दलमा जस्तोसुकै
पात्र र प्रवृत्तिलाई भित्र्याउने प्रवृत्तिका कारण
पर्सा घटनाहरू हुने गरेका हुन् , by Chandra Kishor
(ka 29/10/2020)
Ruling
NCP's Central Committee meeting postponed owing to
COVID-19 pandemic (rep 28/10/2020), NCP
CC meeting postponed for Nov 30 (kh 28/10/2020)
NCP
cadre injured in intra-party factional clash dies
(kh 23/10/2020)
मार्क्सवादको
समाधिमा नेकपाको घर : मार्क्सवाद बौद्धिक विलास र
एकलकाँटे चिन्तन हो, जसले सम्पूर्ण मानव जातिको हित र
कल्याणको चिन्ता गर्दैन, by Gururaj Ghimire (np
21/10/2020)
NCP’s
upcoming CC meeting unlikely! (kh 20/10/2020)
Between
a rock and a hard place: Dahal has a choice to make
between siding with Oli or Nepal : Whenever under
pressure, Dahal vacillates, and such moves may do him
more harm, as he needs to be clear how he wants to
proceed at least until general convention, insiders
say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/10/2020)
NCP
leaders term Cabinet reshuffle an example of PM’s
unilateral approach (ht 16/10/2020)
Karnali
row exposes fault lines in Nepal Communist Party :
Following Dahal’s meeting with Nepal, seven provincial
lawmakers from the Nepal faction withdraw their
support to the no-confidence motion against Chief
Minister Shahi, by Anil Giri (kp 14/10/2020)
Disgruntled
NCP leaders take to Zoom to escape being overheard
(kh 14/10/2020)
Crisis
in Karnali a manifestation of top leaders’ conflict in
Kathmandu : Party insiders say concern is now growing
if other provincial governments could face a similar
situation, as the Oli-Dahal struggle for power
continues, by Anil Giri (kp 13/10/2020)
NCP
Chief Whip Gurung tests COVID-19 positive (kh
13/10/2020)
Amid
differences over appointments, Cabinet reshuffle
lingers : Oli and Dahal don’t see eye to eye on
ministerial changes while party reunification process
remains in limbo; Appointments in constitutional
bodies, diplomatic posts also remain affected, by
Anil Giri (kp 11/10/2020)
Ruling
party internal conflict is taking a toll on governance
: The two chairmen have been holding talks while the
party has been holding Secretariat meetings
regularly, but with no concrete decision, there is
confusion all around, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
09/10/2020) [Power struggles,
nepotism and corruption of incompetent and aloof male
Bahun politicians are ruining the Nepalese state in
times of pandemic!]
NCP
Secretariat meeting likely to induct 3 ministers today
(kh 06/10/2020)
Over
2,000 NCP cadres quit party in Rupandehi (kh
06/10/2020)
NCP
undermines spirit of federalism, again, as it
‘decides’ for Province 5 : Oli and Dahal may have
taken the decision in a bid to placate some
leaders in the party but in doing so, they have
trampled upon the constitution, experts say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/10/2020)
NCP
Secretariat meeting put off for Sunday (rep
03/10/2020), NCP
Secretariat meeting postponed for 4 pm Sunday (kh
03/10/2020), NCP
Secretariat meeting deferred until further notice
(rep 04/10/2020)
Cabinet
decisions invite criticism for failing to abide by the
system : As decision to make crucial appointments
renews party row, analysts say government is promoting
favouritism, by Anil Giri (kp 02/10/2020), With
Oli backtracking, truce may not last long, ruling
party leaders say : He faces charges of reverting to
his old unilateral style despite promising to take
decisions after consultation in the party , by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 02/10/2020)
Former
finance minister Khatiwada appointed as Nepal’s envoy
to the US (rep 01/10/2020), Nirmal
Kumar BK recommended as Nepal’s new ambassador to
South Africa (rep 01/10/2020) [Once
again three political nominations, all male, two of
them Bahuns and one Dalitwhat is a rare exception!],
Lok
Dharshan Regmi recommended Ambassador to UK (kh
01/10/2020),
Nomination
of envoys sparks dispute within NCP; Prachanda
‘displeased’ (kh 01/10/2020)
Cabinet
reshuffle: Much ado about nothing, as Oli and Dahal
fail to reach a deal : The two chairmen have a lot on
plate before they find a common ground. Therefore, it
could take some time before a rejig in the Council of
Ministers, party insiders say, by Anil Giri (kp
28/09/2020) [Since there is
nothing really important to do at the moment, the
irresponsible politicians have endless time for their
crazy power struggles!], Oli,
Dahal stick to guns on ministerial portfolios (kh
28/09/2020)
In
disparaging others, ruling party youth leaders follow
their political master : Oli’s crude witticisms to
fend off any attack on him are known but promising
politicians taking cue from him only shows the extent
of their subservient attitude, analysts say, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 26/09/2020)
Supreme
Court blocks Bamdev Gautam’s way to the Cabinet, for
now : Responding to a writ against Gautam’s nomination
to the Assembly, Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattarai has
ordered not to give any additional constitutional
positions to him, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
24/09/2020), Supreme
Court tells government not to induct Gautam in Cabinet
: He will not be able to act as a member of the
National Assembly until September 30 (ht
24/09/20210)
NCP
Secretariat entrusts Chairmen duo and Gen Secy to
finalize unification process : Directs govt fulfil
vacant post in constitutional bodies (kh
22/09/2020)
NCP
Secretariat meeting postponed (kh 21/09/2020)
Ruling
party fight was for power-sharing and that is evident
now, analysts say : After a truce about two weeks ago,
the Nepal Communist Party Secretariat has started
discussions on Cabinet reshuffle and political and
constitutional appointments, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 21/09/2020)
NCP
Secretariat agrees, in principle, to reshuffle cabinet
(kh 20/09/2020)
After
semblance of peace in ruling party, Secretariat
meeting set to move to Parisdanda from Baluwatar :
There had been sharp criticism of the prime minister’s
official residence, a public property, being
used for holding meetings of a political party, by
Anil Giri (kp 19/09/2020), Ruling
NCP’s Secretariat meet taking place at Parisdanda for
first time after two communist parties’ merger
(rep 20/09/2020)
Ruling
party wants to gag its leaders to suppress criticism
and dissent : Nepal Communist Party has asked its
members to refrain from commenting on the party,
leadership, government and policies and warned of
action if they fail to comply, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 18/09/2020)
How
NCP General Secretary Poudel saved NCP from splitting,
by Tapendra Karki (rep 18/09/2020)
Bamdev
Gautam sworn in as a member of National Assembly :
President Bidya Devi Bhandari had nominated Gautam in
the Upper House as per the recommendation of the
government (kp 17/09/2020), Bamdev
Gautam says he will boost National Assembly’s dignity
(kh 17/09/2020) [How should
this work? The voters have rejected him as their
representative in Parliament! Where is there room for
dignity?]
Learning
from the Communists, by Mahesh Kushwaha (kh
15/09/2020)
NCP
orders institutions named after party leaders to halt
all activities (rep 15/09/2020) [Long
live central control over the supposedly federal
state!]
NCP
issues 16-point directive to end intra-party feud
(kp15/09/2020)
Is
NCP Getting Over The Hump?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
13/09/2020)
NCP
should stop assault on the Constitution, by
Abhishek Pratap Shah (rep 13/09/2020)
In
ruling party, leaders’ focus has been on
one-upmanship—not Covid-19 : The party leadership
squandered crucial months and multiple meetings
bickering over their individual interests, ignoring
the most pressing issues of the present time, insiders
say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 13/09/2020)
Tug-of-war
ends, but ruling party leaders wonder how long truce
will last : Oli and Dahal’s joint proposal commits a
lot. But since it fails to address some
key issues, insiders say irritants are likely to
emerge sooner rather than later, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 12/09/2020)
Oli,
Dahal bury the hatchet with joint proposal (ht
11/09/2020), Dahal
to steer NCP as executive Chairman, while Oli will
focus on government affairs : Unity General Convention
to be held in April, 2021 (rep 11/09/2020)
NCP
Standing Committee endorses Chairmen’s proposal :
Decides to endorse MCC with amendments (kh
11/09/2020), NCP
decides govt should settle border row with India thru
talks (kh 11/09/2020)
Ruling
party calls on cadres to stop criticising its policies
on social media : Leaders and analysts see this as a
step to shrink democratic space within the party
as well as the larger society and it will be
opposed, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 11/09/2020) [The extremely bad policies of the
so-called party leaders must urgently be criticised by
the cadres as well. It is the duty of every concerned
democrat!]
NCP
set to purge party of factionalism and indiscipline
(kh 10/09/2020)
Nepal
political tug-o-war continues . Ruling party meets to
resolve power struggle, not to address Covid-19
emergency (nt 04/09/2020)
The
arrogance of NCP will be costly : The present
generation will curse the Nepal Communist Party, the
party they elevated to power with overwhelming vote,
if leaders fail to deliver on their promise and
deceive the people, by Deepak Joshi Pokhrel and
Rajendra Senchurey (rep 04/09/2020)
Bamdev
Gautam keen to become NA member : If he gets berth,
Khatiwada may not remain FinMin (ht 02/09/2020), As
ruling party heads for crucial meet, there’s a fly in
the ointment : Bamdev Gautam has once again renewed
his demand for a seat in National Assembly, as
promised back in February, by Anil Giri (kp
03/09/2020), NCP
Secretariat decides to take Bamdev to National
Assembly (kh 03/09/2020) [There
cannot be enough male Bahuns in power positions, may
they be incompetent or not. If they are rejected in
democratic elections by the people, then they have to
be nominated in a way where the people don't have a
say!], Finance
Minister Khatiwada resigns (kh 04/09/2020), The
ruling party is making a mockery of democracy,
analysts say : Nepal Communist Party decides to send
Bamdev Gautam, who lost parliamentary polls, to the
National Assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/09/2020), Bamdev
Episode: What will NCP gain?, by Ishwar Dev Khanal
(kh 04/09/2020)
‘The
chairmen are the party’ : Nepal Communist Party
insiders say months-long wrangling has ended, for now,
after Oli and Dahal reached some understanding, giving
a semblance of calm to the party, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 28/08/2020)
NCP
Secretariat Meet Postponed, Called For September 3
(rep 28/08/2020)
PM
Oli, NCP Chair Dahal agree to hold Secretariat meet on
Aug 29 (kh 25/08/2020)
Panel
recommends ruling party jamboree in April but not
everyone is convinced (kp 25/08/2020)
Ruling
party moves forward only to take a step back again :
The latest disagreement comes over Oli’s minor
political nominations but opponents say he’s back to
his old ways, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/08/2020) [Oli and numerous other politicians
need this style of politics to cover up their great
incompetence!]
NCP
co-chair Dahal tells PM Oli to rescind political
appointments (ht 21/08/2020)
Conflict
in ruling party hits governance: Ministers busy
resolving internal conflicts, officials don’t want to
take risks, experts say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
19/08/2020) [In view of the
enormous problems Nepal is facing, the ruthless power
struggles of the political elite must be classified as
a criminal offense. All those involved have
disqualified themselves from any political activity
for the rest of their lives! This is reinforced by the
fact that persons like PM Oli are not up to their
difficult tasks, neither professionally nor in terms
of health!!]
CPN-UML
party formally registered at EC (kh
19/08/2020), New
leftist party registered at EC (ht 20/08/2020)
The
cost of the ruling party feud: This dispute is
destructive because of its disconnect from the
pressing issues of national interest, by Achyut
Wagle (kp 18/08/2020)
PM
Oli likely to reshuffle cabinet; Secretariat meeting
tomorrow (kh 16/08/2020)
Six-member
task force formed to resolve intraparty rift in NCP
(rep 14/08/2020) [Thank god,
all of them are Bahuns, five of them male!!], NCP
forms six-member taskforce to end internal rift
(kh 14/08/2020)
MPs
in bid to keep Nepal Communist Party unity intact
(ht 10/08/2020) [Which unity??]
War
of words hots up in ruling Nepal Communist Party,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 08/08/2020)
Ruling
Nepal Communist Party’s Standing Committee in limbo
(ht 07/08/2020)
Distractions
of their own making: What Prime Minister KP Oli and
his challenger, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, seem to have
forgotten is the sorry state Nepal is in, caught
between a killer pandemic and a disastrous monsoon,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 06/08/2020) [Both
do not have to prove their incompetence any further.
They should resign from all offices immediately and so
should a number of other so-called top politicians!],
NCP
may split if Oli does not maintain flexibility:
Prachanda to Nembang (kh 06/08/2020)
Bamdev
Gautam breaks ranks with Dahal-Nepal faction (ht
06/08/2020) [Nepal's
politicians should finally take care of important
things and stop the disgusting and completely
senseless power struggles in these terrible times of
crisis! How stupid are these politicians actually?]
Oli
and Dahal hold a meeting once again after a week—but
talks go round in circles: As both refused to budge
from their stances, there are now concerns if there’s
anything substantial they are trying to achieve for
the larger cause of the party, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 03/08/2020), Oli-Dahal
at loggerheads: PM Oli insists on Secretariat meeting,
Dahal on SC (kh 03/08/2020), Ruling
party co-chairs stick to their guns (ht
04/08/2020), Oli,
Prachanda engage in heated debate over appointment of
IBN CEO (kh 04/08/2020), PM
Oli displeased with his party-men, says no to central
committee meeting (kh 04/08/2020)
Political
drama in Nepal: The political spectacle concerning the
ruling party that is currently overwhelming public
discourse has all the components of a theatre play,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 02/08/2020)
NCP
row: Meeting of four leaders inconclusive (kh
02/08/2020)
Dahal
takes potshot at fellow Co-chair Oli: Says issues
related to the party shouldn’t be sidelined, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 02/08/2020)
Enough
already: NCP power struggle headed for yet another
showdown (nt 31/07/2020)
NCP
row: Greed overpowers ideology, by Prakash Giri
(kh 31/07/2020)
Embattled
PM Oli grows stronger as ‘ideological polarization’
begins within ruling NCP, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
31/07/2020)
As
ruling party standoff continues, over 150 members
demand Central Committee meeting: Insiders say the
Dahal faction is now all prepared to put a squeeze on
Oli to make a concession or resign as party chair,
by Anil Giri (kp 30/07/2020), Pressure
mounts on NCP chairs to call CC meet (ht
30/07/2020)
High
drama in ruling party as both Oli and Dahal factions
make their moves: After Pushpa Kamal Dahal convenes
the meeting with majority of Standing Committee
members, Oli is in bid to cultivate some senior
leaders, including Bamdev Gautam, by Tika R.
Pradhan and Anil Giri (kp 29/07/2020), Rift
between NCP co-chairs widens: Oli puts off Standing
Committee meeting, Dahal goes ahead with it without PM
or his supporters, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
29/07/2020)
NCP
Standing Committee Meeting Postponed Indefinitely
(rn 28/07/2020), NCP
entrusts Prachanda to convene SC meeting: Unilateral
postponement of SC unfortunate: SC members (kh
28/07/2020)
Conflict
set to escalate in ruling party, as Dahal once again
ups the ante against Oli: After a brief lull, the
party has returned to where it was a few weeks ago and
the battle lines are drawn, say insiders, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 28/07/2020), Vice
Chairman Gautam floats six-point proposal to save NCP
from imminent split (rep 28/07/2020), Provocative
reactions may lead to party split, warns Prachanda
(kh 28/07/2020)
CPN-UML
registered under PM Oli’s behest: Prachanda (kh
24/07/2020), Threat
of party split not over yet; CPN-UML registered at the
behest of PM Oli: Chairman Dahal (rep 25/07/2020))
Push
and pull of Nepali politics: After hectic political
horse-trading, it is all quiet in Kathmandu this week,
by Saindra Rai (nt 24/07/2020), You
stab my back, I stab yours: Nepal's wily Oli has
outfoxed his rivals yet again (nt 24/07/2020)
Tempest
in the ruling party almost over after Dahal takes a
conciliatory approach: Until a few weeks ago, Oli was
cornered, but he has now managed to overpower mounting
pressure to resign both as party chair and prime
minister, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/07/2020), NCP
co-chairs Dahal, Oli now fighting an ‘ideological
battle’ (ht 22/07/2020), Intra-party
row in NCP takes a new twist after PM Oli offers Dahal
as chairman of unified party, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 22/07/2020), NCP
Braces For Intra-Leadership Row, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 23/07/2020)
NCP
Standing Committee meeting postponed until July 28:
Instructs party leaders, cadres to engage in rescue
efforts (kh 21/07/2020)
More
confusion in the ruling party as Dahal vacillates
between Oli and Nepal: The Nepal faction, which has
backed Dahal so far, is suspicious after reports that
the party chair has reached a deal with Oli keeping
his allies in the dark, by Anil Giri and Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 20/07/2020), [In view of these completely
irresponsible power struggles, the entire leadership
of the NCP should resign immediately!],, No
secret deal with Oli, Dahal assures NCP leaders
(ht 20/07/2020),
186 coronavirus cases in past 24 hours take Nepal’s
tally to 17,844 (kh 20/07/2020), Last-ditch
effort being made for deal with PM Oli: Prachanda
(kp 20/07/2020)
A
tentative deal between Oli and Dahal saves ruling
party from imminent split, for now: Senior leader
Madhav Nepal says any backdoor dealings will not be
accepted and that he will go to the party rank and
file if the two chairs attempted to impose
totalitarianism, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
19/07/2020), Oli
refuses to quit as PM, party co-chair: Leaders say
problem will be resolved through consensus, but a plan
to achieve it remains elusive (ht 19/07/2020) [This sounds more like a denial of
consensus!], In
a bid to remain in power, PM Oli proposes general
convention by mid-December (rep 19/07/2020), Oli,
Dahal hold one-on-one meet (kh 19/07/2020), Dahal
rules out ‘clandestine deal’ with PM Oli (kh
19/07/2020), NCP
Standing Committee meeting postponed until Tuesday
(kh 19/07/2020)
Ruling
party Standing Committee put off yet again:
Secretariat to meet on Saturday to discuss dispute
over power-sharing, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
18/07/2020), Deferral
of NCP Standing Committee draws flak, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 18/07/2020), NCP
Secretariat meeting underway at Baluwatar (kh
18/07/2020), Already
in minority, Oli proposes Nepal to become NCP chair
(kh 18/07/2020)
Dispute
in ruling party now set to reach Central Committee as
Oli and Dahal fail to find a common ground: Madhav
Nepal was invited to the meeting in hopes of a deal,
but stalemate continues as Oli refused to resign
either as party chair or prime minister, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 17/07/2020), Ruling
party Standing Committee meeting postponed, yet again,
until 3pm Sunday: Party chairs Oli and Dahal have
sought more time to discuss the outstanding issues
(kp 17/07/2020)
Oli-Dahal
one-on-one meet inconclusive yet again: To meet again
on Thursday (kh 15/07/2020), As
Oli and Dahal seek to find a middle ground, pressure
mounts to resume Standing Committee meeting: Insiders
say the two chairs might be discussing a deal between
them but they cannot ignore other senior leaders and
the party committee, by Anil Giri (kp 16/0/2020),
NCP
Khumaltar meet decides to expedite SC meeting (kh
16/07/2020), Oli-Dahal-Nepal
tripartite meeting underway at Baluwatar (kh
16/07/2020)
PM
Oli and NCP Chair Dahal hold talks in Baluwatar
(kh 14/07/2020)
Rift
between ruling party chairpersons widening? Dahal says
no one in the party has monopoly over nationalism
(ht 13/07/2020) [Both Oli and
Dahal are power-hungry anti-nationalists! Nepal's
nationalism has to be inclusive, multi-ethnic,
multi-religious, multi-lingual and anti-patriarchal!]
NCP
Standing Committee divided on one-on-one talks, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 12/07/2020)
NCP
Standing Committee Again Put Off Until July 17 (rn
10/07/2020), Standing
Committee postponed by a week as Dahal and Oli attempt
to hash out a deal: Although there has been little
progress on a deal between the two chairs, second-rung
leaders have been pushing for a quick but fair
agreement to keep the party united, by Anil Giri
(kp 11/07/2020)
Oli
and Dahal agreeing to resume Standing Committee is a
small step towards resolution, party insiders say:
There are indications that both sides are slowly
edging towards a solution to the party crisis with the
Dahal faction tempering its demands and Oli agreeing
to the Standing Committee, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
08/07/2020), NCP’s
'crucial' Standing Committee meeting deferred yet
again, next meeting on Friday (rep 08/07/2020), NCP
SC meeting put off for Friday morning (kh
08/07/2020), Oli,
Dahal ‘one-on-one’ talks underway (kh 08/07/2020),
Talks
remain deadlocked as party chairs fail to find common
ground despite six meetings: With Oli and Dahal unable
to reach compromise, the ongoing Standing Committee
meeting of the ruling party, has once again been
postponed to Friday, by Anil Giri (kp 09/07/2020),
NCP
intra-party feud deepens with Oli-Dahal meeting
nowhere in sight (kh 09/07/2020)
Oli
and Dahal agree to continue talks as they declare a
‘ceasefire’ for now: While both party chairs agreed
not to spoil the environment for dialogue, there has
been little progress on resolving the ongoing crisis,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 07/07/2020)) [These
ruthless power struggles of failed politicians are
simply no longer bearable. Both of them and a whole
series of older, high-caste men should make room for
an inclusive and non-patriarchal young generation:
Women, Janajatis, Madheshis, Dalits and a maximum of
30 percent Tagadharis, of whom about half should also
be women! Nepal is not the property of male Bahuns!],
Oli-Dahal
‘one-on-one’ talks conclude: Agree to continue
Standing Committee meeting (kh 07/07/2020)
The
Roots Of Crisis In NCP, by Mukunda Raj Kattel (rn
06/07/2020)
Chinese
envoy meets NCP senior leader Nepal ahead of ruling
party’s crucial Standing Committee meeting (rep
06/07/2020), Chinese
Ambassador on the move yet again; meets NCP senior
leader Nepal (kh 06/07/2020), Why
does Chinese Ambassador Hou hustle as NCP feud
escalates? (kh 06/07/2020) [???]
Oli-Prachanda
‘decisive’ talks inconclusive: To meet again on Monday
(kh 05/07/2020), Feud
continues in the ruling party as Oli-Dahal talks fail:
Both leaders maintain their position but none wants to
be seen as the trigger for a party split, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 06/07/2020), Oli,
Dahal’s bid to save party unity continues: NCP Central
Committee members put pressure on the leadership to
hold committee meeting, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
06/07/2020), One-to-one
meet between NCP Co-chairs ends inconclusively, yet
again (ht), Oli-Dahal
meet concludes; Dahal insists on ‘one-on-one’ talks
(kh 06/07/2020), NCP
Standing Committee Meeting Put Off Again Till
Wednesday (rn 06/07/2020), NCP
Standing Committee meeting postponed yet again (kh
06/07/2020)
How
the strongest communist force in Nepali history came
so close to imploding: Oli’s arrogance and Dahal’s
ambition have both derailed the Nepal Communist Party
so much that it is now on the verge of a split, party
insiders and political analysts say, by Anil Giri
(kp 04/07/2020), Confusion
reigns in the ruling party as factions remain
deadlocked: Talks between rival party chairs Oli and
Dahal failed after the former refused to step down in
any capacity, neither as party chair nor prime
minister, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 04/07/2020), Oli
asks party’s sister organisations to help create a
favourable environment for him: Analysts, however, say
if Oli had lived up to the people’s expectations, they
would have raised their voice in his support, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 04/07/2020), Oli,
Dahal in bid to save NCP unity, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 04/07/2020)
NCP
leaders call for party unity as intra-party feud
deepens (kh 03/07/2020), PM
Oli and Dahal hold talks to narrow down differences:
Second generation leaders take initiatives to bring
two sides together (kh 03/07/2020), A
cornered Oli prorogues the House and considers
splitting the ruling party: Party insiders say that
Oli is planning to reintroduce an ordinance that will
make it easier for him to split the party, and is also
seeking support from the opposition, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 03/07/2020), PM
Oli-Prachanda agree to narrow down differences (kh
03/07/2020)
Factions
in ruling party harden positions and devise strategies
to prevail over the other: The Dahal and Oli factions
both held separate meetings on Wednesday to chart out
a path forward, with Oli deciding to fight until the
last, by Anil Giri (kp 02/07/2020), PM
advised to reach out to rival NCP faction: We can’t
let things go awry in the name of party unity, says
Dahal, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 02/07/2020), Dahal-Nepal
camp chalks out agenda for Thursday’s Standing
Committee meeting (kh 02/07/2020), NCP
Chair Dahal holds meeting with PM Oli’s confidants
(kh 02/07/2020), PM
Oli calls cabinet meeting (kh 02/07/2020), Is
NCP heading closer to a split?, by Ishwar Dev
Khanal (kh 02/07/2020
Top
NCP leaders ask PM Oli to step down as intra-party
dispute peaks (rep 30/06/2020), Leaders
call for Oli’s resignation as both prime minister and
party chair: Senior party leaders, including chair
Dahal, ask Oli to vacate both positions as his actions
have placed the ruling party and government in a
difficult position, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
01/07/2020), Oli
calls Cabinet ministers, some Standing Committee
members to Baluwatar for consultation: The meeting
comes a day after senior leaders demanded Oli's
resignation both as party chair and prime minister
(kp 01/07/2020)
Oli
skipping meeting in order to avoid criticism is
disgraceful, party leaders say: Oli knows that the
Standing Committee is preparing to ask him to choose
between the prime ministership and the party chair,
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 27/06/2020), Oli
attends NCP's Standing Committee meeting briefly
(rep 27/06/2020)
Ruling
party’s Standing Committee meet begins with opening
salvos from the two party chairs: Although Wednesday’s
meeting did not discuss anything substantial, Oli and
Dahal both made speeches blaming the other for
failures within the party and the government, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/06/2020), NCP
co-chairs take jibes at each other (ht
25/06/2020), Oli
scrambles to prevent censure but Dahal is adamant: Oli
realises his position in party and government is
shaky, with a proposal asking him to give up party
chair or prime minister likely to be endorsed by the
Standing Committee, by Anil Giri (kp 26/06/2020)
In
anticipation of criticism at Wednesday’s Standing
Committee, Oli makes overtures to other party
factions: Oli has long been avoiding the Standing
Committee, where he is in the minority, but he is now
scrambling to garner support, especially for the MCC,
insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan and Anil Giri (kp
24/06/2020), NCP
Standing Committee meeting adjourned till Friday
(kh 24/06/2020(
NCP
decides to make foreign women married to Nepali
nationals wait for 7 years after marriage to acquire
citizenship (rep 20/06/2020) [Any
unequal treatment of women and men is a blatant
violation of the principle of equality of the
Constitution and internationally recognised human
rights. The male Tagdhari, who dominate Nepal, show
here their archaic-patriarchal way of thinking, which
denies Nepalese women a free choice of partner and
life style. Only foreign wives of Nepalese men are
entitled to naturalization, whenever, but never the
foreign husbands of Nepalese women!], All-male
party Secretariat decides on citizenship, an issue
that largely concerns women: If the ruling Nepal
Communist Party does not take steps to make its
committees more inclusive, its decisions could lose
moral authority, women leaders say, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 21/06/2020), Residence
permit with economic, social and cultural rights
proposed for foreign women married to Nepali nationals
until they get citizenship cards (rep 21/06/2020)
[And Nepali women who are
married to foreigners have to leave the country? But
of course, women are not really human beings and
citizens, only men, especially male Bahuns! What
arrogance! What machismo!!]
Ruling
party’s virtual meeting with the Chinese Communist
Party draws widespread criticism for being ill-timed:
Politicians say that such meetings at a time of
heightened tensions between India and China will raise
questions about Nepal’s commitment to its own
non-aligned foreign policy by Anil Giri (kp
20/06/2020)
Oli,
once again, cancels party’s Secretariat meeting called
to discuss MCC: Prime minister’s aide says the meeting
was called off as Oli was exhausted, but the party
leaders are not convinced, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
15/06/2020)
There’s
silence in ruling party as protests continue on
streets. But it could be the calm before the storm,
insiders say: Leaders are biding time before upping
the ante against Oli, who according to them, is trying
to run the government and party with an iron fist,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 13/06/2020)
Oli
avoids NCP secretariat meeting on MCC (ht
24/05/2020)
Two
years since the birth of the Nepal Communist Party,
not much to show except for infighting and power
politics: The party had the possibility of
transforming the country, given its massive mandate
and overwhelming strength. But it has squandered all
opportunity, say analysts, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
16/05/2020)
NCP
summons Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday
(kh 12/05/2020), NCP
standing committee meeting postponed (ht
14/05/2020)
With
the new twist in internal dynamics, ruling party
defers Standing Committee: Oli walks out of
Secretariat meeting, citing health reasons, after
coming under pressure again, by Anil Giri (kp
07/05/2020)), NCP’s
internal disputes intensify as Standing Committee
meeting is postponed (rep 07/05/2020), Oli
might have avoided the Standing Committee so far but
he can’t keep putting it off forever, say party
leaders: According to ruling party insiders, Oli is
afraid that a Standing Committee meet will lead to
assessment of his government and subsequently, call
for his resignation, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
08/05/2020), Top
NCP leaders seek Standing Committee meeting: Dahal to
meet the prime minister and reschedule the Standing
Committee meeting soon (ht 08/05/2020)
Opportunity
For Stronger Unity In NCP, by Gopal Khanal (rn) [Yes, by replacing all top leaders
of the party!!]
A
deal might have been reached in the ruling party but
suspicions remain: Many party leaders do not trust Oli
to live up to his promises, given numerous past
instances of him not implementing agreements, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/05/2020)
NCP
intra-party feud thaws dramatically, by Bhupal
Luitel (kh 05/05/2020)
By
courting Dahal and Gautam, Oli has effectively
silenced opponents’ calls for his resignation: Oli has
offered to get Gautam elected to the lower house ‘at
an appropriate time’, and has broken the Bhaisepati
alliance—at least for now, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
03/05/2020), Oli,
Dahal-Nepal camps avert crisis in NCP: Leaders engage
in self-criticism, party to field Gautam for HoR polls,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht0 3/05/2020), Reports
of NCP fielding Bamdev Gautam from Palpa-1 are
baseless: NCP MP Rana (rep 03/05/2020) [Democracy
along the authoritarian Oli way? Hopefully, the voters
will know how to punish such misbehaviour!], How
the crisis in ruling party was averted and each leader
got what they wanted: A deal has been reached to allow
KP Sharma Oli to continue as prime minister for the
full five-year term while Pushpa Kamal Dahal gets to
run the party and Bamdev Gautam to enter Parliament,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 04/05/2020), Did
China factor abate NCP’s heightened rift? (kh
04/05/2020)
NCP’s
Rift Threatens Political Stability, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 03/05/2020)
Ruling
NCP's Secretariat meeting underway (rep
02/05/2020), PM
Oli in no mood to resign now, garners majority in
Secretariat (kh 02/05/2020)
All
eyes on Oli as Secretariat members await his roadmap
to address party feud: While Gautam toys with the idea
of taking charge as prime minister, Nepal and Dahal
are not keen on the proposal, party insiders say,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 02/05/2020) [The
current constitution would not be worth the paper it
was printed on if a politician who has been rejected
by the people on several occasions and is therefore
not even a member of parliament were made prime
minister!], PM
Oli, Bamdev meet ahead of Secretariat meeting (kh
02/05/2020)
NCP
task force concludes MCC is part of Indo-Pacific
Strategy: Suggests amending 11 points of MCC Compat
(kh 01/05/2020)
Secretariat
of ruling party to meet again on Saturday (ht
30/04/2020), NCP
senior Nepal rejects PM Oli’s ‘third chairman’ offer
(kh 01/05/2020), Dahal,
Nepal meet to chalk out strategy for Secretariat
meeting (kh 01/05/2020)
What
is the next wave?, by Sambridhi Gyawali (rep
30/04/2020), Worst
is yet to come: As long as Oli remains in power, there
will be conflict inside the NCP and uproar against
him. Once he goes, there may be a celebration for some
time but another series of power games will follow,
by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 30/04/2020)
Cornered
everywhere, Oli looks to Parliamentary Party for
support, but even there, he’s short: As Oli’s
opponents control the party Secretariat, Standing
Committee, and Central Committee with sizeable
majorities, the only chance he stands is in the
Parliamentary Party, by Tika R. Pradhan and Anil
Giri (kp 30/04/2020), In
a bid to buy more time, Oli dangles prime minister and
party chair bait to Gautam and Nepal: Oli, whose
position has become tenuous, made the surprise
proposal after Secretariat members asked him to step
down, by Anil Giri (kp 30/04/30) [Oli
once again proves that he neither knows the Nepalese
constitution nor is he interested in democratic
principles and procedures: The person to be elected
Prime Minister must be a member of parliament.
However, Gautam has been repeatedly rejected by the
electorate, a fact that also disqualifies him from a
moral point of view!]
NCP
Secretariat meet underway (kh 29/04/2020)
Factions
fail to see eye to eye, leaving Oli in a tenuous
position in the ruling party: After failing to reach a
deal with the Madhav Nepal faction, Oli will now face
the Secretariat and the Standing Committee, both of
which are allied against him, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 28/04/2020), PM
Oli collects lawmakers’ signature to prove his
majority: Dahal-Nepal camp, too, follow-suit (kh)
PM
Oli-Dahal meet; Secretariat meet uncertain (kh
28/04/2020)
Rival
NCP faction miffed at Prime Minister Oli (ht
27/04/2020), Tough
times ahead for Oli as party likely to ask him to
choose between leading the country and leading the
party: A majority of Secretariat and Standing
Committee members have demanded a Standing Committee
meeting where they plan to ask Oli to step down as
prime minister, by Anil Giri (kp 27/04/2020), NCP
leaders meeting to thrash out differences (kh
27/04/2020), NCP
leader Nepal and PM Oli hold a one-on-one meeting
(kh 27/04/2020), Dahal-Khanal
meet (kh 27/04/2020)
Oli’s
sudden issuance of two ordinances raises concerns of a
party split in the making: One particular ordinance to
amend provisions regarding new party registration has
alarmed the political spectrum, especially as it comes
in the middle of a pandemic, by Anil Giri and Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 21/04/2020)
Oli
and Dahal attempt to make amends to avoid looking like
each side is taking advantage of a crisis: Although
internal divisions remain, both factions of the ruling
party seek a compromise, but not many are optimistic,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/04/2020)
Covid-19
could have united the ruling party but it has only
exposed already frayed divisions: Oli has taken
Dahal’s proposal to form an all-party mechanism
personally as an attempt to oust his government, party
insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan and Anil Giri (kp
14/04/2020)
Oli
government’s fiascos provide opportunity for rival
factions to pounce: The Madhav Nepal and Pushpa Kamal
Dahal factions of the ruling party have seized the
moment to criticise Oli’s handling of the Covid-19
crisis, party insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan.(kp
05/04/2020) [This must not be
the time of power struggles! It's an occasion to
replace the failed old leader generation of ll parties
by a young, dynamic, competent and charismatic
generation!], Ruling
NCP leaders demand Secretariat meeting as govt faces
widespread criticism (rep 05/04/2020)
Divisions
in ruling party manifest in appointment of National
Assembly general secretary: The appointment by House
Speaker Agni Sapkota, a former Maoist, has been
opposed by National Assembly Chair Ganesh Timilsina,
an Oli appointee, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
17/03/2020)
In
Oli’s absence, two ruling party factions vie for
Madhav Nepal’s favour: Nepal has emerged as a key
player in the party as both Oli and Dahal factions
want him on their side to tilt the nine-member
Secretariat, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 13/03/2020) [They all are part of Nepal' failed
generation of party politicians and should be replaced
immediately by a younger and socially inclusive
generation, best under the leadership of a woman with
ethnic background! Intra-party factionalism must be
ended!!]
Ruling
party tug of war: NCP second-rung leaders intensify
talks, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 11/03/2020)
If
we do not put the people and the country at the
centre, politics will turn into an evil game: The
Nepal Communist Party leader speaks about current
party dynamics, the Bamdev Gautam affair and a way out
of the infighting, interview with Raghuji Pant (kp
10/03/2020)
The
ruling party has failed in ruling: It seems that
constant infighting among ruling party leaders is
severely disrupting governance, by Deepak Thapa
(kp 05/03/2020)
Oli
recalling Paudyal from China is part of his attempt to
manage party dynamics: On Sunday, Oli recalled
Leelamani Paudyal, the ambassador to China, and
proposed Mahendra Pandey, believed to be a confidante
of Madhav Kumar Nepal’s, in his place, by Anil
Giri and Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/03/2020)
Oli,
Dahal headed for a truce, but factional feud is
unlikely to end: Even if the two leaders make
concessions for now, power exercise will continue in
the party, insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
01/03/2020), One
man’s political ambitions have kicked up a storm in
the Nepal Communist Party: Bamdev Gautam’s desire for
power has created a furore in the ruling party, but
leaders in the past have used him too for their own
benefits, say insiders, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
01/03/2020)
Oli
is cornered in the ruling party and there is no one to
blame but himself: Over the last two years, Oli has
ignored genuine calls for changes to his unilateral
working style, which alienated many leaders who were
once on his side, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
29/02/2020) [This has to do
with incompetence and arrogance, which can also be
found among most other so-called leaders of this
generation of politicians!], Oli-Dahal
tug of war continues, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
29/02/2020)
Ruling
party appears headed for another confrontation between
Oli and Dahal: As the Oli and Dahal factions butt head
over Bamdev Gautam, there are fears that an escalation
could seriously damage the party, by Anil Giri (kp
28/02/2020), Ruling
party’s decision to name Gautam for Upper House
against spirit of constitution, say experts:
Constitution envisions three National Assembly members
nominated by president, but their recommendation needs
to be made by the government, not the party, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 28/02/2020)
NCP
taskforce submits report on MCC (ht 22/02/2020), No
endorsement of MCC without revisions: NCP panel report,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 22/02/2020), Divisions
in the ruling party over the MCC put Oli government in
a bind: With the taskforce formed to resolve the issue
raising more questions than providing answers, the
Nepal Communist Party is tied in knots, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 23/02/2020). Amending
the MCC Nepal compact could violate the Vienna
Convention: According to the Vienna Convention on the
Law of Treaties, a treaty once signed cannot be
revised later by altering its primary purpose and
objective, by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/02/2020)
Rival
NCP student union factions clash in Chitwan, three
arrested (rep 18/02/2020)
Conflict
is brewing between ruling party and provincial and
local governments, say leaders: Heads of government do
not seem to want to consult with the Nepal Communist
Party’s provincial committees, despite a directive
from the central committee, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
17/02/2020)
Two
years after merger, differences remain in Nepal
Communist Party over ‘people’s war’: While former
Maoists continue to extol the war as a historic event,
former UML leaders are yet to endorse it
wholeheartedly, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 16/02/2020)
Jumla
continues to be neglected, by Dhan Bahadur Budha
(rep 16/02/2020)
The
chairman has an identity crisis: Pushpa Kamal Dahal is
torn between his two selves: an insidious, crafty
Prachanda who will go on the offensive to get what he
wants, and a gentle, pragmatic Pushpa Kamal who can
placate opposing factions and win over the media,
by Anil Giri (kp 15/02/2020)
NCP
taskforce formed to study MCC seeks deadline extension
, by Roshan S.Nepal(ht 13/02/2020)
Nepali
village reels under shortage of essentials after China
closes border crossing: In a temporary fix, Nepali
Army chopper ferries 4250kg rice to the area on
Saturday, but officials don’t know what to do if the
closure continues, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
09/02/2020)
After
Central Committee meeting, Dahal appears to have the
upper hand, but Oli has not given up yet: Dahal's
newfound strength is not necessarily a good thing for
the party, as there is certain to be more manoeuvring,
party leaders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
09/02/2020), Dahal
describes his changing stance as characteristic of a
dynamic leader: I don’t wish to become prime minister
anytime soon, the ruling party co-chair says, by
Binod Ghimire (kp)
Ruling
party debates directly elected executive head once
again. This time, it has the numbers: With many
central members in favour of a directly elected head,
the party could get the motion passed in Parliament as
it has a two-thirds majority, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 05/01/2020))
Once
sidelined, Bamdev Gautam emerges powerful again in NCP
(rep 04/02/2020)
Despite
not being on the agenda, MCC dominates NCP’s central
committee meet: A majority of Central Committee
members are against endorsing the US-led grant
programme in its current form, say party leaders,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/02/2020), Khanal
heads NCP team to study MCC, by Roshan S. Nepal
(ht 03/02/2020)
NCP
amends party statute to make Bamdev Gautam vice-chair:
Though some questioned the rationale behind amending
the statute for one individual, the proposal was
endorsed unanimously (kp 03/02/2020) [All
the failed male Bahun "leaders"need top positions!
Participation of other social gropus, especially of
women, is not necessary!]
Central
committee members take top leadership to task over
corruption and exclusion: Most of the 15 groups formed
to facilitate discussions spoke about the failure of
the Oli administration to control corruption and
ensure representation, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
01/02/2020), NCP
CC members demand top leaders disclose their property
(rep 01/0/2020), Central
Committee meeting exposes divisions in NCP but leaders
say it can also be a platform for putting differences
to rest: Many in the ruling party believe the merger
was a hasty decision which was made without taking a
host of issues into account, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 02/02/2020), ‘Leaders
holding public positions acting as rulers’ (rep
02/02/2020)
Leadership’s
interpretation of IPS and BRI leads to divisions in
ruling party: Siding with one global power and
opposing another will affect Nepal’s policy of
non-alignment, foreign policy analysts say, by
Anil Giri (kp 31/01/2020)
NCP
chairperson Dahal proposes party's general convention
from April 7 to 12 next year, by Tapendra Karki
(rep 30/01/2020)
MCC
row set to resurface at NCP’s CC meet (rep
28/01/2020)
Unwarranted
move: The ruling Nepal Communist Party is not only
trying to inject its communist ideologies in politics
but in the society as well (ht 22/01/2020)
Dahal-Nepal
alliance set to keep Oli in check, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 21/01/2020)
Sapkota
for House Speaker is a win for the Maoist faction of
ruling party: Dahal, who had long been sidelined by
Oli in the party, has bounced back and ensured that
the Maoists maintain at least one high-level state
position, by Anil Giri (kp 21/01/2020) [But
it can change into the opposite if it turns out that
Sapkota is rightly accused of murder. Furthermore,
Dahal makes it clear that he does not want the crimes
of the uprising to be solved nor does he want
appropriate social inclusion!]
NCP
comes up with 11-point code of conduct for cadres
(ht 21/01/2020) [??? This
would mean that the cadres should behave completely
differently from the high-caste men at the top of the
party!]
Conflict
victims and human rights activists cry foul over Agni
Sapkota for Speaker: Sapkota, who faces a murder
charge for an insurgency-era killing, has been
proposed for House Speaker by the ruling party, by
Anil Giri and Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/01/2020) [The NCP proves once again that it
protects and encourages potential murderers. People
who take responsibility for the murder of 5000 people
decide on this. The NCP's commitment to peace,
justice, the rule of law and social inclusion proves
to be a sheer mockery!]
Dispute
within NCP over Speaker leaves Deputy Speaker’s poll
homework in backburner: Despite posturing,
Tumbahangphe is sure to step down once Speaker
candidate is finalized (rep 19/01/2020)
Is
the party over? Elected representatives have now
replaced hereditary monarchs in offering patronage and
largesse. It is difficult to say whether ‘people’ are
upset with current political culture or are exhibiting
some form of ‘abnormality’ in their responses to it,
by Pranab Kharel (rep 15/01/2020)
Battle
for House Speaker ignites serious disputes in ruling
NCP (rep 15/01/2020)
Ruling
party’s indecision over Speaker puts a halt to the
House business: While some have pointed to the deputy
Speaker’s refusal to resign as an obstacle, it is the
ruling party’s factional infighting that is holding
the House hostage, insiders say, by Anil Giri (kp
13/01/2020), Shiva
Maya Tumbahangphe wants to be the next Speaker and
she’s not backing down: The deputy speaker’s fight for
the post shows that despite being eminently qualified,
women are still relegated to deputy positions, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 13/01/2020), NCP
indecision forces another HoR deferral, by Roshan
S. Nepal (ht 13/01/2020) [This
is not indecision but the clear decision that the male
Bahun leaders do not want a women from an ethnic group
for this job!], Tumbahangphe
fights back against patriarchy in party (rep
13/01/2020)
NCP
leadership’s highhandedness and indecision on Speaker
show democratic disconnect: By imposing decisions on
elected officials, who are the representatives of the
people, the ruling party is ruining democratic
principles, analysts and party insiders say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 12/01/2020), NCP
decides Tumbahangphe must quit, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 12/01/2020) [The male
Bahun leaders of the party want a male person as
speaker, so the ethnic lady must go! There cannot be
enough male politicians in top positions, but
according to the constitution it is not the party that
has the right to decide on her resignation!]
A
divided house, ruling party has yet to decide on
Speaker candidate: While the Speaker’s post is a bone
of contention, the party is split deeper over the
Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Nepal compact,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 10/01/2020)
NCP
members say leadership deferred Central Committee meet
to avoid criticism: The crucial meeting decided for
tomorrow by the recently concluded Standing Committee
has been postponed to January 23, by Tika
R.Pradhan (kp 07/01/2020)
Former
Maoist leaders in ruling party fear their
apprehensions about merger are coming true: The
Maoists are already a minority in Nepal Communist
Party as they had merged with 40 percent share in
committees; Leaders who quit the party over the merger
say they had long foreseen thecurrent situation,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 05/01/2020), Oli,
Dahal tussle over candidate for speaker affects HoR
meeting (ht 05/01/2020) [Criminal
power games for the sake of nepotism!]
NCP
leadership takes unilateral decision as it picks
National Assembly candidates: The party leadership
failed to live up to its recent commitment to
following due process, accuse leaders, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 04/01/2019) [Long
live the authoritarian male political leaders and
their anti-democratic behaviour!], NCP
finalises NA election candidates (ht 04/01/2020) [Wow, really inclusive: Far more
than half of them are Bahuns!]
Dispute
within foils NCP bid to settle upper house candidates:
Meeting unable to choose speaker candidate
either (rep 03/01/2020)
Afraid
of being sidelined, former Maoists refuse to give up
Speaker’s post: If the Maoist faction of the ruling
party lets go of House Speaker, all of the
highest-ranking state officials will be from the
former UML, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 01/01/220)
NCP
must review by-election defeat, says senior leader
Nepal (ht 01/01/2012)
NCP
still struggling to pick a speaker candidate (rep
31/12/2019)
NCP
Confronting Challenges, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
30/12/2019)
NCP’s
indecision on Speaker also exposes deeply entrenched
patriarchy in the party: Tumbahangphe is keen on
becoming Speaker, but leadership is fighting to
install someone of their choice—and the leaders they
have in mind are men, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/12/2019) [What is true for
the NCP is true for all political parties in Nepal!]
Speaker,
dy speaker election uncertain as row within NCP
worsens (rep 27/12/2019), House
meeting postponed as ruling NCP fails to pick its
candidate for speaker (rep 27/12/2019) [Obviously,
the NCP is still far away from internal unity!],
Tendency
to undermine Parliament detrimental to democracy,
analysts say: As party leaders feud over Speaker,
there’re concerns about the crucial bill session
bearing the brunt, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
29/12/2019)
Dahal
defers proposal to make party secretariat more
inclusive: The proposal, tabled by two women standing
committee members, envisions turning the all-male
nine-member secretariat into a 15-member inclusive
body, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/12/2019) [This
reflects the arrogance of the male Bahun elite that
dominates all political parties and tries to uphold
the non-inclusive state at any cost!]
Maoist
faction miffed by Dahal's nod for Nembang as new
speaker, by Ashok Dahal (rep 24/12/2019)
Nepal
Communist Party standing committee meet shelves issues
for central committee: Though the ruling party’s
meeting was expected to discuss and decide on crucial
issues, it deferred them all to the upcoming central
committee meeting, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/12/2019)
NCP
meeting prolonged as some leaders seek clarity on MCC
grant (rep 22/12/2019)
Co-chairs'
introspective document fails to allay leaders'
concerns: The decision to enter into an electoral
alliance with Rastriya Janata Party without informing
the party has been widely criticised in the Nepal
Communist Party Standing Committee, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 21/12/2019)
NCP
head office housed illegally in Pasang Lhamu
Foundation building, by Sunil Sapkota (rep
21/12/2019)
NCP
leadership admits weakness on their part and points
out a host of issues that are plaguing the party:
Pushpa Kamal Dahal presents political document at the
first standing committee in a year, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 16/12/2019), NCP
convention proposed in April ’21, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 16/12/2019), As
ruling party Standing Committee meeting continues, top
leadership is roundly criticised: Party leaders blamed
the leadership for failing to hold regular meetings,
which has only served to entrench factionalism within
the party, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/12/2019), NCP
leaders criticize party leadership (rep
19/12/2019)
Dahal
has his plate full as ruling party begins crucial meet
today: Pushpa Kamal Dahal has to deal with a host of
issues during the two-day standing committee meeting
which is being held after almost a year, b y Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 15/12/2019)
Polarisation
deepens in Congress after Deuba fails to table plan
for general convention: Opposing factions accuse the
party president of attempting to evade the
responsibility of holding the general convention,
by Anil Giri (kp 13/12/2019)
Communism
NCP’s ultimate goal: Ruling party’s statute amended to
include the provision, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
10/12/2019)
Dahal
attempts to exercise his executive muscle but there
are challenges ahead: In order to form the politburo
and call a standing committee meeting, Dahal will have
to cater to growing factionalism in the party, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 09/12/2019)
Anger
brews within ruling party (rep 08/12/2019)
NCP
directs party bodies to submit poll report (ht
05/12/2019)
Dharan
election, a cause for concern for ruling NCP (ht
03/12/2019), NCP
leaders stress on the need for introspection (ht
04/12/2019)
Oli
handed Dahal the party reins—and took it back just as
quickly: Despite agreeing to make Dahal the executive
chairman of the ruling party, Oli hasn’t shown
willingness to let go of power, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 28/11/2019)
With
ruling party dynamics satisfied, the hunt begins for a
new House Speaker: Subas Nembang and Agni Sapkota are
the strongest candidates from the ruling party but
Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe will not be
giving up her claim easily, party leaders say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/11/2019)
Oli
to offer party reins to Dahal in exchange for his own
men in cabinet: The prime minister, who had long
appeared reluctant to hand over party matters to his
co-chair, will now allow Dahal to handle party matters,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/11/2019),
Dahal
to command party while Oli will remain prime minister
for the full term: Given the growing dissatisfaction
within the party and his failing health, Oli was
finding it increasingly difficult to manage both the
government and the party, by Binod Ghimire (kp
21/11/2019), Oli
to complete full term as PM: Dahal to have executive
power to lead Nepal Communist Party, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 21/11/2019), Reshuffling
Cabinet And Adjusting Power Sharing, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 21/11/2019)
NCP's
central departments get office bearers (rep
12/11/2019)
NCP
mulls ousting Tumbahamphe as deputy speaker (rep
08/11/2019)
Oli’s
tendency to bulldoze decisions riles a section of
ruling party leaders: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is
showing authoritarian traits in a bid to consolidate
power, party insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
06/11/2019)
Four
workers trapped in Bajhang hydropower tunnel found
dead after 24hrs: Police believe all four men, who had
been trapped since Sunday, died of suffocation, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 05/11/2019)
Government
picks new governors after sacking Deuba-period
appointees: President Bhandari will administer oath of
office to new governors on Tuesday; The nominees of
senior leader Nepal were rejected by the secretariat
meeting, by Tilak R. Pradhan (kp 05/11/2019)
Ruling
party to discuss government leadership and other
political issues after doctors decide on Oli’s future
medical course: At a Secretariat meeting, the prime
minister briefed leaders on his health condition and
told them that it deteriorated unexpectedly fast,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/10/2019)
Dahal
appears willing to shed Maoist colours if it wins him
UML camp’s favour: The ruling party co-chair’s recent
statements have led many to wonder if Pushpa Kamal
Dahal is ready to go to any extent to appeal to former
UML members, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 28/10/2019)
NCP
Kaski committee picks Bidhya Bhattarai as by-election
candidate: Bhattarai is the widow of Rabindra
Adhikari, the minister for culture, tourism and civil
aviation who died in a helicopter crash in Taplejung
on February 27, by Deepak Pariyar (kp 26/10/2019)
No
Oli-Dahal pact, says Pokhrel (ht 26/10/2019) [???], Dahal
at odds with Oli over multiple issues but denies any
differences (rep 26/10/2019)
With
Oli maintaining grip on both party and government,
Dahal feels sidelined: Dahal has been consistently
pointing out to past agreements between the two
chairmen and remarking that there’s nothing for him to
do anymore, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 21/10/2019)
Ruling
Nepal Communist Party stares at tough by-election:
Government’s poor show and controversies surrounding
some leaders could affect performance during polls,
analysts say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 14/10/2019)
A
riddle, wrapped in a mystery: What ideological
identity the Nepal Communist Party subscribes to
remains unclear, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 14/10/2019)
Xi
meets NCP secretariat members (ht 14/10/2019), Xi
stresses importance of integrity, good governance in
communist party (rep 14/10/2019)
Oli
unlikely to hand over party reins to Dahal anytime
soon: Before leaving for Singapore in August, many had
believed the two co-chairs had agreed to share
responsibility, but Oli shows no signs of letting go,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 30/09/2019)
Co-chair
Dahal slams his party’s deviant course (ht
24/09/2019)
Pressure
mounts on Oli to cede party reins to Dahal (rep
18/09/2019)
NCP
‘resorting to fear-mongering’: Dahal’s appeal to
youths to ‘counter’ forces that are trying to fail the
system condemned by civil society (ht 17/09/2019)
Ruling
party prepares for mass gatherings but party leaders
say they have nothing to tell the people: The Nepal
Communist Party is planning mass gatherings to connect
the party to the people, but many are unconvinced if
the campaign will yield anything useful, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 13/09/2019)
As
ruling party prepares for secretariat meeting, leaders
are confused about what’s next: Insiders say the top
leaders are playing cards close to their chests,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 11/09/2019)
Dahal
at odds with govt over Kailali lynchings: By siding
with the Tharu people, Dahal has put himself at odds
with many of his NCP colleagues who see the Kailali
massacre as the most gruesome crime post-Maoist
insurgency (rep 09/09/2019)
In
the ruling party, leaders wait and anticipate Oli’s
next steps: KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal
appear to be on the same page, but it’s not clear if
they have decided on ‘one leader, one responsibility’,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 08/09/2019), NCP
leaders seek clear work division between two party
chiefs (rep 08/09/2019)
NCP
unification process to be over soon, claims party
co-chair (kp 06/09/2019)
As
discontent grows, ruling party plans a show of
strength: Mass meetings are being planned by the Nepal
Communist Party in the wake of numerous protests by
the people, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/09/2019)
‘NCP
office bearers will be appointed through consensus in
first convention’, interview with Jhala Nath
Khanal (ht 02/09/2019) [In a
democratic party, office bearers should not be
appointed on the basis of consensus among the top
leaders, but they should be elected!]
With
Oli out of the
country, Dahal sees opportunity to make moves: While
the former Maoist chairman hasn’t given up on leading
government, he is now focused on party leadership,
insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 31/08/2019),
Co-chair
Dahal’s activities under Oli’s scrutiny, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 01/09/2019)
In
a new move, the ruling Nepal Communist Party tries to
muzzle its leaders: The party has barred leaders from
expressing dissent in public and from criticising the
leadership and government, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
27/08/2019), No
raising internal issues in public: NCP; ‘Those
dissatisfied can talk about it in party meetings’
(ht 27/08/2019), NCP
bars its leaders, cadres from airing dissent in public
(rep 27/08/2019), Stifling
dissent of members is no way to run a political party:
If the party is structured to be democratic, the
leaders must show some regard for such values (kp
28/08/2019) [None of the
political parties is democratic unstructure and mind,
regardless of the party concerned!], Let
them speak: NCP ruling against dissent (rep
29/08/2019)
As
internal row escalates, the ruling party attempts to
rein in dissent: The top leadership is now seeking
clarifications from any leaders who publicly criticise
the party or the government, insiders say, by Tika
RE. Pradhan (kp 26/08/2019)
The
spectre of factionalism from UML days is haunting the
Nepal Communist Party: Leadership should work to turn
challenges into opportunity, ruling party insiders say,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/08/2019)
Dahal
foresees communists’ downfall: Says they should stop
behaving like maharajahs (ht 24/08/2019)
Prime
minister, Nepal trade barbs, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 23/08/2019), Just
a couple of days after note of dissent row, Nepal
Oli trade barbs (rep 23/08/2019), Expressing
'regret', Nepal and Oli poised to mend fences (rep
24/08/2019)
Nepal
to counter Oli, Dahal with note of dissent, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 20/08/2019) [May
the male Bahun fighting within this party go on for
eternity! Male Bahuns, who constitute only six per
cent of the population, fill half of the leading
positions within the special committees of the NCP! Of
course, this is not criticised by male Bahun Mahav
Kumar Nepal !], Nepal
condemns Oli in dissent note, by Jagdisjor Panday
(ht 21/08/2019), Leader
Nepal registers note of dissent (rep 21/08/2019),
Nepal’s
note of dissent is likely to reignite conflict within
ruling party: Nepal has once again brought up the ‘one
person, one responsibility’ debate, targeting Co-chair
KP Sharma Oli, by Anil Giri (kp 21/08/2019)
Prime
Minister Oli’s parliamentary address leaves his party
wondering: The statement seemed to put a firm end to
the gentleman’s agreement with Dahal which said they
would take turns to lead the government, by Anil
Giri (kp 19/08/2019), Oli
rules out vacating PM’s post for Dahal (ht
19/08/2019), NCP
chairperson Dahal hints at changing leadership of
government, by Suresh Yadav (rep 19/08/2019)
Khanal
No 3 in NCP hierarchy, by Jagdishor Panday (kp
19/08/2019), Disgruntled
leader Nepal to present ‘note of dissent’, by
Kamal Subedi (rep 19/08/2019)
There’s
a semblance of calm in the ruling party, but the storm
is not over yet: If not addressed well, at least three
issues can easily upset the applecart, say party
insiders, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/08/2019), Dahal
not happy with party unification? (ht 18/08/2019),
Khanal
lobbying for NCP third rank (ht 18/08/2019)
Ruling
party finally picks its department heads: Ishwar
Pokhrel will lead the party’s School Department, one
of the most contested departments, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 17/08/2019), NCP
announces heads, co-heads of departments: Deputy Prime
Minister Ishwar Pokharel to lead School Deptt; Of the
32 department heads of the party, only two are women,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 17/08/2019) [Non-inclusion
and continued dominance of male Tagadharis, expecially
Bahuns!], New
power balance at top in NCP helped Oli pick dept
chiefs (rep 17/08/2019)
After
a brief respite, ruling party sees turmoil again:
Bamdev Gautam has increasingly been acting as an
interlocutor between former UML leaders, by Anil
Giri (kp 15/08/2019), NCP
defers secretariat meeting yet again, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 15/08/2019), Ruling
party secretariat meeting postponed yet again after
prime minister takes ill: After Oli came down with a
sudden fever, the secretariat meeting, already
postponed twice, was cancelled for the day , by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 16/08/2019)
Once
staunch anti-imperialists, the Maoists are now singing
a different tune: Since their merger with the UML, the
former Maoists have all but abandoned their once
vociferous vilification of India and the US, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 13/08/2019)
NCP
collects suggestions to appoint deptt heads, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 11/08/2019)
‘Killing
two birds with one stone’: ‘Oli has outwitted Dahal
with Bhattarai’s appointment’ (ht 01/08/2019)
With
little representation in top leadership, former Maoist
leaders fear being swallowed by the former UML: Former
UML leaders hold a majority in most leadership bodies,
leading the former Maoists to worry that their
identity is being subsumed by their former rivals,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 31/07/2019)
NCP
Sectt meet put off till August 13 (ht 30/07/2019),
Oli,
Dahal to go abroad (ht 30/07/2019) [Both
will hopefully pay for these trips out of their own
pockets and not export more than the 1500 dollars
allowed by their government!], PM
leaving for Singapore for regular checkup: Nomination
of party central dept chiefs put on hold (rep
30/07/2019)
Ruling
party’s repeated failures to ensure representation
call its commitment to inclusion into question: The
recent selection of the top leadership in its district
and metropolis committees has shown a distinct failure
to be inclusive, which is mandated by law, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 29/07/2019)
Unified
in haste, cracks continue to surface
within the ruling party: At a time when the row
over school department is yet to settle, a new
conflict has flared in the party’s youth wing, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 28/07/2019), NCP
leaders pressure Oli, Dahal to end dispute, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 28/07/2019), Nepal
Communist Party meet cancelled (ht 29/07/2019)
Picking
NCP dept chiefs gets knottier as more honchos join
fray (rep 28/07/2019)
Ruling
party’s headaches bound to multiply even after
Secretariat’s meeting: Regardless of who gets picked
to lead the School Department, NCP is awaiting bigger
tussles, insiders say, by Anil Giri (kp
25/07/2019), Pokharel
Oli’s choice for Training Deptt: If not Pokharel, NCP
co-chairmen likely to head the deptt, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 26/07/2019)
NCP
still undecided on Training Department (ht
24/07/2019)
Ruling
party’s latest headache: a kerfuffle over who should
lead the school department: The department, which
conducts ideological training for its members, has
divided the communist party, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 23/07/2019)
NCP
to announce party department chiefs today, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 21/07/2019), NCP
appoints 77 districts’ incharge (ht 22/07/2019), NCP
picks district chiefs, parleys continue for depts
(rep 22/07/2019), Aspiring
candidates left high and dry, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 23/07/2019)
In
ruling party, a cornered Oli yields to Dahal’s
manoeuvrings: Leaders say realisation has dawned on
the two chairmen that there is no option than to
reconcile, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 21/07/2019)
Nominees
for NCP departments picked: Madhav Kumar Nepal set to
head party’s Foreign Affairs Department (ht
20/07/2019) [The unification
of the two parties will never succeed as long as only
the party leaders barter the positions among
themselves! New leaders have to be found in a
democratic way from the bottom upwards! The current
leadership has already failed in total!!], NCP
leaders seek Oli help to make Gautam organization
chief (rep 20/07/2019)
The
Troika. by Kiran Nepal (nt 19/07/2019)
Allocating
key positions a fraught task in NCP merger (rep
18/07/2019)
Growing
camaraderie between Dahal and Nepal stokes concerns in
the Oli faction: Insiders say top leaders’ personal
interests and ambitions will harm the party, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 14/07/2019)
Rift
in ruling party is nearing tipping point, insiders
say: Leaders say two chairmen must resolve outstanding
issues at the earliest, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
08/07/2019)
NCP
all set to release its much-awaited political document,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 08/07/2019)
As
party lawmakers criticise government, Oli instructs
them to speak in defence: Prime minister censures
parliamentary committee for instructing government
like court, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 07/07/2019) [Under Oli's democracy, only the
king-like PM has freedom of expression and no need to
justify himself to anyone!]
Ruling
party leaders are enraged after provincial lawmaker
with criminal past enters the party: Rajib Gurung, who
goes by the name of Dipak Manange, has been charged
with attempted murder, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
05/07/2019) [The party leaders
knew all this when they mada him a candidate in the
elections!]
Inside
government’s decision to backtrack on its plans to
host IIFA awards: Growing rift within the ruling party
may have led to the decision, aides close to the
prime minister say, by Anil Giri (kp04/07/2019)
Oli
and Dahal present a unified face, but cracks appear
all over the ruling partyThe Nepal Communist Party’s
ongoing debate over ideology is simply a mask for a
power grab, party insiders say, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 03/07/2019)
Ruling
party lawmakers criticise Oli,
government, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/07/2019)
Cohesion
within the NCP is necessary: Contradictory interests
have found a rallying point in Prime Minister Oli’s
handling of the party as well as state affairs, by
Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 01/07/2019)
Oli
says People’s Multi-party Democracy is still relevant;
Dahal calls for moving forward: The two leaders’
remarks come at a time when the ruling party debates
its ideology, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/06/2019)
As
rift grows between Communist Party co-chairs, Dahal
holds a meeting with Congress President Deuba: Dahal
and Deuba’s closed door meeting comes amid widespread
speculation of a growing trust deficit between
Dahal and party Co-chair KP Sharma Oli, by Anil
Giri (kp 29/06/2019)
Oli,
Dahal try to break ice (ht 27/06/2019)
With
growing internal rifts and criticism from outside, a
Cabinet reshuffle is likely: Ruling party insiders say
party co-chairs are likely to use a Cabinet reshuffle
to balance internal party politics, by Anil Giri
and Tika R Pradhan (kp 26/06/2019)
NCP
misusing NA chopper in Karnali (kp 25/06/2019)
Dahal
assures aides he will follow agreement reached
for unification, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
24/06/2019)
Oli
seeks to tighten grip on party as power struggle
intensifies (rep 24/06/2019)
Factional
feud prevents appointments in NCP, by
Jagdishor Panday (kp 23/06/2019)
NCP
yet to publish political document, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 22/06/2019)
Debate
over political ideology ratchets up in ruling party
ahead of crucial meeting: Former UML leaders want more
discussion on political document, which former Maoists
want to be made public at the earliest, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 21/06/2019)
NCP
schedules secretariat meeting for tomorrow to conclude
‘power-sharing’ deal: Leaders say formation of
politburo, however, is unlikely anytime soon, by
Anil Giri (kp 20/06/2019), Oli,
Dahal fix NCP secretariat meeting for Friday (rep
20/06/2019)
United
in haste, ideological schisms appear in the ruling
communist party: The merger between the former UML and
Maoists was simply a marriage of convenience, say
party leaders, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/06/2019)
NCP
MPs divided along UML-Maoist fault line on disputed
bills, issues, by Ashok Dahal (rep 13/06/2019)
‘Gulf
between government, party widening’, interview
with Ghana Sham Bhusal (ht 10/06/2019)
Oli-Dahal
tussle out in the open, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
09/06/2019)
Row
lingers in ruling party over ‘one leader, one
responsibility’ issue: It was KP Sharma Oli who set
the rule and now he is breaking it, which a
section of leaders is opposing, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 07/06/2019), Rift
in Nepal’s ruling party, by Kunda Dixit (nt
07/06/2019)
NCP
fails to finalise district committee in-charges
(ht 06/06/2019),
NCP
meeting fails to appoint district in-charges,
co-in-charges yet again, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
07/06/2019)
Once
a Maoist combatant, now a mental case, by Dinesh
Subedi (rep 05/06/2019) [This
woman should consider herself lucky! Her former
leaders, who betrayed all previous promises and
ideals, are now leading politicians and live in
material abundance!]
Over
a year since unification, ideological differences
appear in ruling communist party: Nepal Communist
Party leaders seem divided over whether the party
should follow the erstwhile CPN-UML’s political
ideology or the Maoist Centre’s, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 05/06/2019), Dispute
stalls NCP work division again: Madhav Nepal for
enforcing One Leader One Position policy (rep
05/06/2019)
As
Oli, Dahal make light of reports, a storm is brewing
in ruling party: Party insiders say intense power play
expected in the coming days, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
02/06/2019), As
NCP heads into key meeting, fog thickens over who will
lead organisation department: Several Nepal Communist
Party leaders have raised concerns for months
about the prime minister’s dual role,
controlling the party and the government, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 04/06/2019), NCP
fails to finalize work division as top leaders remain
divided (rep 04/06/2019)
NCP
to appoint heads of district committees, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/06/2019)
PM
sidesteps question on stepping down: Says the issue is
being unnecessarily brought up now, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 01/06/2019), Bamdev
sides with Dahal in leadership tango (rep
01/06/2019)
One-upmanship
game in ruling party as power play intensifies:
Insiders say Dahal is in a bid to accumulate strength
to put pressure on Oli to honour understanding, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 19/05/2019), State
of confusion: Nepal Communist Party is yet to decide
on a single, unified ideology (kp 20/05/2019)
NCP
merger process: Ruling party yet to give it completion,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 18/05/2019), Merger
as NCP fails to erase past identities as UML, Maoist:
Left leaning analysts say the unification of the
ruling NCP could collapse at any time if the top
leaders don't work to assimilate their political,
ideological and organizational strengths immediately
(rep 18/05/2019)
As
ruling party marks one year of merger, leaders still
undecided on political ideology: The erstwhile UML is
for People’s Multi-party Democracy while the
former Maoists are for 21st-century People’s Democracy,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 17/05/2019)
NCP
forms 13 sister wings (ht 17/05/2019)
Leaders
say ruling party is using fear and coercion to control
them: Nepal Communist Party insiders say internal
democracy is on the wane while individual
freedom is being curtailed, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
14/05/2019)
Benefits
for Thapa-led group concern leaders fromthe Maoist
stream in unified communist party: Leaders joining the
erstwhile Maoist force from splinter groups including
the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal
have been left high and dry, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
11/05/2019)
NCP
hard pressed to fix headquarters, Province 1 name
(ht 02/05/2019), NCP
internal feuding over province capital worsens, by
Raju Adhikari (rep 02/05/2019)
NCP
MPs want hike in pork barrel spending, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 30/04/2019) [The
uncontrolled
and self-interested investment of money by the MPs
elected under the FPTP system is a grave and very
special form of corruption!!], No
to
pork barrel: The CISP has faced criticism in the past
as it is largely geared towards giving the elected
lawmakers an edge during the elections and purchase
votes with patronage (ht 30/04/2019)
Ruling
party
is correcting its ‘flawed’ choice of leaders in
district committees: Party insiders say the issue of
hierarchy has become the major bone of contention,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/04/2019)
NCP
politburo to be formed in a day or two, by
Jagdishor Panday (kp 28/04/2019) [Another
top down decision by the party leadership that behaves
like gods. Unification can only work from the party
roots upward!]
A
Dream Comes True, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
26/04/2019)
Ruling
party
says merger concludes, but leaders see more
challenges: Party insiders are concerned about
discontent that could potentially brew over the
selection of leadership in district committees, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/04/2019), NCP
announces district chiefs, secretaries (rep
23/04/2019), NCP
to hold general convention in a year, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 23/04/2019), Leadership
failed
to follow principle of inclusivity, ruling party
leaders say: District committees announced on Sunday,
concluding the unification, have only three women, two
Dalits and 19 Janajatis as chiefs, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 24/04/2019)
Pressure
mounts
on ruling party to take action against general
secretary: Bishnu Poudel’s Baluwatar land deal has put
him into a controversy but leadership is maintaining
silence, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 21/04/2019)
NCP
unification process stuck as deadline looms, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/04/2019), NCP
brass in talks to conclude merger (rep
19/04/2019), Unification
of
ruling party said to conclude soon: NCP Co-chair and
PM Oli is learnt to be positive on sharing the
leadership of district committees with Nepal, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 21/04/2019), NCP
unity
hangs in balance: Uncertainty looms large whether the
party will complete its merger on the stipulated
deadline of April 22; The judiciary is unitary,
but the constitution provisions creation of
Provincial Judicial Service Commission, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 21/04/2019), NCP
moves to consolidate unification, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 22/04/2019), NCP
finalizes party chiefs, secretaries for all 77
districts (rep 22/04/2019)
Ruling
NCP
leaders ‘reaching out’ to Chand party leaders for
talks: Ruling party leader Janardan Sharma is holding
talks with high-level Chand party leaders in a bid to
bring them to mainstream politics, an aide to the
former home minister says, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/04/2019)
NCP
unification process at lower levels hangs in balance,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 07/04/2019)
NCP
diaspora committees finalised in 20 countries (ht
04/04/2019)
‘NCP
committee must have say on government, party issues’
(ht 26/03/2019)
The
Maoist
cul-de-sac: Chand has very little to lose and
everything to gain by creating mayhem. The NCP has
everything to lose and nothing to gain by ignoring him
forever, by CK Lal (rep 18/03/2019)
Fault
line
appears in the ruling party over decision to ban Chand
outfit: The main opposition Nepali Congress is divided
over the issue, while other parties have criticised
the Oli administration’s decision, by Anil Giri
(kp), Nine
held after explosion in Bharatpur ward office, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 14/03/2019)
With
Oli’s
tight grip on government and party, Dahal’s influence
is waning: Members within the ruling party say the
former Maoist chairman is irked by the prime
minister’s working style—but he is also helpless,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/03/2019)
NCP
asks EC to strike off Ansari’s name from PR list:
Khanal questions party's decision (rep 27/02/2019)
[The legitimacy of such
procedure is doubtful since the PR lists had to be
concluded before the elections, and his name was on
the list. It cannot be changed 15 months after the
elections!]
Five
members of disbanded merger task force submit report
to Oli, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/02/2019), Oli
receives
report on unification roadmap from dissatisfied NCP
task force members: Oli’s faction disagrees on using
the 10 per cent nomination provision, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 25/02/2019)
Dispute
over issue of single leadership in all levels of
NCP-led govts, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 24/02/2019)
Ruling
party unification task force seeks one more week to
submit final report, by Sanjaya Lama (kp
22/02/2019), Ruling
party dissolves unification task force, by Sanjaya
Lama (kp 23/02/2019) [Unity
looks different!], Partisan
interests overshadow NCP unification (ht
23/02/2019)
Outstanding
issues
of merger will be resolved on Thursday: Ruling party;
Nepal Communist Party Secretariat to hold joint
meeting with task force members, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 19/02/2019), NCP
top guns to consult taskforce before wrapping up
merger process (rep 19/02/2019)
What
Is Brewing Inside CPN?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
17/02/2019), Fourth
NCP
task force faces dissolution: Oli and Dahal want party
secretariat to finalise the remaining tasks of the
unification process instead, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
17/02/2019)
Ideological
differences in governing party surface over ‘people’s
war’, by Anil Giri (kp 14/02/2019), Oli
skips event to mark People’s War anniversary, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 14/02/2019), For
some in Rolpa, the Maoists have forgotten Maoism,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 14/02/2019), Ex-Maoist
combatants accuse leaders of forgetting the dreams
which they once fought for, by Lokendra Khanal
(rep 15/02/2019)
Bid
to create rift in NCP: Prime minister (ht
14/02/2019)
NCP
set to junk unification task force, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 13/02/2019)
There’s
more
to Oli-Dahal rift than meets the eye: Former Maoists
are concerned about government’s plan to take forward
transitional justice process, ruling party insiders
say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 10/02/2019), Necessity
and acrimony: Dahal miffed at PM’s unilateral
decisions, delayed transitional justice and party
unification, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 10/02/2019), Oli,
Dahal hold a number of meetings to build mutual trust
(rep 10/02/2019)
‘People
suffering from mood swings should not be made leaders’
(ht 10/02/2019) [statement by Deputy PM Ishwar Pokhrel]
Fault
lines
in ruling party exposed as Oli, Dahal spar over
Venezuela: Divergent views may affect party’s internal
dynamics and country’s foreign policy, say NCP
insiders, by Anil Giri and Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/02/2019)
NCP
secretariat’s decision irks members of its panel,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/02/2019)
Prime
Minister Oli dissatisfied with party leaders for
holding meeting in his absence (ht 02/02/2019)
NCP
delegation holds talks with Laos veep (ht
02/02/2019)
Row
rumbles on in NCP as task force fails to fix internal
issues, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/02/2019)
‘Haphazard
party unification unacceptable’ (ht 27/01/2019)
NCP
unification: ‘Co-chairs not helping task force’,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 20/01/2019), NCP
merger process stalled for months as task force fails
to sort out internal rows (rep 20/01/2019)
NCP
statute amendment on cards, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
16/01/2019)
NCP’s
struggle to finalise unification deal far from over,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 13/01/2019), Oli,
Nepal stick to their guns, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
13/01/2019)
Old
regime plotting against communist unity: Dahal (kp
07/01/2019) [The unification
is prevented by the authoritarian, power-hungry and
anti-democratic leaders of the NCP!!!]
NCP
task force begins work to complete unification process,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 01/01/2019)
Dahal
gains ground as Oli feels the heat: Retaining his
support base, ex-Maoist chief wins over his former
rivals, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/12/2018), People’s
democracy or socialism: NCP leaders confused, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 30/12/2018), Revolution
within the communist party, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
31/12/2018)
Standing
Committee meeting concludes: NCP endorses political
paper pending revision, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
29/12/2018), Oli-Dahal
joint-political report endorsed after task force
formed to address gripes (rep 29/12/2018), NCP
Standing Committee endorses political paper with
revisions (ht 29/12/2018)
Dahal
offers to amend political document to quell dissent,
by Anil Giri (kp 27/12/2018), NCP
Chairman Oli fails to convince party colleagues,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/12/2018), Bid
to endorse political report blocked (rep
28/12/2018), NCP
leaders reject Oli’s defence of political paper:
Co-chairpersons should stop criticising other leaders,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 28/12/2018)
Beyond
elective dictatorship: Abusing arithmetic comfort can
lead to tyranny, by Achyut Wagle (kp 25/12/2018)
Standing
Committee meet may linger if chiefs fail to convince
leaders, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/12/2018)
After
criticism, Oli-Dahal to revise joint political report:
Former PM Nepal asked to clarify on controversial
peace conference (rep 23/12/2018), Nepal,
Khanal flay govt, party leadership, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 23/12/2018), Oli,
Nepal defend Asia Pacific Summit (rep 24/12/2018),
PM
makes NCP leader wait, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
24/12/2018)
NCP
leaders in signature drive to dump NTA chief Jha
(rep 23/12/2018)
Oli
government is working at the behest of crony
capitalists, says Shrestha (kp 22/12/2018)
Govt
yet to fill the void of ‘janabadi’ education, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 22/12/2018)
NCP
leaders criticized at party meet for lavish lifestyle:
Some ask PM to dump controversial ministers, punish
poor performance (rep 21/12/2018)
PM
Oli not in favour of forming politburo: Leave Marxism
and steer movement of prosperity, says Gurung, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 21/12/2018)
Time
for NCP leaders to look within (rep 20/12/2018)
Ruling
party leaders say hosting Asia Pacific Summit was a
mistake: Core members press party leadership to admit
it, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 20/12/2018)
Ruling
party
leaders tear apart joint political paper: Leaders
claim the party has been lifeless without
meetings, contact with the cadre, and lively
interaction with the people, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
18/12/2018), Is
Oli losing his grip on the unified party?, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 19/12/2018), Ruling
party
leaders continue war of words over leadership: Demand
investigation into activities of Universal Peace
Federation and its funding (rep 19/12/2018)
Feeling
cheated, ex-Maoist combatants wish to die (rep
17/12/2018)
NCP
Standing Committee meeting: ‘Party’s publicity too
feeble to counter planned propaganda’, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 16/12/2018), Gautam
for ‘one-person-one-post’ system (kp 16/12/2018),
Heated
debate greets ruling NCP meet (rep 16/12/2018), Bamdev
opposes Oli-Dahal’s joint political document,
registers his own, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
16/12/2018), After
Gautam,
more leaders to oppose Oli: At the Standing Committee
meeting today, more NCP members prepare to counter the
policies adopted to run the party and the government,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 17/12/2018), Oli
criticized in party over poor govt performance
(rep 18/12/2018), PM
Oli’s ‘dictatorial’ style ‘blot on party’, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 18/12/2018)
Oli
to face ‘tough questions’ from party leaders, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 12/12/2018)
Party
name dispute: Apex court serves show cause to NCP,
poll body, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 11/12/2018)
NCP
calls Standing Committee meet as factional feud
deepens (rep 09/12/2018), Tardy
Oli sees ruling party leaders walk out on meeting: The
communist party’s standing committee to meet on
December 15, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 09/12/2018), Tardy
Oli
sees ruling party leaders walk out on meeting: The
communist party’s standing committee to meet on
December 15; Leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhala Nath
Khanal, Bamdev Gautam and party Spokesperson Narayan
Kaji Shrestha left the venue out after Prime Minister
and party Co-chair KP Sharma Oli did not show up
until 3:30pm for the 3pm meeting, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 09/12/2018)
EC’s
recognition of NCP challenged (ht 08/12/2018)
Ruling
party unveils provincial panels, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 04/12/2018), 53%
UML, 47% Maoist leaders in NCP provincial committees
(rep 04/12/2018)
Unification
and Prosperity, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 30/11/2018)
Key
NCP meeting postponed yet again (rep 28/11/2018)
Disgruntled
NCP leaders seek jumbo politburo, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 28/11/2018)
Ruling
party to set up special provincial committee, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 24/11/2018)
NCP
secretariat meeting on November 22, by Tika R
Pradhn (kp 19/11/2018)
‘Party
unification facing technical problems’ (ht
18/11/2018)
Meeting
delays frustrate ruling party leaders, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 18/11/2018)
Oli
faces wrath for putting off crucial meet, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 14/11/2018)
NCP
leaders vent anger on leadership (rep 07/11/2018)
NCP
to expedite unification of lower committees after
Tihar, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/11/2018)
Delayed
panel
meetings irk NCP leaders: Party’s standing committee
meeting postponed indefinitely; The third NCP standing
committee meeting called for Monday and Tuesday had
been abruptly postponed until further notice, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 31/10/2018)
NCP
panel begins work on allocating responsibilities
(ht 31/10/2018)
Various
forces at work to make Nepal Communist Party (NCP) a
failure: Dahal (ht 29/10/2018)
PM
Oli skips tea reception due to ‘minor illness’ (kp
28/10/2018), A
mismanaged tea party, dissatisfied invitees, by
Bikan K Dawadi (rep 28/10/2018)
Team
formed
to complete provincial committees of ruling party: The
panel of Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Poudel will also
recommend duties for NCP central members (kp
26/10/2018), Task
force to allocate responsibilities (ht 26/10/2018)
NCP
to dwell on performance of PM Oli’s administration,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 24/10/2018), One
party, two tribe: Factions create divisions in
the party and rupture unity (kp 24/10/2018)
NCP
secretariat
meeting: Provincial panels stay as leader Nepal
relents; Shrestha continues as Nepal Communist Party
(NCP) spokesperson, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
23/10/2018), NCP
admits mistake, says won’t repeat it (ht
23/10/2018)
Ruling
party rules out re-election chances, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 22/10/2018)
Oli,
Dahal to chalk out strategies during Dashain (ht
16/10/2018)
Dahal
changes his tune after by-election fiasco: NCP
co-chair confirms no by-election for Kathmandu
Constituency 7 (kp 13/10/2018), Bamdev-Rambir
Drama: Party Bruised, Lesson Learnt, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 14/10/2018) [This
remains to be doubted!]
Secretariat
meet to settle issues rocking ruling party, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/10/2018), Standing
committee
to settle row: Next central secretariat meeting will
sit on Wednesday to finalise the agenda for standing
committee meeting (kp 09/10/2018)
One
year into unity, infighting and fissures disrupt the
governing party, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 05/10/2018)
Conflict
between
two chiefs: Officially, both Oli and Dahal are equals.
Effectively, Dahal is a lightweight and, practically,
Oli stands as the effective heavyweight at least for
the next year and a half, by P Kharel (rep
01/10/2018)
Ruling
NCP
leader Nepal vents ire against govt: ‘Our heads bow
down in shame if someone known by the public as
corrupt is rewarded’ (rep 29/09/2018), Madhav
Kumar Nepal flays his party’s govt (ht), Senior
leader of ruling party blasts government (kp
29/09/2018), Nepal
rails
against ‘unilateral decision’ of Oli-Dahal leadership:
Senior leader of Nepal Communist Party accuses party
Co-chairmen Oli and Dahal of appointing their
loyalists to key posts in seven provinces, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 29/09/2018), Disgruntled
NCP leaders gang up on Oli (rep 29/09/2018), Loyalists
defend Oli as Nepal brews disconten: Senior leader
holds factional event amid widening rift in the ruling
NCP, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/09/2018)
CPN
assigns provinces to forward district committee merger
process (kp 24/09/2018)
Ruling
party picks leaders of seven provincial panels: A day
before PM Oli’s US visit, party picks provincial
leaders (kp 22/09/2018), NCP
names in-charges, office bearers for provinces: Madhav
Nepal faction dissatisfied (rep 22/09/2018)
Leadership
row
delays merger of lower committees: Party leaders say
serious discussion on the lower committees’ merger
will take place only after two top leaders return from
their foreign trips, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
16/09/2018), Dahal
abroad, NCP merger completion delayed (rep
17/09/2018)
Progress
In Communist Unity, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
14/09/2018)
NCP
meeting fails to resolve major issues: The Central
Secretariat meeting discussed unification of party
committees, but could not come to a conclusion (kp
13/09/2018)
Leaders
seek
criteria to select leadership in NCP lower bodies:
Demand a high-level probe panel to draft criteria
after studying recommendations (kp 02/09/2018)
NCP
plans by-election in Dolpa To announce poll and
lawmaker Budha’s resignation simultaneously, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 02/09/2018) [???]
NCP
unification: Leadership disputes stall lower panels
(kp 26/08/2018)
Parliamentary
communists: There is no trace of communism except for
the sickle and hammer on the party’s flag, by Lok
Raj Baral (kp 20/08/2018)
Disgruntled
NCP leaders oppose task forces’ report (ht
17/08/2018)
Nepal
Communits Party (NCP) elected reps not to get party
executive posts (ht 10/08/2018)
PM
Oli briefs party Central Secretariat (kp
09/08/2018)
Dolpa
youths unite against NCP's plan to elect Gautam from
Dolpa (rep 04/08/2018)
NCP
gives
aug 21 deadline to suboridate bodies for unification:
Unification of trade unions remains a big challenge
for the governing NCP (kp 03/08/2018)
Shrestha
quits as NCP spokesperson after dispute with PM Oli
(kp 02/08/2018) [This
illustrates Oli's contemptuous and authoritarian
attitude towards human rights!], NCP
leaders urging Shrestha to withdraw resignation
(rep 02/08/2018)
Ruling
party plans unity gatherings: Merger of lower
committees within three weeks to counter criticism
against government (kp 31/07/2018)
Parties
renaming
public places after their own: Over three dozen names
of the public places in Babai rural municipality have
been renamed with the names of the past UML leaders
and Maoists have followed suit, by Devendra Basnet
and Dinesh Subedi (rep 31/07/2018)
Provisions
in NCP (NCP) statute ruffles feathers of leaders,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht
29/07/2018) [There are no
rules or laws for godlike leaders! Such provisions
apply only to the rank and file!]
Oli
vents ire on party ranks for not defending govt
(rep 18/07/2018) [Maybe there
aren't so many things worth defending!]
NCP
lower committees: Merger process ‘picks up pace’
(kp 16/07/2018)
NCP
forms 3-member panel to complete draft (kp
08/07/2018)
Nepal
Communist Party sets agenda for SC meeting (kp
05/07/2018)
NCP
tells its cadres to stand up against CPN misconducts
(kp 02/07/2018)
Groupism
very much a reality in NCP, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
01/07/2018)
NCP
to revise statute, regulation (ht 26/06/2018), Ruckus
over plan to defang panels (kp 27/06/2018)
Gearing
up for unity: NCP sister wings scurry to prepare for
merger (kp 24/06/2018)
NCP’s
political document harsh on other parties, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 22/06/2018)
NCP
struggles to pick heads, members of House panels
(rep 20/06/2018)
NCP
statute bars office bearers from serving more than two
terms, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 19/06/2018)
SC
tells poll body to clarify over NCP (kp
18/06/2018)
NCP
rank and file urged to strengthen govt (kp
17/06/2018)
Ruling
party panel to mull four key topics (kp
16/06/2018)
Dahal
slams petit bourgeois, calls for a strong communist
center (kp 18/06/2018)
Task
force submits final drafts of NCP statute and
regulations: Proposes forming 32 departments to
support govt, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 15/06/2018),
NCP
task force moots shadow govt (ht 15/06/2018) [This party is in govt, how can it
form a shadow govt?]
NCP
co-chairs plan to reshuffle party’s CC (ht
13/06/2018)
NCP
names Standing Committee Leaders select 26 from ex-UML
and 19 from Maoist Centre (kp 12/06/2018)
Leaders’
indifference to ex-Maoist fighter’s life of woe
resented, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 12/06/2018)
The
ruling Nepal Communist Party, among others, break the
law to exclude women: They have three months to comply,
by Shubhashree Basnyat (The Record 10/06/2018), Writ
petition challenges NCP registration (kp
15/06/2018)
Can
NCP be Trendsetter of Marxism?, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 10/06/2018)
Maoist
betrayal:
As Maoist leaders are turning their back on real
issues, former Maoist activists and general people
take Maoist revolution as an act of great betrayal,
by Pratap Sharma (rep 10/06/2018)
Yadav
refutes merger reports with NCP (kp 08/06/2018)
NCP
finally gets legal party status (kp 07/06/2018), EC
decides to register NCP, ignoring law (rep
07/06/2018) [Leading parties
can do what they want! Obviously, they are above law
and constitution!], NCP
acquires EC registration (kp 08/06/2018), Move
afoot to challenge poll panel’s decision to register
NCP (NCP): Proportional representation of women in all
organs of the state is crucial to empower women, but
more worrisome is the fact that the prime minister and
ruling party co-chairpersons are openly defying the
legal provisions (ht 08/06/2018)
[A lawless ruling party is the
best guarantee for a lawless state!],
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)
Toward
elite
rule: The unified communist party looks like a club of
VIPs with present and past PMs, DPMs, heads of
parliament, provincial assemblies and provincial
governments, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 07/05/2018)
Nepal’s
political
paradox: Nepali communists have come to power through
elections. Instead of democracy killing communism,
communism here has thrived under democracy, by
Narayan Manandhar (rep 07/06/2018)
Dahal
without role in NCP Parliamentary Party (ht
06/07/2018)
Province
2 MPs in ugly spat: NCP lawmaker Manju Yadav slaps her
colleague Kishori Sah, by Santosh Singh (kp
07/06/2018)
Sum
of its parts: The NCP must prove that the unification
is in the interest of the nation and its people,
by Gopi Uprety (kp 04/06/2018)
NCP
violates Party Registration Act with low
representation of women (rep 03/06/2018)
‘Avoid
groupism, factionalism’ (ht 03/06/2018)
NCP
leaders
tell party members to refrain from factional politics:
Both Oli and Dahal are aware how pernicious factional
feud could be to party organisation having witnessed
infighting and splits when leading their previous
parties (kp 02/06/2018)
NCP
gives final shape to its Standing Committee: Formal
decision likely tomorrow (kp 31/05/2018) [Inclusion
is a forgotten promise of the past if the composition
of this SC is the picture of future Nepal!], NCP
leaders Bohara, Sherchan complain about being left out
(ht 31/05/2018)
NCP
submits more documents to EC (kp 29/05/2018), NCP
submits signatures, citizenship of CC members for
party registration (rep 29/05/2018)
EC
likely to deny registration to NCP (rep
26/05/2018) [because of itsd
unconstitutionally poor participation of women!]
Maoist
and
CPN-UML unification: Regular Accident; Dissolving two
older communist parties, CPN-UML leaders and Maoist
Center leaders set up a new party giving up their old
legacy, by Keshab Poudel (sp 25/05/2018)
Dahal’s
NCP central member list upsets Maoist Centre aspirants
(kp 25/05/2018)
The
MC-UML Metamorphosis, by Mukti Rijal (rn
24/05/2018), Challenges
Before Communist Party of Nepal, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 24/05/2018), Discontent
rife among NCP leaders, leadership under pressure,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 24/05/2018), Hurdles
for Unified NCP, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
25/05/2018)
Only
16 pc representation for women in NCP central
committee, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 23/05/2018) [!!! Besides, the party leadership
continues to be completely dominated by male
Tagadharis, especially Bahuns!!], Only
16 percent women at NCP central committee (rep
23/05/2018)
NCP
starts plans for key panel, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
23/05/2018)
Formation
of NCP: Powerful Political Entity, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 23/05/2018), Will
it
last? There is expectation that communist unification
will lead to an age of strong and stable government.
Is this really going to happen?, by Narayan
Manandhar (rep 23/05/2018)
Fringe
party
raps ruling party for copying its name: Leaders from
the ruling NCP said that the party was forced to use
the name after the fringe party turned down requests
to lend its name (rep 21/05/2018) [Top
political leaders can do what ever they like! They are
above the law!!]
Good
for
Nepal: Communist unity is a historical step to have a
stable government and to focus on national agenda of
economic development and social progress, by Dai
Yonghong (rep 21/05/2018)
NCP
selects 45 members for central body, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 21/05/2018) [Thank
god, 31 of them are Tagadharis! This is a good example
for better inclusion of disadvantaged social groups!
Besides, nominations are far better than undemocatic
procedures like elections!], NCP
still struggling to give full shape to central
committee (rep 21/05/2018), NCP
endorses 441-member CC (ht 22/05/2018), NCP
names central panel: Central Secretariat convenes
first meeting a Prime Minister’s Office (kp
22/05/2018), Discontent
brews as senior leaders resent demotion in new party
(kp 22/05/2018)
Politics
of stability: UML-MC unification is good news but it
shouldn’t come at cost of other parties and civil
society (kp 21/05/2018), The
unification is not for political gains but for a
prosperous Nepal, intewrview with Janardhan
Sharma (kp 21/05/2018) [???],
NCP
ranking rankles top leaders: Khanal miffed at being
placed behind Nepal in party hierarchy, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 21/05/2018) [Power
and position is all that counts in Nepal's party
politics!],
Khanal
objects to party’s new hierarchy (rep 22/05/2018)
Nepal:
Decisive Turn, by S. Binodkumar Singh (SAIR,
21/05/2018)
Implications
of the Left Unity, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
19/05/2018), Merger
of Two Communist Parties in Nepal, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 19/05/2018), UML-Maoist
Centre Unity Generates Left Momentum, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 20/05/2018), Analysts
sceptical on communist unity, by Anil Giri (kp
20/05/2018), Discontent
in NCP as unity gives ‘unfair benefit’ to some
(rep 20/05/2018), Conflict
victims feel further disheartened after left unity,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 20/05/2018)
The
‘New’ Communists: Our communists are fake and most of
them have invested in schools and hospitals and in the
transportation sector. So let us not expect our
communists to act like communists because they are
just capitalists wearing the ‘communist’ tag, by
Guffadi (kp 19/05/2018)
Oli
and
Dahal shake on Nepal Communist Party, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 17/05/2018), ,
UML,
Maoist
unite to form NCP; official announcement shortly
(kp 17/05/2018), UML,
Maoist
Center dissolve their respective parties (rep
17/05/2018), NCP
central
leaders jointly take oath in Baluwatar (kp
17/05/2018), Newly
appointed CC members of Unified party administered
oath (rep 17/05/2018), Oli
and
Dahal propose registration of Nepal Communist Party at
EC (ht 17/05/2018), Unified
party
to have 9-member secretariat (rep 17/05/2018), Unification
bodes well for country’s future: PM Oli (photo
feature), by Dipendra Roka (rep 17/05/2018), If
Maoist Center was to merge into UML, why people’s war?,
by Shalik Bhatta (rep 17/05/2018), Communist
unity heralds ‘new era’: 7-month process culminates in
merger of UML, Maoist Centre, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
18/05/2018), New
sun dawns on Nepal: Left Alliance partners merge to
give mojority govt to country after decades, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 18/05/2018), One
body two heads, by Om Astha Rai (nt 18/05/2018), UML,
Maoist Center merge to form Nepal Communist Party:
First general convention to decide party portfolios
through consensus, by Roshan Sedhai (rep
18/05/2018), Compromise
on both sides made quick unification possible (rep
18/05/2018)
UML,
CPN-MC
bridge rift, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 16/05/2018)
Maoist
chief
for settling unification issues today: Other leaders
not much hopeful about merger soon (kp
27/04/2018), Unification
at Crossroads, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 27/04/2018),
Dahal-Oli
unification
talks fail to progress (ht 28/04/2018), Dahal
asks Oli to choose between govt and party leadership,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep 28/04/2018), UML-MC
Unity: A Sisyphean Task?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
29/04/2018), UML,
CPN-MC
stick to their stances (ht 29/04/2018), Oli,
Dahal face uphill task taking UML-MC merger forward
(rep 29/04/2018), Party
unification
announcement likely on May 5, says Dahal (ht
02/05/2018), The
Dilatory Unification Process, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 03/05/2018), Parties’
unification
moving ‘positively’: Leaders say contentious issues
almost resolved (kp 04/05/2018), UML,
CPN-MC
unity issues still not resolved (ht 04/05/2018), Disagreement
on
sharing stalls merger (ht 08/05/2018), PM’s
tweet fuels trust crisis in left alliance, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 09/05/2018)
UML,
CPN-MC
to draft new programme on socialism (ht
25/04/2018)
Unification
Hits Roadblocks, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
25/04/2018), Lack
of
time delaying unification, says Dahal (ht
25/04/2018)
Maoist
Centre
to strengthen party units (kp 24/04/2018)
‘Unification
issues
resolved’ (ht 24/04/2018)
Banner
row
at UML-Maoist event, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/04/2018), ‘Unity
will
take some more time’ (kp 23/04/2018), Oli,
Dahal
committed to unification (ht 23/04/2018), MC
and
UML couldn’t come together on Lenin’s birth
anniversary but May 5, Marx’s 200th birth anniversary,
is coming up, interview with Narayan Kaji Shrestha
(kp 23/04/2018), Madhav
Nepal
opposes Oli-Dahal gentleman’s agreement, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 23/04/2018)
Divided
We
Stand: Despite all efforts, political parties are yet
to unite with a cause, by Keshab Poudel (sp
20/04/2018)
Unification
hits
a snag: UML, Maoist leaders say merger unlikely on
April 22, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/04/2018), Dahal
predicts
UML-Maoist Centre merger by mid-May (kp
19/04/2018), To
be
or not to be: MC Chairman Dahal faces a moment of hard
truth: does he want to go with UML or not? (kp
19/04/2018), Unified
party’s
general convention to choose chair through consensus:
Left unification announcement possible on May 5’,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht) 19/04/2018), No
disagreement
over power sharing: Dahal (ht 19/04/2018), Consensus
on
unified party’s chair ruled out, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 20/04/2018), UML,
Maoist
Center hold 'open and candid' discussions (rep
20/04/2018), Left
leaders
hopeful of Oli-Dahal negotiations: Dahal seeks
assurance from Oli of leadership of the unified
party after unity convention, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 21/04/2018), The
Unification Deadlock, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
21/04/2018), Dahal-Oli
talks
positive (ht 21/04/2018), Oli,
Dahal
fail to resolve issues (ht 22/04/2018), Oli,
Dahal
‘committed’ to party unity: Plan fresh May 5
date for announcing 2 parties as one (kp
22/04/2018)
Questions
over
date of UML, Maoist merger, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
16/04/2017), UML,
CPN-MC
likely to miss unity deadline (ht 16/04/2018), YCL
presses Dahal for 'dignified' merger with UML (rep
16/04/2018) [Dignified
equality is relative: CPN-MC only got about one third
of the PR votes in recent elections compared to
CPN-UML!], UML
leaders
bat for early merger with Maoists: PUCC set to take a
call today (kp 17/04/2018)
PUCC
delay
casts doubt over partyunification date: With the
scheduled merger date only ten days away, chairmen of
both the parties are currently away from the Capital
(kp 13/04/2018)
Busy
PM, lack of homework blamed for delay in unity talks
(rep 12/04/2018)
Left
unification could see more delay over power-sharing,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep 10/04/2018)
Dahal
and
ministers slam ‘unilateral’ Oli, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 08/04/2018), UML-Maoist
Centre
Merger: Prachanda Floats Trial Balloons, by Ritu
Raj Subedi (rn 08/04/2018), ‘50
per
cent representation in unified party is bottom-line’
(ht 08/04/2018)
Irreversible
Left Unification, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
06/04/2018)
Maoist
Center's 50/50 demand throw left merger in disarray,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep 02/04/2018), Oli
to give one more try for consensus before India visit
(rep 03/04/2018), Has
Unification
Process Hit a Snag?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
04/04/2018), Left
merger
announcement ‘on April 22’ (kp 04/04/2018), UML-MC
unification
announcement on April 22 (ht 04/04/2018), Oli,
Dahal to work together to resolve disputed issues
(rep 04/04/2018), UML,
Maoists seek middle path for unification (rep
05/04/2018), Parties
to
settle unity issues after Oli’s visit, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 06/04/2018)
UML-Maoist
Centre
unification: Top panel to act upon merger documents;
Ratio of representation, poll symbol yet to be agreed,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 01/04/2018), ‘Party
unification
after PM Oli’s India visit’ (ht 01/04/2018)
Party
merger
‘difficult’ before PM’s India visit: PUCC meeting
assigned to sort all outstanding issues, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 30/03/2018)
Task
forces
work out nitty-gritty of left unification, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 29/03/2018), Drop
two-term
limit, 70-yr age bar: Left taskforce, by Roshan
Sedhai (rep 29/03/2018)
Left
unification
only after PM’s India visit: Announcement likely on
April 22, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 28/03/2018)
UML,
Maoists
to have equal share in unified party: Dahal, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 27/03/2018), Left
unification
to happen on equal terms, says Dahal: Says the unified
party to have equal representation from both left
alliance partners, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
27/03/2018), UML,
Maoists in dispute over stake in new party (rep
28/03/2018)
Unified
party
may have 301 CC members: PUCC likely to get party’s
political document on Thursday (ht 26/03/2018)
Maoists
hasten
merger with UML: Left allies speed up preparations for
unification before PM’s India visit, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 25/03/2018)
Party
unification
by April 23: Dahal (ht 22/03/2018), Left
alliance unification proposed for April 22 (rep
23/03/2018)
UML-Maoist
to
unite on April 22, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
12/03/2018)
Oli
and
Dahal form a formidable team: Backed by party machine,
Oli is a tough leader who sticks to his gameplan;
Prachanda a flexible dealmaker with broad
constituencies, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp
23/02/2018)
Unification
And Stability, by Bijay Aryal (rn 21/02/2018), Much-awaited
Deal Sealed, Finally !, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
21/02/2018), ‘Comrade
Oli
is PM for five years’ (kp 21/02/2018), Party
unification process may take a month: Shrestha
(rep 21/02/2018)
Unified
left
party may not get name of ‘Communist Party of Nepal’
(ht 21/02/2018)
UML,
Maoist
Centre agree to form CPN, by Tika R- Pradhan (kp
20/02/2018), UML,
Maoist
Center are now one party: New party named Communist
Party of Nepal, by Roshan Sedhai and Ashok
Dahal (rep 20/02/2018), Turn-wise
deal
on premiership detrimental for country: Nepal (ht
20/02/2018) [It would once
again prevent the now possible political stability!
The Left alliance has not been elected by a great
majority to continue the endless power struggles!]
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