Madhesh
Province not to attend SEE (rn 18/03/2025), Madhesh
boycotts SEE process protesting federal decision
on exam superintendents : Boycott may cause
logistical problems. Province had asked for
superintendents to be selected by lottery, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 19/03/2025)
Frequent
transfers of
chief
administrative
officers
cripple
Madhesh local
units : In
some
municipalities,
CAOs have been
transferred up
to five times
this fiscal
year.
Political,
economic
interests
often dictate
administrative
changes.
Politicians
are accused of
pressuring
civil servants
into illegal
actions for
personal
gains., by
Santosh Singh
and Shiva Puri
(kp
17/03/2025)
Bhagyashree
Chaudhary’s
political rise
in Madhesh,
by Shailendra
Mahato (ok
10/03/2025)
Minister’s
construction
company fails
to complete
bridge project
in Saptari
even after six
years : The
project in
Chatti Tol in
Tilathi
Koiladi Rural
Municipality
was contracted
to Purna
Bahadur
Tamang’s
company
Kanchharam
Construction
in 2018,
by Abdhesh
Kumar Jha (kp
08/03/2025)
CM
Singh declares
12 hospitals
operating
illegally
(rep
02/03/2025)
Madhesh
Provincial
government
proposes bill
to recognize
five official
languages
(kh
23/01/2025), Madhesh
govt to
withdraw
controversial
Language Bill
(kh
24/01/2025)
Madhesh
govt starts
health
insurance
scheme
targeting
martyrs'
families
(rn
09/01/2025)
Madhes
struggles in
Human
Development
Index (ae
31/12/2024)
Ruling
parties in
Madhesh
divided over
project
implementation
methods :
Dispute arises
whether
development
works should
follow
competitive
bidding or
consumer
committee
approaches,
by Santosh
Singh (kp
29/12/2024)
Madhesh
Province local
level
employees
begin strike
(kh
14/12/2024)
Madhesh
Province to
see local
by-election in
seven
constituencies
(rep
11/11/2024)
Janamat
Party demands
clarification
from Madhesh
Province CM
over ‘Jumbo
Cabinet’
(kh
09/08/2024) [A special form of political corruption and waste of
public money!]
Madhesh
Province CM
Singh expands
Cabinet,
appoints five
new state
ministers
(kh
06/08/2024)
44
percent of
Madhesh
Province govt
budget remains
unused in
current FY
(rep
10/07/2024)
Madhesh
CM Singh in
trouble within
48 hours of
receiving
trust vote
(rep
08/07/2024)
NC
to support
Madhes Chief
Minister Singh
in confidence
vote (kh
06/07/2024), CM
Singh of
Madhesh
province wins
vote of
confidence
(kh
06/07/2024)
Madhesh
CM Singh
dismisses six
ministers
(rn
06/07/2024) [Long live the centralised mindset in pseudo-federal
Nepal!]
Madhes
has become a
hotbed of
crime, by
Manika Jha (ae
01/07/2024)
SC
issues show
cause order
against
decisions of
Madhesh
Province
government
(kh
12/06/2024)
Madhes
govt’s
decision to
distribute Rs
50 million to
MPs challenged
at SC (kh
11/06/2024) [????]
Madhesh Province:
How the
coalition
members share
power (kh
07/06/2024), Satish
Kumar Singh of
Janamat Party
appointed CM
of Madhesh
Province
(kh
07/06/2024), Madhesh
Province
welcomes 10
new ministers
and three
state
ministers
(kh
07/06/2024) [In 2017, it was decided that no provincial cabinet
should
comprise more
than seven
people. All
forgotten?],
New
Madhesh chief
minister forms
14-member
Cabinet : For
the first
time, Madhesh
Cabinet has
Dalit
representation.
But Chief
Minister Singh
also makes a
controversial
decision to
allocate pork
barrel funds,
by Santosh
Singh (kp
08/06/2024) [?????], Madhesh
CM Singh
expands
cabinet
(rep
09/06/2024) [Why aren't all the coalition partners' MPs made
ministers
right away?]
Janamat Party to
lead
government in
Madesh
Province
(kh
06/06/2024), Parties’
failure to
reach
agreement on
power sharing
delays Singh’s
claim to CM
post of
Madhesh
Province (kh
06/06/2024)
Chief Minister
Yadav fails
the floor
test, JSP-led
alliance
garners 50
votes (kh
05/06/2024), Madhesh
chief minister
ousted after
losing trust
vote : Federal
coalition in
talks with
fringe parties
to potentially
install a
Janamat Party
leader as new
chief minister,
by Ajit Tiwari
and
Purushottam
Poudel (kp
06/06/2024)
Madhes province
politics:
Unified
Socialist
exits from
JSP-led govt
(kh
04/06/2024)
Janamat
party blocks
Madhesh
Province
Assembly
meeting
(rep
03/06/2024)
After
7 years of
provinces, is
Upendra
Yadav’s grip
on Madhesh
politics
loosening? If
a new
political
party leads
the province,
it could
improve
governance,
experts argue.
After
defeating
Yadav in
Saptari-2, CK
Raut is
growing in
prominence, at
least in
Janakpur,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
03/06/2024)
Four
parties demand removal of
Madhes Chief Minister Yadav
(kh 02/06/2024) [Creating
political instability is all
Nepal's politicians have in
mind!], Madhes:
Political struggle
intensifies as govt hangs in
balance (kh 02/06/2024)
Janamat
Party to stake claim to post of Madhesh
Province’s CM today (kh 31/05/2024), Janamat
Party spearheads efforts to form new govt in
Madhes : CK Raut challenging Upendra Yadav in
Madhes politics (kh 01/06/2024), Parties
closer towards forming a new government in
Madhesh : Prime Minister Dahal, KP Sharma Oli
and Madhav Nepal agree to jointly run the
provincial administration, Unified Socialist
spokesman says (kp 01/06/2024)
Opposition
parties vow to save Madhesh Cabinet : Madhav
Nepal’s Unified Socialist hints at joining the
opposition to back the Saroj Yadav government
(kp 30/05/2024), Janamat
Party to get Madhes Province Chief Minister
(kh 30/05/2024)
Over
90% of people in Madhesh Province lack insurance
access (kh 15/05/2024)
JSP-N
Chair Upendra proposes Mahantha to form
coalition govt in Madhes (kh 13/05/2024)
Maoist
Center withdraws support to Madhesh govt, two
ministers resign (rep 12/05/2024), UML
withdraws support to Madhesh govt (rep
12/05/2024), JSP
Nepal-led govt in Madhesh Province loses
majority, preparations to form a new govt
underway (kh 12/05/2024) [Oh, what fun it is! The
parties continue to do what they do best:
Toppling governments, breaking agreements,
forming new coalitions, splitting parties, etc.
And everything is coordinated by the national
level of the supposedly federal state....],
UML,
Maoist Centre to quit Madhesh government : The
UML, Maoist Centre, Janamat Party and Loktantrik
Samajbadi Party plan to lead the provincial
government by turns, by Ajit Tiwari (kp
13/05/2024)
After
split in JSP-Nepal, politics hots up in Madhesh
over fate of coalition : Leaders weighing
options in anticipation of Upendra Yadav’s party
leaving Singha Durbar, by Purushottam Poudel
(kp 10/05/2024)
No
proposals from Madhes province for fiscal
equalization and special grants (kh
09/05/2024)
Madhesh:
LSP’s provincial assembly member Abhiram Sharma
suspended (rep 03/05/2024)
Madhes
Chief Minister secures vote of confidence amid
opposition parties’ boycott (kh 16/04/2024),
Madhesh
lawmakers resort to vandalism in provincial
assembly : Accuse Speaker Ramchandra Mandal of
taking ahead proceedings forcefully (kp
17/04/2024), Madhesh
Council of Ministers reshuffled after LSP quits
government (rep 17/04/2024)
Loktantrik
Samajbadi Party quits Madhes govt (kh
16/04/2024)
NC
withdraws support from Madhes govt (kh
22/03/2024), Madhesh
Province undergoes Cabinet reshuffle (kh
23/03/2024), Madhesh
chief minister reshuffles Cabinet again : In
Sudurpaschim, Congress chief minister plans to
go for a floor test within a few days, by
Ajit Tiwari and Arjun Shah (kp 24/03/2024)
UML
participates in Madhesh govt, by Surendra
Yadav (rep 18/03/2024)
Thori
laments unmet promise of developing it into a
tourism hub : In 2022, the Madhesh cabinet had
declared Thori as a tourist destination with
Rs10 million development pledge, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 24/02/2024)
Madhes
ministers prioritizing small projects to woo
cadres (ae 19/02/2024)
Madhes
CM Yadav garners Vote of Confidence again
(kh 18/02/2024)
Chief
Minister Yadav of Madhesh Province set to seek
vote of confidence today (kh 18/02/2024)
JSP
and Janamat struggle for political dominance in
Madhes (kh 26/01/2024)
Clash
in Rajbiraj leaves Education Minister and three
MPs injured (kh 22/01/2024), Growing
Yadav-Raut rivalry unfolds at foundation-laying
event : Observers call it ‘vote-bank politics’
(kp 23/01/2024), Janamat
Party quits Madhesh Province govt, withdraws
support (rep 23/01/2024),
Janamat Party quits Madhesh government : The
decision follows a dispute over the
foundation-laying function for a university in
Saptari, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 24/01/2024)
Madhesh
province government to celebrate Swabhiman Diwas
on January 17 (rep 12/01/2024)
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