Controversy,
thy name is president : SC to settle bill row, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 06/06/2023)
Why
do Nepal’s presidents often find themselves in
controversy? This week, Paudel certified the citizenship
bill that was endorsed during Parliament’s last term and
pardoned Tikapur massacre mastermind Resham Chaudhary,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 03/06/2023) [One
of the reasons will be that they do not really distance
themselves from their party allegiance, which also plays
into their choice of advisers!]
Pardon
to Resham Chaudhary comes under question : On Monday,
the President pardoned 19 prisoners, including Resham
Chaudhary, the convicted mastermind of 2015 Tikapur
incident, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 01/06/2023)
President
Paudel authenticates Citizenship Bill (kh
31/05/2023), Wrong
timing, flawed process: Authentication of the
citizenship bill might remain a controversial move for
long : The timing and process of a particular decision
carries important value in politics. The move of Nepal’s
president to authenticate the citizenship bill
coinciding with the Prime Minister’s India visit will
generate controversies in Nepal’s political sphere,
by Kishor Dahal (nlt 31/05/2023), Presidential
seal on citizenship bill courts controversy : Ramchandra
Paudel passes legislation, snubbed by his predecessor
Bhandari, on Cabinet’s recommendation, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 01/06/2023)
President
Paudel for full implementation of reservation system
(kh 30/05/2023) [But he, his presidential office and
also his mother party continue to be outstanding
examples of the male Khas Arya state!]
President’s
Office sends back proposal to pardon Resham Chaudhary to
Home Ministry (kh 26/05/2023), President
Paudel grants amnesty to 482 prisoners, including Resham
Chaudhary (kh 28/05/2023
Fringe
parties, independent lawmakers complain of negligence in
parliament (kh 28/05/2023)
If
President can’t read out policies, Vice President should
do it, say experts : President Paudel is fit and will do
the job himself, aide claims, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
17/05/2023)
New
President can authenticate citizenship bill, legal
experts say : Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal seeks
suggestions from representatives of Nepal Bar
Association on the bill’s status (kp 07/05/2023) [And what are the consequences of his
predecessor's unconstitutional behaviour? After all,
this had far-reaching consequences, not only for the
persons concerned. It is high time to enforce the duty
of leading politicians to comply with the constitution
and laws!], Confusion
persists over President’s role in Citizenship
Bill : Experts say ex-President Bhandari flouted
constitution by sitting on the bill passed twice
by Parliament, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
09/05/2023), President
Paudel initiates consultation with legal experts on
Citizenship Bill (kh 09/05/2023)
President
Paudel issues Ordinance to address problems on
loan-sharking (kh 03/05/2023)
President
Paudel to bear the cost of his treatment in India
(kh 02/05/2023)
Royal
treatment in a republic (ae 28/04/2023)
President
admitted to TU Teaching Hospital : The President
has complained of a shortness of breath, according to an
adviser (kp 18/04/2023), President
being treated in ICU at AIIMS : His condition is
reportedly stable. The head of state was taken to India
for a second opinion as per family’s wishes (kp
20/04/2023), (Un)Fair
Treatment (rep 20/04/2023) [Don't
worry, in future, without exception, all Nepalis will be
brought for medical treatment by charter flights at
state expense.], President
Paudel’s health improving (kh 21/04/2023)
President
to go to UK on his first foreign visit : Paudel will be
a state guest during King Charles’ coronation in London
on May 6 (kp 16/04/2023)
President
Paudel admitted to Teaching Hospital (kh
02/04/2023), President
discharged from hospital (rep 05/04/2023)
Thapa,
Kunwar and Nepal appointed advisors to Prez Poudel
(rep 31/03/2023) [All male Khas
Arya! This symbolises the President's willingness for
continued non-inclusion!], Kiran
Pokharel appointed President’s Press Advisor (kh
09/04/2023) [Great, another male
Bahun! This president really stands for social
inclusion!]
President
Paudel and his Veep : Hoping the best for Ram, Ram,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 23/03/2023)
Question
of morality: President Bhandari converts official
Twitter account into personal : The official handle of
the President’s office now has been renamed to
@bidyadbhandari (nlt 18/03/2023) [???],
Bhandari
converts President Office’s Twitter handle into private
account : She has converted official handle of the
President @presidentofNP to @BidyaDBhandari, by Anup
Ojha (kp 18/03/2023)
President
Poudel breaks away with tradition by forgoing a 'royal
carcade' (rep 18/03/2023)
Ram
Sahaya Yadav elected as the new Vice President (kh
17/03/2023) [The machos do not
even leave this completely functionless office to women,
who make up 51 per cent of the population!], Ram
Sahaya Yadav’s journey from science teacher to
Vice-President (kh 18/03/2023)
Paudel
Expected To Be Model President, by Namrata Sharma
(rn 15/03/2023)
Onus
on Paudel to save the sanctity of presidency : Observers
say the veteran Congress leader has to work hard to
detach himself from partisan, personal entanglements;
Bhandari’s term was full of controversies as she was
often accused of supporting KP Oli, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 14/03/2023)
Dr
Chalise appointed President Paudel’s Principal Personal
Secretary (kh 14/03/2023)
Vice-presidential
candidate Ramsahaya Yadav goes to jail to request Resham
Chaudhary for vote (kh 14/3/2023) [??]
Vice
President: What do they do, really? Experts say time is
ripe to review the role of the ‘useless’ position,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 13/03/2023) [The
vice-president has absolutely no function, not even in
times of absence or illness of the president. It would
make sense to have a clear definition of duties, but
then the office could also be held by another state
functionary if necessary.]
Bridging
the gap between Sheetal Niwas and Baluwatar, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 13/03/2023)
President-elect
Paudel sworn in to office (kh 13/03/2023)
President-elect
Paudel gives up party membership (kh 12/03/2023) [He will have to prove his
independence in the future. His predecessor repeatedly
failed to do so!]
Stop
the Misuse of Presidential Power of Pardon, by Ravi
Nayak (rep 12/03/2023)
President-elect
Paudel to be sworn in tomorrow (kh 12/03/2023), Expectations
From New President, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn
12/03/2023)
Will
the real VP candidate please stand up? One reason for
multiple candidacies from 10-party bloc is the bid to
stop Upendra Yadav from entering Parliament, by Anil
Giri (kp 12/03/2023)
Ruling
coalition candidate Jha registers nomination for
vice-presidential post (kh 11/03/2023), Ruling
coalition to field Janamat Party’s Mamata Jha as
vice-presidential candidate (kh 11/03/2023), JSP’s
Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav files candidacy for the post of
vice president (kh 11/03/2023), Ashta
Laxmi Shakya files nomination for vice-presidential post
(kh 11/03/2023)
Ram
Chandra Poudel elected Nepal’s President (kh
09/03/2023), Ram
Chandra Paudel is new President : Out of 52,628 votes by
weightage Paudel secured 33,802 while Subas Nembang of
CPN-UML garnered 15,518 (kp 09/03/2023), Ram
Chandra Poudel elected as third president of republic
Nepal (rep 09/03/2023), Paudel
caps his career with presidency : Ram Chandra Paudel is
elected President of Nepal, after Ram Baran Yadav and
Bidya Devi Bhandari. Paudel first won the House seat in
1991 and became the Speaker in 1994. He served as
minister several times, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
10/03/2023), Can
Paudel restore credibility of President’s Office? The
septuagenarian Nepali Congress politician will be
watched for any partisan favour in the high office that
calls for a non-partisan role, by Anil Giri (kp
10/03/2023) [Given that he is
one of those male Bahun and Chhetri politicians who are
responsible for the whole democratic malaise, this is
unlikely. But we should give him a chance!], Paudel
takes up baton ; Paudel can learn much by closely
studying the stints
of his two predecessors as President (kp
10/03/2023), Ram
Chandra Paudel : From Prison To Presidency, by
Tribhuwan Chandra Wagle (rn 10/03/2023), What
should be the role of the new president?, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 1o/03/2023), Know
your new president, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
10/03/2023), Prez
shall do no wrong (ae 10/03/2023)
Janata
Samajbadi Party to field Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav for Vice
President : The election to elect a new Vice President
is scheduled for March 17 (kp 09/03/2023), NUP
decides to field Chairperson Ranjita Chaudhary as
vice-presidential candidate (kh 10/03/2023), Ranjita
is not old enough to be vice president, NUP to
discuss the option again (rep 10/03/2023),
No
male candidates to be registered as vice-presidential
candidate (kh 10/03/2023), Janata
Samajbadi Party might have to pick a woman for
Vice President : While the party has decided on
Ram Sahay Yadav as candidate, election officials
say the constitution calls for a woman, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 10/03/2023), 'Vice-President
candidates should be different from President in
gender and community' (rn 10/03/2023)
Vice
President: Will Yadav favour women, minority? Janata
Samajbadi chair has the chance to recommend one but
insiders say he may trade the post for his own MP bid,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/03/2023)
The
flawed legacy of President Bhandari : Her decisions
showed a clear bias in favour of her former party, the
UML, say experts, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
03/03/2023)
Presidential
elections in Nepal—past and present : An overview of the
upcoming election, which will pick republic Nepal’s
third President, and its brief history, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 26/02/2023)
‘President’s
election is purely an internal affair of Nepal. If
someone else interferes, we need to be able to cut that
interfering hand’, interview with Bipin Adhikari
(nlt 24/02/2023)
President
pardons 395 convicts including ex-Maoist involved in
killing Ujjan Shrestha : Only on January 25, Supreme
Court had convicted Pushkar Gautam in the insurgency-era
murder (kp 18/02/2023) [Pardoning
criminals from the times of the Maoist
insurgency is the opposite of the justice due to
the victims of these crimes! President Bhandari
is once again neglecting her constitutional
duty!], 395
jail birds, including parliamentarian Chaudhary
given amnesty (kh 18/02/2023)
Presidents
and precedents : Bad precedents in a budding democracy
like Nepal’s can become a self-fulfilling prophecy,
by Paban Raj Pandey (kp 15/02/2023)
Republicanism
and presidency : Events of the past 15 years should
provide valuable experience for the next President,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 14/02/2023)
Time
ripe to rethink archaic VVIP convoy protocol : Friday’s
assault of a doctor by police deployed to clear the road
for the presidential convoy could be the turning point,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 12/02/2023) [The
President obviously sees things differently. For this
reason, she has not yet taken a stand or even apologised
to the beaten-up doctor. Presumably she wants to enjoy
the royal privileges for her last days in office!]
Congress
strategy: Party-proposed head of state. If that fails,
stop UML candidate : Prime minister is also in
consultations with other parties who want to prevent
UML’s candidate in presidential elections, by Anil
Giri (kp 12/02/2023) [Stop these
dirty power struggles. Nepal needs a non-political
person as representative head of state!Oli and Bhandari
have amply demonstrated in the past what the mixing of
interests leads to. The president must be independent.
Bhandari never was!]
Prez
Bhandari addresses federal Parliament, by Bal
Krishna Sah (ht 11/02/2023)
An
unceremonious President : The election of president
should not involve such wheeling-dealing, in the spirit
of inclusion it is the turn of a respected Janjati or
Dalit candidate (nt 03/02/2023)
Maoists
in bargaining mood as Congress, UML vie for President :
Some Maoist leaders say the party should ask for five
years for Dahal as prime minister in return for their
support in the March 9 presidential election, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 31/01/2023)
EC
publishes schedule for President, Vice-President
election (kh 30/01/2023)
Presidential
election: When constitutional and legal terms clash :
President and Vice President Election Act 2017 requires
vote at least a month before the incumbent’s term ends,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 22/01/2023)
Efforts
on to forge national consensus on presidential
candidate: PM (kh 20/01/2023) [Yes,
let's completely abolish the last basic institutions of
democracy, like the opposition. Then the ploys of the
failed old top politicians like Oli, Dahal and Deuba can
continue smoothly!], Constitution
experts rule out another term for President Bidya
Bhandari : Some UML leaders are insisting that the
sitting President should be re-appointed to the post.
The election for the next President is likely to take
place by mid-February, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
20/01/2023) [Her
blind support of Oli's unconstitutional ploys in 2020
and especially 2021 alone argue against Bhandari's
candidacy again!]
US
rights group says President Bhandari’s inaction deprived
many Nepalis of citizenship : The Human Rights Watch
expresses concerns over lack of progress in transitional
justice process (kp 13/01/2023) [The
President's "inaction" was a deliberate breach of the
Constitution and should be named as such!]
Debate
On Presidential System, by Birendra P Mishra (rn
05/01/2023)
Ruling
alliance still struggling to get reliable candidate for
the new president : Several names are being floated for
the Presidency. Top guns of ruling parties, however,
seem undecided. National and international interests
have played a role, observers say (nlt 03/01/2023)
Gajurel
likely to be picked for vice-president (ht
29/12/2022) [Of course a male
Bahun, who else? In the past, politicians with a party
affiliation have not been particularly successful as
presidents. The six percent of male Bahuns cannot get
enough posts! This is called social inclusion!]
On
Election of New President (rep 25/12/2022)
What
makes the post of President increasingly attractive to
political parties? The moves of the two Presidents have
sent a message that the role of the head of the state is
crucial, and more so when there is a hung parliament,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/12/2022)
Presidential,
Vice-presidential election to be held by
March 14: CEC Thapaliya (kh
19/12/2022)
5
parties have numbers to pick their President : Multiple
aspirants from various parties eye the top post, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 19/12/2022)
President
calls parties to stake claim to form new
government within seven days : As no political
parties single-handedly got majority in the
recently-concluded polls, President Bhandari has
called parties to stake their claim for the post
of prime minister as per Article 76 (2) (nlt
18/12/2022), President
gives parties seven days to form government : As no
party has a majority, any member of the House who has
the backing of 138 members in the 275-strong Parliament
gets appointed prime minister, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/12/2022)
Raging
debate: Can former chief justice be head of state? Most
legal experts say the Constitution doesn’t allow it. But
some consider the presidency an exception, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 17/12/2022)
Foreign
powers weigh in as new faces join President race :
Experts say Nepal should continue to elect President
from among members of traditionally disadvantaged groups,
by Anil Giri and Binod Ghimire (kp 16/12/2022) [Why
not Mohna Ansari? She is highly intellectual, comes from
one of the most disadvantaged groups, was its
outstanding personality during her time as a member of
the NHRC, and is an exemplary advocate for human rights,
especially those of the highly marginalized groups in
society! One can hardly imagine a better president. In
any case, it would be better if the office were not
filled by a leading member of the political parties!
Against the background that politics is even more
dominated by males than before, it should definitely be
a woman again!]
Why
the President is expected to shelve proposed ordinance :
Bidya Devi Bhandari could draw support from the
widespread criticism of the recommended action (kp
14/12/2022) [It is their duty to
protect the constitution, what she has unfortunately
repeatedly disregarded in the past!]
Diplomats
curious who’ll be President : PMs come and go
but the President stays for full five years and
often plays political roles, ny Purushottam
Poudel (kp 09/12/2022) [The
office of president is representative in nature.
The President must pay particular attention to
the preservation of constitutional rules. This
is exactly what Bidya Bhandari has repeatedly
violated!]
Lack
of citizenship robs youths of voting rights : The state
has discriminated against the children of those who
acquired citizenship by birth, say civil society leaders,
by Bhusan Yadav and Laxmi Sah (kp 19/11/2022) [The
highest responsibility lies with Ms Bhandari. Whatever
the president says, she had to sign the amendment
recently, according to the constitution. Was it
obeisance to KP Oli because he feared dissenting votes
from the youth in the Tarai for his conduct in the
2015/16 Tarai movement?]
Citizenship
bill was against the nation, President used veto:
President’s office (kh 16/11/2022) [Her
initial veto was okay, but on the second presentation of
the bill, she should have signed it as required by the
Constitution. She signed several of Oli's
unconstitutional bills without thinking!And that was not
against the nation? Ties to her political party are
obvious, although the President is supposed to act in a
non-partisan manner!], President
defends move on citizenship : Supreme Court had asked
Sheetal Niwas to explain why Bhandari didn’t approve the
bill, by Binod Ghimire (kp)
Do
it right : How much homework has the Maoist party or the
JSPN done on the suitability of a directly elected
presidential system for Nepal? (kp 08/11/2022)
EC
preparing for presidential poll (rn 05/11/2022)
Government
plan to allow private firms to trade power faces
presidential obstruction : President Bidya Devi Bhandari
has been sitting on an ordinance to amend the
Electricity Act for introducing new provisions for over
two weeks, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/10/2022) [Only unconstitutional and illegal
measures by KP Oli were rubber-stamped by Bidya Bhandari
within minutes!]
President
admitted to TUTH in Maharajgunj (kh
08/10/2022)
Organisations
disappointed over prez's refusal to sign
citizenship bill (ht 29/09/2022)
Debate
Over President's Bill Refusal, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 27/09/2022), Use
of pocket veto: Yet another disregard of the
constitution, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 28/09/2022)
What
kind of president did the new republic
imagine? President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s
recent political activism has trained the
focus on the roles and responsibilities of
the institution she represents, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 25/09/2022), President
Runs The Gauntlet, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 25/09/2022), SC
issues show cause order to President’s
Office (kh 25/09/2022), Court
seeks clarification on President’s refusal to
authenticate citizenship bill : Petitioners want court
to set precedent on the issue so that such problems
don’t repeat (kp 26/09/2022)
President
counter-accuses government of breaching
constitution : Days after the ruling parties
accused her of violating the constitution,
the President writes to government to
regularly brief her on Cabinet decisions,
by Anil Giri (kp 25/09/2022)
Will
escalating tensions hit November elections? The
President is accused of foiling the citizenship bill to
muddy the waters, sensing UML’s poor poll prospects,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/09/2022)
President
Bhandari addressed GSI against Nepal’s foreign policy:
MoFA (rep 23/09/2022)
President
must pay : Bhandari seems ready to buttress her former
party’s nationalist image even if it means tainting
her’s (kp 22/09/2022), ‘An
exercise to find alternative to incumbent govt by
postponing elections’ (rep 22/09/2022), Petition
filed at Supreme Court against President for not
certifying Citizenship Bill (rep 22/09/2022), President's
defiance (ht 22/09/2022), SC
scheduled to hear petitions against President’s move to
reject Citizenship Amendment Bill (nlt 23/09/2022),
The
ball is now in Supreme Court as Sheetal Niwas and
Baluwatar face off : A single bench to decide whether or
not to send the petitions to the Constitutional Bench,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/09/2022)
President
refuses to authenticate Citizenship Amendment Bill : The
15-day timeline given to the President by the
Constitution for certification expired at Tuesday
midnight (nlt 21/09/2022), Deadline
for authenticating Citizenship Bill ends : Citizenship
Bill "inactive" as President declines to authenticate
(kh 21/09/2022), Prez
Bhandari’s ‘rejection’ of Citizenship Bill creates
ripples in political circle (kh 21/09/2022), Ruling
coalition issuing statement against President’s move
(kh 21/09/2022), President
Bhandari violates Constitution as she refuses to certify
Citizenship Amendment Bill, by Balkrishna Adhikari
(rep 21/09/2022), Youth
Association Nepal stages rally in support of President
(rep 21/09/2022) [The continuing
very close cooperation between the CPN (UML) and the
president, who is supposed to act independently of the
party, is becoming clear time and again!], Student
organizations’ close to ruling parties protest
President’s move (kh 22/09/2022), UML
leaders silent on President’s move : The party’s members
in general support the head of state’s moves but the UML
has yet to make its position public, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 22/09/2022), Janata
Samajwadi Party announces phase-wise protest demanding
Prez Bhandari’s resignation (nlt 23/09/2022), President’s
precedent, by Shristi Karki (nt 24/09/2022)
Bhandari
attending Beijing’s GSI event after foreign ministry’s
bungle, by Anil Giri (kp 21/09/2022), President’s
message aired at China’s GSI event despite government’s
reservations : Kathmandu-based diplomats call government
officials to register their concerns over the
President’s virtual participation in the event, by
Anil Giri (kp 22/09/2022)
Deadline
for authenticating Citizenship Bill ends today (kh
20/09/2022), Stateless
youths stage sit-in urging authentication of citizenship
bill : The citizenship bill is the driving force of
their destiny and future, the youths say (kp
20/09/2022)
Un-presidential
ambitions : Nowhere does the constitution envision for
the president the kind of broad discretionary powers she
seems to want (kp 08/09/2022)
What
if President Bhandari refuses to authenticate the
citizenship bill? Those the head of state has consulted
of late say that is not at all a far-fetched possibility
given her ‘bruised ego’, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
07/09/2022) [In terms of
disregarding her constitutional duties and the
fundamentals of parliamentary democracy, the president
gained plenty of experience during KP Oli's premiership.],
President
Bhandari intensifies consultations on Citizenship Bill
(kh 08/09/2022)
Citizenship
bill hurled back at the President for final approval :
Can’t say how long she’ll sit on it, President’s adviser
says, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/09/2022), President
Bhandari consulting with former security officials on
Citizenship Bill (kh 07/09/2022) [She
signed numerous unconstitutional and anti-democratic
measures of KP Oli in 2020/21 without any control and
within minutes. Now, according to the constitution, she
has no choice but to sign this unsatisfactory law based
on patriarchal thinking.]
President
consults parties as Parliament ignores her concerns on
Citizenship bill : House committee plans to endorse the
bill without change Wednesday, by Anil Giri and Tika
R Pradhan (kp 30/08/2022), President
consults Maoist and Unified Socialist leaders on
citizenship, transitional justice bills : Responding to
the President’s concerns, the leaders said the bill on
Citizenship Act is only a temporary remedy and a new act
is needed, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 01/09/2022)
The
many controversies of President Bidya Devi Bhandari :
Nepal’s President is facing criticism for politicking
not because of a one-off event—there actually is a long
list, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/08/2022)
President
Bhandari mulling to resign? (rep 25/08/2022), Nepal
sees a dramatic face-off between executive and the
President over citizenship bill : Both institutions seem
to have played within their constitutional confines, but
political colour is visible, by Anil Giri (kp
26/08/2022), President
behaving in partisan ways: Ruling coalition. Says her
views on citizenship bill no different from the
CPN-UML's (ht 26/08/2022)
President
Bhandari returns citizenship bill to Parliament calling
for review : Head of state returns bill, endorsed by
both houses, listing concerns as she stresses swift
passage of citizenship law, by Tika R Pradhan and
Binod Ghimire (kp 15/08/2022),
Tarun
Dal demands President Bhandari’s resignation (kh
15/08/2022), Parties
need not criticize President’s withdrawal of Citizenship
Bill: NC leader Thapa (kh 15/08/2022)
Delay
in assent to citizenship bill questioned (ht
11/08/2022),
'Prez consulting stakeholders on citizenship bill'
(ht 12/08/2022)
Unity
among diversity has become identity of Nepalis:
President Bhandari (kh 17/03/2022) [And
why then do all functions in the state and
administration continue to be dominated by male
Tagadharis? Why does the state identify with their
values and culture?]
Efforts
of all necessary to control violence against women,
children: Prez Bhandari (kh 16/03/2022) [Then
Nepal should first start by finally making women and men
absolutely equal in the constitution, laws and
administration. Only then will men perhaps realise that
women are not inferior creatures!]
President
Bhandari calls to include Buddhist philosophy, Buddha’s
messages in curriculum (kh 02/12/2021)
President
Bhandari stresses on preserving Nepali original culture
(kh) [And what is the original
Nepali culture in a multiethnic, multicultural,
multireligious and multilingual state?]
Vice
President Pun “violates” diplomatic norms by
participating in CPC’s program (kh 23/11/2021)
An
ordinance nation, and rule of law : How President,
despite having constitutional roles, can be instrumental
in keeping political processes on track, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 20/08/2021) [The
question is whether now, unlike during the Oli
government, the President actually waited a day to sign
the bill to thoroughly review the ordinance. Or did she
simply want to give Oli's CPN-UML enough time to expel
the dissidents from the party so that they lost their MP
status before the amended law took effect and MK Nepal's
party could easily split.]
Reining
in presidential overreach in a fledgling republic,
by Robin Sharma (rec 26/07/2021)
Chief
justice swears in attorney general in absence of
president (ht 17/07/2021) [Bidya
Devi Bhandari shows that she only sees herself as Oli's
president and not that of the new government!]
President
Bhandari appoints NC President Deuba as new Prime
Minister : Swearing-in ceremony to take place at 6 pm
(kh 13/07/2021), President’s
Office statement skips mentioning constitutional
provision by which Deuba is appointed (kp
13/07/2021), President
appoints Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba
prime minister : The appointment comes after the Supreme
Court ordered it on Monday. It ruled that the rejection
of his claim, with the support of 149 lawmakers, by the
President in May was unconstitutional (kp
13/07/2021)
Court
verdict raises serious moral question for President
Bhandari : As Supreme Court restores House, it says Head
of State’s actions are subject to judicial review and
that it is the judiciary’s responsibility to correct any
unconstitutional moves, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/07/2021)
President’s
Office submits reply to Supreme Court on cabinet shuffle
(kh 09/07/2021) [In other words, the President says she does not
have to abide by the law and the Constitution and that
it is not up to the Supreme Court to review this!]
President’s
actions can be subject to judicial review, lawyers argue
: Advocates pleading on behalf of petitions against
House dissolution wind up their arguments, bringing the
Head of State’s role and intentions under scrutiny,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/06/2021) [Of
course, the President is not above the law. She has to
fulfil her constitutional duties diligently and must act
in a completely non-partisan manner! Her allegiance to
the CPN-UML must rest as long as she is President! And
she must accept criticism as long as it is factually
justified!]
Prez
Bhandari appoints 20 commissioners in various
constitutional bodies (rep 24/06/2021) [The
unconstitutional actions of the Prime Minister and the
President continue unabated!], President
appoints 20 to constitutional bodies while case is sub
judice in court : With the House dissolved, their
hearings could not be conducted. Lawyers argue that
provision of appointment after 45 days is applicable
only when hearing is possible, by Binod Ghimire (kp
25/06/2021)
Chief
Justice turns a blind eye to ‘Doctrine of Necessity’:
PM’s Press Advisor Thapa (kh 24/06/2021) [It
is not the SC that is responsible, but only the
coup-mongering Prime Minister Oli and is personal
president who keep breaking the Constitution to maintain
power, not to help the country and its citizens, Mr
Thapa! The SC has only done its constitutional duty!],
Lawyers
question President’s intent as hearing on House
dissolution starts : The way Bhandari acted on May 21
makes it clear that she wanted Oli—and no other
person—as prime minister, advocates argue. Hence she
rejected Deuba’s claim, by Binod Ghimire (kp
24/06/2021), PM’s
appointment is not discretionary right of President:
Advocate Shrestha (kh 24/06/2021)
President
should have said PM Oli “You’re no more Prime Minister:
Senior advocate Karki (kh 23/06/2021), President
has gone beyond the Constitution: Advocate Bandi (kh
23/06/2021)
Bhandari,
Oli defend House dissolution, Sapkota calls it
unconstitutional : In their responses, the President
claims her action cannot be tested by judiciary, prime
minister argues court cannot give a prime minister and
Speaker says both are wrong, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
kp 18/06/2021) [What kind of
argument is this? No one is above the constitution. The
duties of the president and prime minister are clearly
defined there. If they violate them, they become a case
for the judiciary!]
President
Bhandari active in resolving UML row following telephone
talks with Chinese counterpart Xi (kh 03/06/2021), President
Bhandari draws flak for playing partisan politics
(ht 04/06/2021)
President’s
initiatives for Covid-19 vaccines seen as foreign policy
failure : The move is an attempt to improve the
President’s image tarnished after her complicity in the
prime minister’s move to dissolve the House, observers
say, by Anil Giri (kp 01/06/2021) [Her
blind support for the Oli coup with all its aftermath
cannot and must not be excused! The constitution
prescribes exactly the opposite behaviour! What she is
doing now, she could have done months ago.], Lack
of response to President’s letters for vaccines a
diplomatic failure, observers say : There has not even
been ‘reciprocal response’ to the President’s letters
requesting for vaccine support, by Anil Giri (kp
16/06/2021)
14th
Republic Day today; President stresses
socialism-oriented economy (kh 29/05/2021) [Which
republic? In a republican state the people are sovereign
and not prime minister and president! The sovereign
people have their representatives elected into
parliament and the constitution is the legal basis for
all citizens of the country!], A
fledgling republic and a vulnerable constitution : How a
charter that institutionalised republicanism has come
under threat from someone elected to protect it–the
President, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/05/2021)
Let
them eat cake, Madam President, by Bishal Thapa (ae
27/05/2021)
Dissolution
at midnight : Yet another travesty of the constitution,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 26/05/2021)
President’s
Office removes controversial statements from website :
Says it has initiated investigation (kh 23/05/2021)
President
dissolves House, calls snap polls for November 12 and 19
: After a day-long political drama, through a midnight
Cabinet meeting, Oli, as he failed to get reappointed,
takes the country towards elections amid a raging
Covid-19 pandemic, by Anil Giri, Tika R Pradhan and
Binod Ghimire (kp 22/05/2021), President
dissolves Parliament; declares elections on Nov 12 &
19 (kh 22/05/2021), Social
media awash with criticisms against President’s move to
announce mid-term polls (kh 22/05/2021)
The
many sins of Bidya Bhandari, by Pranaya SJB Rana
(Record 21/05/2021)
With
President’s complicity, Oli hammers another nail in the
coffin of the constitution : Bhandari’s call to form a
new government in less than 24 hours at the request of
the incumbent one bypassing the due parliamentary
process is unconstitutional, experts and political
parties say, by Anil Giri (kp 21/05/2021), Nepal
Tarun Dal voices impeachment against President Bhandari
(kh 21/05/2021), NC
leader Thapa suggests President’s ouster through
impeachment (kh 21/05/2021), Opposition
parties discuss impeaching President : Meeting at Sher
Bahadur Deuba's residence, Budhanilakantha (kh
21/05/2021) [According to
Article 61 of the Constitution, the President has only
two duties: Promoting national unity and respecting and
protecting the Constitution. With her blind support for
Oli's largely unconstitutional and unlawful machinations
to secure his grip on power, she has done exactly the
opposite! She is a servant of Oli and not of the people!],
Six
writ petitions filed at SC against President’s move
(kh 21/05/2021)
President
Bhandari off to Bangladesh (ht 23/03/2021)
President’s
all-party meeting comes into question over intent : Oli
proposing House dissolution and fresh elections makes
the event look like Sheetal Niwas dancing to Baluwatar’s
tune, leaders attending the meeting and analysts say,
by Anil Giri (kp 17/03/2021) [Bidya Devi Bhandari is a president by Oli's grace.
Since then, she has therefore been a compliant tool in
support of her Prime Minister's ambitions for power,
forgetting her constitutional duties!], Prez
criticised at all-party meeting (ht 17/03/2021), Rigging
the match : The president is deeply enmeshed in the
ruling party’s mess, and that is not good for the
republic (kp 18/0372021) [Both
Oli and Bhandari have failed completely, because they
know no duties, but are only oriented towards their
personal advantages!]
The
president and the prime minister : Bidya Devi Bhandari
and KP Oli have ridden roughshod over accepted political
norms, by Deepak Thapa (kp 04/03/2021)
Three
strikes on democracy : If President Bhandari had
downplayed her party affiliation, revisited the list of
her duties as a President and sought counsel, instead of
rushing to satisfy Oli, she could have reached a
different conclusion, by Mukesh Baral (rep
12/01/2021)
Home
Minister Warns Of Action Against Those Speaking Indecent
On President (rn 03/01/2021) [The
President is not above the law! Politely presented
factual criticism is allowed if she does not fulfil her
constitutional obligations!]
What
does Nepal’s Vice President do? Nothing : Since
the constitution does not provide any substantial role
for the Office of the Vice President, it has by and
large become an idle institution, experts say, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 31/12/2020)
Democracy’s
undoing : Prime Minister Oli and President Bhandari have
ticked all boxes of Machiavellian treachery in Nepali
politics (kp 21/12/2020), President
dissolves House, calls polls for April 30 and May 10 :
Oli attacks the constitution one more time as the noose
tightened around him, by Tika R Pradhan and Binod
Gjhimire (kp 21/12/2020), This
dissolution and those dissolutions: Looking for
parallels to Oli’s move in history, by Anil Giri (kp
21/12/2020), Dissolution
of parliament was not my wish: PM Oli (rep) [A
no-confidence vote in parliament would have been a
normal democratic procedure. Dissolving the parliament
to prevent it is an attack on the fundamentals of
democracy and both PM and President must stand trial for
this crime! The long overdue resignation of the PM would
have been another democratic option!]
After
House dissolution recommendation, prime minister for
holding elections in Baisakh (April-May) : The
President, however, is yet to endorse the House
dissolution recommendation and she is holding
consultation, an official at Sheetal Niwas says (kp
20/12/2020) [It is the
President's supreme duty to uphold the Constitution and
not to keep a failed Prime Minister in power!], President
Bhandari Dissolves HoR, Mid-Term Election On April 30
And May 10 Next Year (rn 20/12/2020) [The
President must be in a state of mental derangement with
her reasoning: Article 76 (7) concerns the situation
after a successful vote of no confidence in the PM.
Article 85 concerns the extension of the five-year
parliamentary term in times of emergency. Neither of
these is a given!]
Oli
agrees to revoke ordinance but his actions come into
question : Observers say the prime minister is making a
mockery of the system by issuing ordinances and
withdrawing them and losing legitimacy to govern, by
Tika R Pradhan and Anil Giri (kp 17/12/2020) [The PM and the President have long since lost
their legitimacy. Both have numerous obligations by
virtue of their office, but they hardly fulfil them° At
the same time, they overestimate their rights like
authoritarian rulers or monarchs!], How
Baluwatar brought disgrace upon Sheetal Niwas and the
high office played complicit roles : The brazen display
of promptitude by the President to act as per the Oli
government’s demand has eroded the image of the hallowed
institution, analysts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/12/2020)
Pet
president (Record 16/12/2020)
NC
leader Gagan Thapa challenges Prez Bhandari to maintain
dignity of her post or contest election with him, by
Pushparaj Joshi (rep 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!]
PM
Oli consults on NCP dispute with President Bhandari
(kh 14/11/2020) [The President
is not, by virtue of her office, to interfere in any
internal party affairs! Oli should only go there if he
wants to resign!]
President’s
interest in party issues uncalled for, undermines high
office, analysts say : Bidya Devi Bhandari runs into
controversy, once again, as she tries to ‘manage’ rising
tensions in the ruling party, by Anil Giri (kp
05/11/2020)
President
issues ordinances on acid attack punishment, acid sale
regulation, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 29/09/2020)
Questions
arise once again over the President’s role in the ruling
party: Both Oli and Dahal have met recently with
President Bhandari, leading many to ask about the role
the non-partisan head of state is currently playing,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/07/2020)
President
hosting ‘ill-timed’ dinner party for leaders (kh
24/06/2020)
Social
media users blast planned renovation works at
President's Office calling it ill-timed (rep
02/06/2020) [???]
Prez
Bhandari authenticates two ordinances (ht
21/04/2020), SC
refuses to register writ against ordinances (kh
21/04/2020) [This sounds like
royal immunity!], President’s
swift approval of Monday’s ordinances has many wondering
about her role: This is not the first time that
President Bhandari’s influence on Prime Minister Oli,
and vice-versa, has been called into question, by
Anil Giri (kp 23/04/2020)
Students
are missing classes as schools fail to distribute
sanitary pads: In May 2019, President Bidya Devi
Bhandari had announced that sanitary pads would be
distributed to girls in community schools for free from
the beginning of the current fiscal year, by, by
Pratap Bista (kp 16/02/2020)
Prez
inspects reconstruction of heritage sites (ht
09/02/2020)
The
local units will decide which schools should get state
grants, not the president: Office of the President is
envisioned to have a largely ceremonial role, not an
executive one (kp 07/02/2020)
President’s
advisor resigns over Sapkota’s nomination as House
Speaker: Sushil Pyakurel, one of the petitioners in the
murder case against Sapkota, resigned after being asked
to withdraw the case by ruling party members, by
Anil Giri (kp 25/01/2020)
President
Bhandari courts controversy again (rep 22/12/2019)
After
Oli’s reservations, President holds constitutional
council ordinance: The ordinance, forwarded last month
by the government, seeks to allow constitutional
appointments to be made through a majority decision, as
opposed to consensus, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
04/12/2019) [Because of
constitutional responsibility or because of PM order?]
Constitutional
experts say president betrayed constitution (ht
23/11/2019)
President
Bhandari leaves for Myanmar (ht 17/10/2019)
Whose
government
is it anyway? People ask as President presents annual
policies and programmes: Use of ‘mero sarkar’ in the
document invited criticism and ridicule on social media.
But ‘this is very much the President’s government,’ PM’s
adviser defends, by Anil Giri (kp 04/05/2019)
Avoid
royal
show: The head of the state needs special security and
state honours; but this does not mean one needs to cling
on to the royal culture (ht 03/05/2019)
President’s
arrival
affects TIA departures: Foreigners who embarked on
mountain flights and were to fly back home later miss
their flights (ht 02/05/2019), Bhandari
cuts short China trip (ht 02/05/2019)
President
to embark on China visit on April 24 (ht 20/04/2019)
President,
public and precedence, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep
15/03/2019)
Acharya
becomes first envoy to take oath from President, by
Anil Giri (kp 04/02/2019)
President’s
lust for trips abroad must be checked (rep
05/12/2018)
Bhandari
to address UN climate conference (kp 30/11/2018), President
Bhandari demands justice at Katowice convention (kp
05/12/2018)
Lust
for
luxury: How do we explain President Bidya Devi
Bhandari’s craving for luxury? Is this her obsession
with power? Has she started to think of herself in terms
of former kings and queens?, by Chiranjibi Paudyal
(rep 28/11/2018), Government
begins
process to buy presidential carcade: Parliamentary
Public Accounts Committee asks ministries to furnish
documents, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/11/2018)
President’s
motorcade faces red light by Sanjeev Giri (kp
22/11/2018), Minister
defends
amenities for President, her deputy: It’s the duty of
government to strengthen newly established
constitutional offices, says Spokesperson Banskota,
by Tilak R Pradan (kp 23/11/2018), The
People’s
President! Why does our President need to live like one
of those dictators in a totalitarian regime when most of
us barely make enough to provide for our families?,
by Guffadi (kp 24/11/2018)
Prez
Bhandari to visit Poland to address climate change
conference (rep 15/11/2018)
Dear
President:
Dear President, letting go of things you do not like is
always a peaceful choice. But then you did something
hurtful. You refused to meet Nirmala Panta’s mother,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 04/11/2018)
A
troublesome Tika: Historically, palaces have been a
shelter for elements hatching intrigues and
conspiracies. Has the republican palace, like the royal
palace, also turned into one such hub?, by Devendra
Gautam (rep 30/10/2018)
President’s
Qatar visit halts TIA flights (rep 30/10/2018) [??????]
President
leaving for Qatar (ht 27/10/2018)
VP
doesn’t need SWC building (rep 18/09/2018) [Why
does Nepal need a VP at all??]
President
Bhandari honours 345 people (kp 05/09/2018), Controversial
persons also conferred medals by prez (rep
05/09/2018) [?!]
Activists
unhappy with president’s ‘silence’ on rape cases
(rep 03/09/2018)
President
meets BIMSTEC leaders (kp 31/08/2018)
Why
parliamentary
system? The debate on directly elected presidential
system demeans, disdains and denigrates people’s mandate
and democratic achievements, by Dinesh Bhattarai
(rep 28/06/2018
Has
the presidential etiquette changed? (rep 27/06/2018)
Reading
between
the lines: Dahal’s desire for an executive presidential
system is driven by a personal interest that could not
be in the country’s interest, by Prakash Acharya (kp
20/06/2018)
Do
we really need an executive prez? Right after adopting
federalism, proposing another big change sounds
preposterous, by Achyut Wagle (kp 12/06/2018)
Dahal
for directly elected executive president (ht
08/06/2018), Nepali
Congress rejects presidential system idea (kp
09/06/2018)
Coalition
for directly elected Prez, says Dahal (kp
05/06/2018), NC
slams Dahal remark on amendment to bring presidential
system (rep 05/06/2018)
Prez
in Parliament: Dawn of a new era (kp 30/03/2018), President's
motorcade wreaks havoc (rep 30/03/2018) [Just
like royal behaviour on the shoulders of the citizens!!]
President
to address fed parliament on Thursday (kp
27/03/2018)
Pun
unopposed in Vice President race (kp 18/03/2018), Pun’s
re-election as veep certain (ht 18/03/2018), Pun
re-elected Vice Prez (kp 18/03/2018)
Presidential
election today: Bhandari projected to register
comfortable win over NC’s Kumari Laxmi Rai to get
re-elected (kp 13/03/2018), Bidya Devi
Bhandari re-elected President of Nepal (rep
13/03/2018), Prez
sworn-in for second term (rep 15/03/2018)
Mahantha
Thakur offered vice-president’s post: RJP-N to support
Bhandari's candidacy for president (ht 10/03/2018)
Presidential
poll on March 13 (kp 23/02/2018), ‘Incomplete
NA not to hinder prez polls’ (kp 27/02/2018), Prez
polls process starts on Monday: EC appoints Senior Judge
Til Prasad Shrestha as Election Officer (kp
02/03/2018), Nominations
for prez race today; Congress CWC meet to pick
presidential candidate (kp 07/03/2018)
‘President
Bhandari, Veep Pun may be re-elected’ (ht
21/02/2018)
Basnet,
Paudel, Joshi named for 3 National Assembly seats
(kp 11/02/2018), Prez
to consult legal experts on National Assembly nominees
(ht 12/02/2018), Prez
okays Khatiwada, Bidari, Poudel for NA (kp
21/02/2018), Fresh
NA appointments ‘unconstitutional’: Congress (kp
21/02/2018), Dignity
of
office: The President chose to sit on the recommendation
of Deuba government until a new government under Oli
took office (ht 22/02/2018)
Bhandari
and Pun lobby for 2nd term: Former PM Khanal slams greed
for power; Left alliance in a dilemma, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 08/02/2018)
MKN’s
indifference ups presidential hopes for Khanal, Gautam
(rep 17/01/2017)
President's
dinner party triggers political speculations (rep
14/01/2018)
President
Bhandari leaves for UAE (kp 14/11/2017)
President
holds HPE Ordinance (kp 07/11/2017) [President
supporting partisan interests?], Prez
issues HPE Ordinance (kp 11/11/2017)
Owner
gives ex-prez 15 days to vacate house: Bista complains
about delay in payment of rent and utility bills (kp
07/11/2017)
Prez
concerned about current political events (kp
19/10/2017)
Right
direction:
The bill has also paved the way even for a
non-parliamentarian to contest both the president and
vice-president posts (ht 10/10/2017)
Prez,
veep immune from lawsuits for actions while in office
(kp 20/09/2017)
MP’s
vote to be equivalent to 79 votes: Bills on
presidential, national assembly polls registered (ht
15/09/2017)
New
president a month after new parliament, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 15/09/2017)
Jail
term till death for attempted murder, killing of
president (ht 11/08/2017) [???]
Plea
For Executive Presidency, by Mukti Rijal (rn
27/07/2017)
Prez,
VP
to be spared legal action for acts in office: Rs150,450
President’s monthly salary; Rs108,030 for the VP (kp
25/07/2017) [True heirs of
monarchy!], Bill
on
pay, perks of prez, veep tabled (ht 25/07/2017)
Prez
Bhandari seeks Rs 160 million to buy new presidential
fleet, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 09/07/2017) [???],
Luxury
cars worth millions gather dust at government offices:
Prez wants new cars although there is no shortage of
vehicles at president's office (rep 10/07/2017), From your
President (With love), by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep
14/07/2017) [satirical]
Veep
leaving
for China today (kp 04/07/2017)
President
to
visit geneva for ILO summit (kp 12/06/2017), President
leaves
for Geneva (kp 14/06/2017)
President
confers
different decorations on 258 people (ht 27/05/2017)
President
visiting
Sri Lanka via Thailand during polls (ht 12/05/2017),
Prez
Bhandari
arrives home from Sri Lanka (ht 17/05/2017)
Prez
on
‘special goodwill’ India visit: Tour should be taken in
the context of intensive bilateral engagements, says
Delhi official, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
17/04/2017), TIA
restricts
flights (kp 17/04/2017), Prez
returns
from state visit to India (kp 22/04/2017)
Prez:
Expedite
reconstruction works (kp 15/04/2017)
Prez
Bhandari
to pay state visit to India on Monday (kp
13/04/2017), Making
the
right noise: For Delhi, Prez Bhandari’s visit offers a
great opportunity for right political messaging (kp
13/04/2017), President
Bhandari to visit India on April 17 (rep 13/04/2017)
Prez
attends
luncheon hosted by former king (kp 07/04/2017) [???]
Prez
tells
flood victims they will be compensated (kp
06/04/2017)
President
to
visit India in April (kp 26/03/2017)
Prez
for
assimilating Buddha’s teachings (kp 22/03/2017)
Efforts
on
to fix prez India visit in April (ht 07/03/2017)
Three
Main
Mistakes of Former President Yadav, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (kp 25/02/2017)
Prez
prods
parties to push for polls: Sounds a word of warning
about looming constitutional crisis, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 14/02/2017)
Prez
tells
leaders to end deadlock (kp 10/02/2017)
Prez
daughter’s
wedding: Ex-king Shah among invitees (kp 16/01/2017)
[?], Former
king
attends President’s daughter's wedding (ht
17/01/2017)
President
prods
all parties to prepare for polls, by Sarin Ghimire
(kp 05/12/2016), President
urges
parties to end stalemate, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
05/12/2016), Prez
warns parties of serious consequences if no polls by Jan
2018: Leaders stick to their stances, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 05/12/2016)
Dahal
briefs
President (kp 02/12/2016)
Secretary
appointment:
No word from Office of Prez puzzles Speaker;
recommendation lying unaddressed for 3 months (kp
20/11/2016)
Make
efforts
to implement statute: Prez (kp 26/07/2016)
Prez
unhappy
at efforts to drag her into ‘controversy’ (kp
25/07/2016)
Insulting
an
ex-President: Why top political leaders love to hate Ram
Baran Yadav, by Rameshwar Bohara (nt 08/07/2016)
Prez
India
visit likely in Aug (kp 29/06/2016)
Landlord
moves
court against former prez (ht 20/06/2016), Former
prez
considering moving to Janakpur: ‘Upset’ by the way the
government has treated him, by Sarin Ghimire (kp
28/06/2016)
Prez
Bhandari
on Forbes’ list of powerful women: Nepal’s head of state
has been ranked 52nd on this year’s edition of Forbes
world’s 100 most powerful women (kp 08/06/2016)
All
hail
Madam President: After becoming the first female
president of Nepal, she also became the first person for
whom we stop walking and pay our respects, by Isha
Bista (rep 13/05/2016)
It’s
a
goodwill visit to India: Prez (kp 05/05/2016), President
to
visit India starting May 9 (rep 05/05/2016), Prez
visit
to southern neighbour put off (kp 07/05/2016), Prez
India
visit cancelled for ‘lack of preparations’ (kp
08/05/2016)
Anyone
else
in my place could have staged a coup: Ex-prez Dr Yadav
(rep 22/04/2016) [??!!]
Number
of
Prez advisers reaches seven (kp 21/04/2016)
President
to
visit India on May 9: New Delhi is said to have
expressed its desire to make it an official one (kp
20/04/2016)
VP
concerned
by slow quake recovery works (kp 02/04/2016)
Veep
Pun
taken ill, admitted to Army hospital (kp 07/02/2016)
Prez
writes
to Morcha leaders for a meeting: In an official letter
sent to SLMM leadership, President invites leaders of
four Madhesi parties for a joint consultation (kp
01/01/2016)
President
urges
unity for tackling national problems (kp 11/11/2015)
President
vows
to make Nepali women proud: President Bhandari says she
will carry out her responsibilities remaining within the
boundary of the constitution (kp 10/11/2015)
Prez
calls
parties to end current crisis (ht 06/11/2015)
‘Prez
election
a morale-booster for all women’ (ht 02/11/2015)
Ex-commander
of
PLA now VP (kp 01/11/2015), Ex-Maoist
commander
Pun elected Vice-president (ht
01/11/2015), Pun’s
long
journey from PLA commander to Vice President, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 01/11/2015)
Yadav,
Pun
in VP race: Dayaram Kandel of Pariwar Dal and
independent lawmaker Attahar Kamal Musalman withdraw
their candidacies (kp 31/10/2015), Pun,
Yadav
to contest for Vice-president (ht
31/10/2015)
First
female
head of state sworn in (kp
30/10/2015), Bhandari
sworn
in as President, assumes office (ht
30/10/2015), India,
China,
US congratulate new President (kp
30/10/2015), Women
at
work: First woman president is a good start but Nepal
still has a long way to go (kp
30/10/2015), President’s
precedent:
The new head of the state should give continuity to her
predecessor’s nature conservation efforts, by Navin
Singh Khadka (kp 30/10/2015),
Veep
election
process begins (ht 30/10/2015)
Outgoing
Prez
Yadav moved by farewell show (kp 30/10/2015)
Bhandari
is
Nepal’s 1st female President, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 29/10/2015),
Bidya
Bhandari
romps home as President, by Ashok Dahal (rep
29/10/2015), Hard
work,
struggle help Bhandari reach pinnacle, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp 29/10/2015),
Homely
Bidya
may turn out to be bold President, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep 29/10/2015),
Women
leaders
hail twin victories, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
29/10/2015)
Benefits
to
Prez as per int’l norms (kp 29/10/2015)
Bhandari,
Gurung
in Prez race, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/10/2015), Bhandari,
Gurung
in fray for second president of country (ht
28/10/2015), Presidential
election:
UML intensifies lobbying (kp
28/10/2015), UCPN-Maoist
issues
whip to vote for Bhandari in presidential election
(ht 28/10/2015),
Bidya
Bhandari
likely for president, by Thira L. Bhusal and Ashok
Dahal (rep 28/10/2015),
Bidhya
Devi
Bhandari elected first female president (rep
28/10/2015), Bidya
Devi
Bhandari elected first woman President of Nepal (kp
28/10/2015), President
Yadav
‘not to resign’ (kp 28/10/2015)
Power
parity:
The next president of Nepal should be a woman, by
Prativa Sapkota (kp 27/10/2015), Ruling
UML
picks Bidhya Bhandari as Prez candidate; NC likely to
field Kul B Gurung (kp 27/10/2015),
UML
fields
Bhandari for prez; UCPN-M presents Pun for Veep; NC
undecided, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
27/10/2015), NC
to
field Gurung, Yadav for elections of Prez, Veep
respectively (rep 27/10/2015),
Madhes-centric
parties
to boycott presidential vote: Leaders say the decision
was taken to retain public trust after SLMM
participation in the PM election (kp
27/10/2015)
Parties
working
to pick prez candidates today (kp 26/10/2015), Parties
miss
consensus candidate deadline (kp
26/10/2015), PM
calls
all-party meet to seek support for UML candidate (ht
26/10/2015), UML
picks
Bidhya Bhandari as its candidate for new Prez, by
Mani Dahal (rep 26/10/2015),
Kul
Bahadur
Gurung likely to be NC's presidential candidate, by
Bal Krishna Adhikari (rep 26/10/2015),
President,
Veep
election on Wednesday (ht
26/10/2015), Election
of
Prez, Veep on the basis of majority process now (rep
26/10/2015)
President,
VP
election process under way, by Binod Ghimire (kp
25/10/2015), PM
Oli
calls all-party meet to discuss on prez's election
(rep 25/10/2015),
Parties
fail
to nominate consensual candidates for President,
Vice-President (ht 25/10/2015),
NC
to
field own prez candidates (kp
25/10/2015), UML
to
field its own candidate for President (rep
25/10/2015), UML’s
SC
meet decides to vie for President (ht
25/10/2015), UML
lawmakers
stress on consensus on elections of Prez, Veep (rep
25/10/2015), UCPN
(M)
to vie for Vice President (rep
25/10/2015)
Parliament
to
begin presidential election procedures on Saturday
(ht 24/10/2015)
Prez
election
begins in week (kp 18/10/2015),Presidential
election:
NC to pick candidate after Dashain (kp 20/10/2015),
Morcha
takes
‘wait and see’ approach to poll; Leaders of the regional
parties say their partici-pation in the election is
likely if the NC agrees to pick Prez and Veep
candi-dates agreeable to them (kp
20/10/2015), Not
interested
in presidency, says Nepal (ht
20/10/2015)
My
call
for unity ignored: President (kp 17/10/2015)
Consider
viability
and locals’ views in states: Prez to Big 4 (kp
16/08/2015), Keep
people’s
welfare in mind, prez tells leaders (ht 16/08/2015)
Prez
seeks
statute with state borders (kp 11/07/2015), President
tells
leaders to respect SC order (ht 11/07/2015)
Anti-deal
parties
seek Prez help: Request Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to
correct ‘regressive’ move, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
14/06/2015), Five
parties
submit memo to President: State that 16-point deal
violates Interim Constitution (ht 14/06/2015)
Prez
Yadav
in verbal spat with UML lawmaker (ht 13/06/2015)
Prez
inspects
quake-hit areas (kp 06/06/2015)
Constitution
must
for effective reconstruction, says President (ht
29/05/2015)
Prez
lays
stress on early constitution: Acharya Shree Mahashraman
wishes for lasting peace and prosperity (ht
03/04/2015) [??]
Prez
urges
legal eagles to press for new statute (kp
20/03/2015), Govt
paid
no heed to my concerns: Prez (rep 20/03/2015)
Cabinet
okays
Prez’s China visit (kp 14/03/2015)
Prez
displeased
with ruling coalition’s role (ht 26/02/2015)
Cabinet
nod
to Prez visit for Boao meet (kp 21/02/2015)
President
takes
lead to end political impasse (kp 07/02/2015)
Prez
Yadav
invited to BOAO meet, by Nirmal Shrestha (kp
06/02/2015)
Prez
asks
parties to tread consensus path (kp 31/01/2015)
Ruling
parties
should be flexible: President; Tells CA chairman to
accommodate former rebels in the constitution-drafting
process (ht 30/01/2015)
Take
agitating
parties on board: Prez to Oli (kp 27/01/2015)
Prez
displeased
at deregulation of crusher industries (kp
25/01/2015)
Prez
urges
statute in consensus (kp 18/01/2015), Prez
urges
parties to moderate stances (ht 18/01/2015)
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