Unity
of the two Madhesi parties could be hamstrung by a
lack of coherence among their leaders: Analysts are
wary of welcoming the unification of the two
Madhes-based parties as they see it as a reactive move
rather than a unity born out of shared agendas, by
Anil Giri (kp 28/04/2020)
SRJP-N,
SP-N unify, register new party at EC: Poll panel
to decide by tomorrow; New ordinance proves to be a
catalyst for unification, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
24/04/2020)
RJP
and Samajbadi merge to form ‘Janata Samajbadi Party’
(kh 22/04/2020)
Janata
Party and Samajbadi Party resume informal talks for
merger but are stuck at leadership modality: While
both parties are on the same page on agendas,
leadership management will be key when it comes to
unification, leaders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
11/03/2020)
Janata
Party demands parliamentary probe into graft
allegations against Baskota: Congress joins in and
seeks clarification from Oli on corruption scandals
(kp 26/02/2020)
Janata
Party refuses to back Nepali Congress on obstructing
House of Representatives: Samajbadi Party says it
agrees with Congress that opposition forces should
join hands for common agendas but by letting the House
function, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/02/2020))
With
no signal from the government, Janata Party
reconsiders merger with Samajbadi Party: Janata Party
has preconditions to joining government but with talks
stalled, an alliance with the Samajbadi party could
preserve the coalition in Province 2, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 12/02/2020) [It's
the only reasonable option either! The ruling NCP will
neveer respect the inclusion demands of Janajati and
Madheshi groups!]
Ruling
party attempts to court Janata Party, which has
conditions of its own: Nepal Communist Party wants the
Janata Party for its two-thirds majority and inroads
into Province 2 but the Janata Party is still eyeing
constitutional amendments, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
28/01/2020)
‘SP-N,
RJP-N unity can happen in two days’, interview
with Uoendra Yadav (ht 30/12/2019)
Unification
between Samajbadi Party and RJPN unlikely soon, by
Mithilesh Yadav(rep 29/12/2019)
Samajbadi
Party may have quit government but it doesn’t seem to
have a way forward: Although party leaders say they
will mount an opposition, analysts believe that the
party is unlikely to win support from Congress or
Janata Party, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 28/12/2019)
Janata
Party likely to get Deputy Speaker as part of a
broader package deal: The party is demanding
constitutional amendments and the release of its
cadres, which the ruling party is likely to provide as
it looks to expand into Province 2, by Anil Giri
and Binod Ghimire (kp 26/12/2019) [Do
the RJP-N leaders really serve the interests of the
social groups they claim to respresent?], No
question of joining govt, says Mahato (ht
26/12/2019)
Samajbadi
Party exits government to little effect on the Oli
administration: National politics will remain
relatively unaffected, but there could be
repercussions in Province 2, analysts say, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 25/12/2019), Upendra
Yadav’s party quits govt: Deputy Prime Minister Yadav,
Minister Rai submit resignation (ht 25/12/2019), Yadav’s
party quits govt after PM rejects panel to study
amendment (rep 25/12/2019)
RJPN
lobbies for Deputy Speaker as its bonhomie with NCP
grows (rep 25/12/2019)
Rastriya
Janata Party, despite withdrawing support for
government, joins in electoral alliance with ruling
party: The electoral alliance is aimed solely at
preserving its National Assembly seats, say Janata
Party leaders, but commentators believe it will have
consequences, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/12/2019)
Mahato
advises Yadav to quit government (ht 25/11/2019)
Raut’s
party holds mass rally in capital against
‘discrimination’ (rep 24/11/2019)
Rastriya
Janata Party and Samajbadi Party eye electoral
alliance for November 30 polls: The Janata Party will
support the Samajbadi Party for three provincial
assembly and a federal parliament seat, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 09/11/2019)
‘SP-N
must quit govt to unify with RJP-N’ (ht
24/10/2019)
Janajati,
Madhesi forces seek to revive identity-based movement:
The KP Sharma Oli administration has undermined the
rights and privileges of marginalised communities,
leaders say, by Anil Giri (kp 21/10/2019)
RJPN
may postpone general convention yet again: Most of the
presidium members are in favor of buying time until
the conclusion of the ongoing merger talks with the
Samajwadi party (rep 19/10/2019)
RJP-N,
SP-N to hold unity talks after Dashain (ht
05/10/2019)
RJP-N
rider for unification with SP: Quit govt (ht
26/09/2019)
SP-N
to neither celebrate nor protest Constitution Day,
RJP-N set to oppose (ht 17/09/2019), Madhes-based
parties divided over Constitution Day (rep
18/09/2019)
Samajbadi
Party, a partner in the Oli government, says it won’t
observe Constitution Day: Leaders say the party will
talk to the prime minister one more time before
quitting the government, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
10/09/2019)
Second-rung
leaders of Madhes-based parties call for general
convention before merger (rwp 04/09/2019)
Infighting
deepens as RJPN weighs options (rep 02/09/2019), Internal
conflict in Rastriya Janata Party delays unification
process: Informal talks for unification have gained
momentum to create a strong alternative force to
compete with both Congress and Communist parties,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/09/2019)
RJP-N,
SP-N likely to merge before their general conventions,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 17/08/2019)
SPN,
RJPN merger heading nowhere (rep 28/07/2019)
RJPN
working on Madhesi-Janajati protest alliance (rep
23/07/2019)
Mahato
accuses SPN of taking 'dubious stance' on merger
(rep 19/07/2019)
Leadership
issues hamper unification talks between Samajbadi
Party Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal: Leaders
say they have been working to settle the issue through
dialogue, and talks will intensify once leaders return
from flood-affected districts, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 17/07/2019) [It's always
the same because Nepal only has power-hungry leaders,
not charismatic ones!]
NC,
RJPN join hands against govt (rep 11/07/2019)
RJPN,
SPN in informal talks for merger (rep 02/07/2019),
RJP-N,
SP-N intensify merger talks: Analysts sceptical
unity will materialise any time soon, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 07/07/2019)
Samajbadi
Party MP Yadav suspended for attending free Tibet
programme: The party’s central executive committee has
decided to suspend Yadav for six months after finding
his clarification for attending the controversial
event in the Latvian capital Riga ‘unsatisfactory’,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 26/06/2019)
RJPN
bats for alliance with ethnic parties to revive
identity movement (rep 25/06/2019)
Presidium
system to be scrapped (ht 20/05/2019), RJPN
decides to amend party statute to save its
constitutional status: Decision follows the party's
failure to hold general convention within the deadline
given by the Election Commission (rep 20/05/2019)
Govt
against statute amendment: Bhandari (ht
12/05/2019)
Bhattarai,
Yadav
agree to merge parties to form Samajbadi Party Nepal:
Two leaders to head federal council and central
committee, insiders say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 05/05/2019), FSF-N,
NSP-N parties unify New political entity will be named
Samajwadi Party Nepal, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
05/05/2019), FSFN,
Naya Shakti to merge as Samajbadi Party Nepal, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 05/05/2019), Bhattarai,
Yadav launch Samajbadi Party in bid to create an
alternative force: Analysts doubt the new political
outfit can make much of an impact, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 07/05/2019), Bhattarai,
Yadav form new party, by Roshan S Nepal (ht
07/05/2019)
FSFN-NSP
merger deal stalled as Bhattarai demands Yadav quit
govt (rep 02/05/2019), In
quest
for the ‘third force’, Bhattarai and Yadav discuss
party merger: Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal and
Janamukti Nepal also join talks, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 03/05/2019)
Raut
applies for party registration (rep 29/04/2019)
RJP-N
to launch nationwide protest against government
(ht 27/04/2019)
RJP-N
gears up for protests (ht 11/04/2019), RJP-N
postpones its national convention: Party has called a
meeting of office-bearers on April 21 to decide
another date, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 12/04/2019)
RJP-N
seeking
‘excuse’ to postpone national convention: Three senior
leaders pressing the presidium to take decision
through meeting of political committee, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 07/04/2019)
RJPN
and FSFN revive merger process (rep 21/03/2019)
RJP-Nepal
gears up for anti-government protest, by Abadhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 09/03/2019)
Resham
Chaudhary
and ten others sentenced to life for 2015 Tikapur
violence: Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal objects to
Kailali District Court’s order, pulls out support from
the government immediately after the ruling, by
Arjun Shaha (kp 07/03/2019) [Politicians
obviously see criminals within their parties as immune
against punishment!]
Yadav
at the helm of RJP-Nepal presidium, by Tika Ram
Pradhan (kp 20/01/2019)
Govt
begins
amendment discussions with Madhes parties: Prime
Minister Oli has promised to study the possibility of
withdrawing cases against those RJPN cadres who are
currently serving jail-term, according to RJPN leaders
(rep 05/01/2019) [Such legal
matters do not fall within the decision-making scope
of the executive! The separation of powers is an
essential characteristic of a democratic
constitutional state!]
Festering
row
threatens delay to RJP-N conclave: The dispute has
reached new levels of hatred, with one faction
resorting to burning the effigy of party chief
Rajendra Mahato, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 31/12/2018)
Oli
positive aboutaddressing RJP-N demands, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 26/12/2018)
Khambuwan
gives up arms, enters into peaceful politics, by
Bedraj Paudel (kp 23/12/2018), Khambuwan
Mukti Morcha surrenders arms (rep 23/12/2018)
Will
FSF-N, RJP-N merger happen?, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 23/12/2018)
Sanghiya
Samajbadi
forms talks team: To hold dialogue with RJP-Nepal,
Naya Shakti Nepal, Janamukti Party, and Hamro
Communist Party, among others, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 10/12/2018)
Sanghiya
Samajbadi likely to hold general convention in May
(kp 07/12/2018)
Rotating
leadership pushes RJPN to brink of split: Party to
withdraw support from govt (rep 29/11/2018), Intra-party
rift in RJP-N widens (ht 29/11/2018), RJP-N
conflict deepens after Mahato takes charge, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/12/2018)
Madhes-based
parties
dogged by internal rifts: RJP-N and SSF-N have put
their electoral agendas on the back burner due to
internal wranglings, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
28/11/2018)
Rajendra
Mahato to helm RJP-N presidium from today, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 21/11/2018)
RJP-N
renews call for statute amendment: Warns of struggle
to press the government to honour its commitment,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/11/2018)
RJP-N
to retain presidium even after party conclave (kp
29/10/2018)
Cadres
miffed at RJP-N’s decision on presidium (ht
11/10/2018)
SSF-N:
No decision on staging black day (kp 18/09/2018)
Court
issues arrest warrant against Prov 2 state minister
(kp 12/08/2018)
RJPN
picks absconding murder- accused as state minister
(rep 24/07/2018) (related to Province 2) [????
His arrest has already been ordered by the SC!]
The
reign of error: The govt should use its majority to do
good, not undermine academic autonomy, by Pramod
Mishra (kp 19/07/2018)
Gachhadar
threatens to quit NC (ht 10/07/2018)
RJP-N
likely to choose PP leader on Saturday (ht
10/07/2018), RJP-N
to elect PP leader on Saturday (kp 11/07/2018), RJPN
may pick PP leader through vote Saturday (rep
12/07/2018), Mahantha
Thakur is RJP-N PP leader, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
15/07/2018)
RJP-N
meeting ends indecisive (kp 08/07/2018)
RJP-N
yet to pick its PP leader (kp 30/06/2018)
Messiah
or pariah? Yadav’s recent move to join the government
could cost him dear, by Suman Kumar Mandal (kp
22/06/2018)
RJP-N
to drop presidium, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
22/06/2018), Key
meeting fails to decide on PP leader (kp
22/06/2018)
RJP-N
to hold General Convention next April (kp
21/06/2018) [Political parties
fundamentally disregard the constitution and
subordinate laws!], RJP-N’s
general convention from April 20 to 22 (ht
21/06/2018)
RJP-N
meeting mulls joining central govt, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 19/06/2018), Dissolve
presidium, upset leaders urge, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 20/06/2018)
RJPN
expedites preparations to hold convention within six
months (rep 13/06/2018)
RJP-N
won’t join govt now: Mahato (kp 11/06/2018)
Yadav
refutes merger reports with NCP (kp 08/06/2018)
Confusion
in RJP-N over party establishment day (kp
07/06/2018), EC
to RJP-N: Hold national convention within July 14
(kp 08/06/2018), RJPN
wants
six months to hold general convention: The Election
Commission had written to the Rastriya Janata Party
Nepal on Thursday, reminding the party to hold general
convention by July 14 (rep 09/06/2018) [This
falls under the normal category of disregarding
constitution and subordinate laws!]
RJPN
brass divided over joining govt (rep 06/06/2018)
SSF-N
gears up to join government, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 28/05/2018), FSF-N
to join NCP-led govt (ht 28/05/2018), After
deal, SSF-N to join fed govt: Ruling party vows
constitution amendment, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
29/05/2018), Alliance
over: RJP-N (ht 29/05/2018), FSF-N
joined govt after NCP vowed to amend statute: Yadav
(ht 01/06/2018), RJPN
leaders hint at change in power equation in Province 2
(rep 01/06/2018), SSF-Nepal
joins govt: Upendra Yadav and Mohamed Istiyak Rai
inducted; Defence Minister Ishwor Pokhrel promoted to
DPM after Yadav claimed the position; State Minister
Gokul Baskota now Cabinet minister (kp 02/06/2018)
Four
ethnic parties to unite (ht 27/05/2018)
RJP-N
panel to meet on June 8 (kp 24/05/2018)
RJPN
may join govt if amendment pledged (rep
24/05/2018)
Modi’s
silence on statute leaves Madhesi parties in quandary
(rep 15/05/2018)
RJP-N
hosts tea reception to mark first founding anniversary
(ht 21/04/2018), 33
RJP-N rebels form new party (kp 21/04/2018), Dissident
RJPN leaders form new party (rep 21/04/2018), State
of flux: The RJPN, which brought together eight
Madhesi parties before polls, needs to reinvent
for survival (kp 23/04/2018), Leaders’
absence delays RJP-Nepal meeting (kp 24/04/2018)
Chances
of FSF-N joining govt slim, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
16/04/2018)
No
meeting with left alliance since one month: Yadav
(rep 11/04/2018)
Karna
to draft RJP-N statute (kp 06/04/2018)
RJP-N
general convention shifted to October (ht
02/04/2018)
SSF-N
to join govt after premier returns: Party awaits prime
minister’s call, says Yadav (kp 02/04/2018)
Madhesi
parties
not to join next govt until constitution amendment
assurance: UML’s refusal to amend the constitution led
the Madhes-centric parties to ally with the NC for the
National Assembly polls (kp 25/01/2018)
RJP-N
weighing options for ‘long-term’ alliance (kp
22/01/2018)
EC
accepts ‘faulty’ RJP-N PR candidate list, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/12/2017)
‘Madhesi
alliance to work with forces supportive of Madhes
issues’ (ht 21/12/2017)
FSFN,
RJPN into unification bid, provincial govt formation,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 14/12/2017), Yadav
rules out FSF-N and RJP-N unity (ht 15/12/2017), RJP-N,
FSF-N to hold unity talks soon (ht 22/12/2017)
Yadav
pledges to continue struggle after elections (ht
13/12/2017)
Ethnic
parties losing grip in eastern Nepal, by Roshan S.
Nepal and Laxmi Gautam (ht 22/11/2017)
No
deal yet with FSF-N, RJP-N: NC, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 29/10/2017)
FSF-N,
RJP-N close to deal (ht 28/10/2017)
NLF
faction to support Yadav’s SSFN (kp 26/10/2017)
RJP-N
leaders stage sit-in demanding PR list correction
(kp 19/10/2017)
FSFN,
RJPN hope for better showing in upcoming polls (ht
18/10/2017)
To
ally
or not to ally: Congress needs Madhesbadi parties for
its very survival while these parties can do without
such an alliance with NC, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep
18/10/2017)
Madhes
parties, NC to join forces against left bloc (kp
17/10/2017)
Partnership
hinges on NC’s generosity: Yadav (kp 13/10/2017),
Sadbhawana
Party, RJP-N to ally with NC in Udaypur (ht
13/10/2017)
NDF
likely to merge with Nepali Congress (ht
10/10/2017) [Everything
forgiven and forgotten that has been so important in
2007??], NDF
prepared to merge with Congress (ht 14/10/2017), Congress,
NLF to seal unification deal today (kp
16/10/2017), NDF’s
merger with NC postponed at the last minute (ht
16/10/2017), A
homecoming for Gachhadar: NLF, NC merge to ‘stop rise
of authoritarianism, save democracy and ensure broader
acceptance of statute’ (kp 17/10/2017), NDF
merges with NC (ht 17/10/2017)
SSF-N,
RJP-N form alliance for upcoming polls (kp
07/10/2017), RJPN,
FSFN to share constituencies 50-50 in Madhes (rep
07/10/2017), SFN-RJPN
poll alliance brings excitement to Madhes: The Nepali
Congress won most seats in the recent local elections
in Province 2 but the votes secured by FSFN and RJPN
together add up to more than NC's vote, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep
08/10/2017)
All
eyes on which way FSFN will go (rep 06/10/2017)
Madhesi
Parties And Mainstream Politics, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 05/10/2017)
Gachhadar’s
NLF to recall two ministers (kp 05/10/2017)
Five
dissent leaders of RJP-N join hands with UML (kp
03/10/2017), Tripathi,
four Madhesi leaders to contest polls with CPN-UML’s
election symbol (ht 03/10/2017), Quitting
of senior RJPN leaders creates ripples in Province-5,
by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 09/10/2017), When
dreams sag: The surrender of Bhattarai-Dahal duo stole
the thunder from the act of Messrs Brijesh Kumar Gupta
and Hridayesh Tripathi throwing down their gauntlets
into Tinau River, by CK Lal (rep 09/10/2017)
RJP-N
in talks with SSF-N for tie-up (kp 26/09/2017)
Poll
alliance with like-minded parties: RJP-N (kp
26/09/2017)
Between
a
rock and a hard place: The task of carrying on
protests will be difficult for Madhes-based parties
after the loss of popular ground, by Birendra P.
Mishra (kp 26/09/2017) [???
The boycott of local elections by the RJP-N has been
undemocratic and it was a big mistake! But in province
2, the 3 main Madheshi/Janajati parties together have
probably won 54 mayor positions, i.e. 15 more than the
closest big party, the NC! The CPN-UML has been
punished severely for its one-sided stance on national
identity that continues to disregard the interests of
the Madheshis, Janajatis and Dalits, i.e. the majority
of the Nepalese citizens. Boycotts and blockades are
the wrong way, but there is a lot to change in the
political system beginning with the constitution!!],
Rift
in RJPN hits poll campaigns (rep 13/09/2017)
UML
has lost moral ground to seek votes, says Yadav
(ht 12/09/2017)
Province
2 polls a litmus test for Madhes parties, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 11/09/2017)
RJP-N
manifesto lashes out at Maoist Centre (kp
08/09/2017)
Yadav
threatens agitation after local level polls (ht
08/09/2017)
RJP-N
Gen Secy Raya quits (kp 06/09/2017)
RJPN
fails to finalize candidates for 22 local units
(rep 06/09/2017)
RJP-N
takes exception to new constituencies, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 02/09/2017)
Two
Limbuwan leaders face party axe (ht 30/08/2017)
RJP-N
cadres protest UML programme in Janakpur (ht
30/08/2017)
RJP-N
to raise issue of development in third phase of local
polls, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 26/08/2017)
Poll
backers outweigh in RJP-N meet (kp 23/08/2017)
Existential
crisis:
With an electoral rout of small Madhesi parties in
Province 2, the struggle for separate Madhes province
or Madhesi-only province would be meaningless, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep 20/08/2017)
RJP-N
Returns To Sanity, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
13/08/2017), RJPN
and elections: Participation important, by Hari
Bansh Jha (ht 14/08/2017)
RJP-Nepal
agrees
to take part in Phase III local polls:
Constitution amendment bill to be put to vote
most likely on Tuesday, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
12/08/2017), Amendment
bill to be put to vote soon: RJP-Nepal to take part in
Province 2 local level polls (ht 12/08/2017)
Yadav
roots for provincial polls before parliamentary
elections (ht 12/08/2017)
Pleasure
Of Self-infliction, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
11/08/2017)
A
‘weakened’ RJP says its agenda still alive: Difference
of opinions among the leaders shows the RJP-N is yet
to become an organically united force, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 03/08/2017), Thakur
presents RJP-N’s political document: Party not to
participate in elections till constitution amendment
bill is passed (ht 03/08/2017) [Go
to
the elections with all your demands to get democratic
legimisation! Else, you will disqualify yourself from
participation in all future discussions!], Internal
dispute in RJP-N hits its decision on polls (kp
05/08/2017), Majority
of RJP-N leaders in favour of boycotting polls (ht
06/08/2017), Intra-party
rift widens in RJPN: Second-rung leaders have shunned
regular party activities (rep 06/08/2017), RJP-N
teams to talk about polls (kp 07/08/2017), RJP-N
decides to boycott civic polls: To announce protest
programmes after a week (ht 09/08/2017) [In
a democratic state, no political party has any right
to act without the people's mandate!!]
RJPN
rift deepens ahead of crucial meets: Leaders threaten
to quit party en masse,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep
30/07/2017)
Pressure
builds within RJPN for poll participation (rep
26/07/2017)
The
missed
bus? If RJP-N boycotts the third phase of local polls,
it risks further alienating its constituents, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 23/07/2017), Province
2
to see little dev activities this year: Local level
election is precondition to utilising funds allocated
for capital expenditure, by Aman Koirala (kp
23/07/2017) [Thanks to RJPN!]
‘No
statute
amendment before polls’ (ht 22/07/2017)
RJPN
calls CC meet to resolve disputes (rep
21/07/2017), RJP-N
to
hold first central body meeting from Aug 5 (kp
22/07/2017)
Dispute
in
RJP-N Morang (ht 19/07/2017)
Third
time
unlucky: There is a chance most Madhesi parties will
go out of business, which could help Madhesi public
unite behind a common cause, by Sukhdev Shah (rep
18/07/2018)
RJP-Nepal
not
in favour of naturalised citizens holding top posts:
Thakur (ht 17/07/2017)
Governing
alliance
in bid to address RJP-N’s other demands (kp
16/07/2017), RJP’s
Demand For Multi-nation State: A Recipe For
Territorial Disintegration, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
16/07/2017), RJP-N
to
discuss next move in CC or CWC (ht 16/07/2017)
Ruling
alliance
rules out statute revision: Makes it clear to
RJP-Nepal leaders that it lacks required numbers
(kp 12/07/2017), Bill
unlikely
to be passed ‘any time soon’ (ht), CPN-UML
refuses
to budge from its stance on statute (ht
12/07/2017), RJP-Nepal
in
a fix after statute revision ruled out:Party mulling
various options: Leaders (kp 13/07/2017)
Election
fervor returns as RJPN mulling to register party,
by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 07/07/2017), RJP-N
applies
at EC for party registration: Governing parties seek
one week to make efforts to address concerns (kp
08/07/2017)
RJPN
candidate wins elections, by Kiran Man Bajracharya
(rep 06/07/2017)
Dissatisfaction
brewing
in RJP-Nepal? Tripathi threatens to quit party (kp
04/07/2017) [Refusing to ask
for the people's mandate leaves this party as an
unimportant lot without democratic legitimisation!],
RJPN in
confusion over next step: RJPN fielded candidacies in
more than 20 local units including in Rupendehi and
Kapilvastu but has not won even a single seat until
fourth day of the vote count on Monday (rep
04/07/2017), East-West
power
tussle grips RJPN after poll debacle (rep
05/07/2017), Dwindling
Influence
Of RJP-N, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 06/07/2017), Rift
in
RJP-N on contents of party statute: Plan to register
with EC deferred, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
06/07/2017)
Gachchhadar,
Yadav maintain influence in their regions, by Amar
Khadka (rep 04/07/2017)
RJP-N
says
won’t resort to violence (kp 28/06/2017), RJPN in
confusion over next step: RJPN fielded candidacies in
more than 20 local units including in Rupendehi and
Kapilvastu but has not won even a single seat until
fourth day of the vote count on Monday (rep
04/07/2017)
In
a
fix: RJP-N’s ambivalence over second phase of local
polls shows deeply divided Madhesi constituency
(kp 26/06/2017), Why
RJP
So Lethargic?, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
26/06/2017)
Cheated
and
silenced, the voters in the Terai will go to the polls
with a heavy heart, by Anurag Acharya (The Record
25/06/2017)
RJP-Nepal
will
withdraw support to govt: Tripathi; Govt charged with
stoking the conflict by deploying the Army in the
plains on the pretext of polls (kp 24/06/2017)
Identity
politics peters out in eastern hills, by Durga
Dulal and Bhim Chapagain (rep 24/06/2017))
Moderating
with
moderates, by Chandra Kishor (nt 23/06/2017)
Immature
Step Of RJP, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 21/06/2017)
Ongoing
election
meaningless, say RJP-Nepal leaders (kp
20/06/2017), Supreme
Court
summons RJP-N and govt for discussions on Thursday
(ht 20/06/2017)
Who
is
lying? Democracy and federalism can be sustained only
in an environment of political trust and transparency;
If the govt often feels betrayed by the RJP-N, or the
RJP-N finds that the govt ‘misleads’ the public, why
can’t they agree to negotiate issues of public
importance in the presence of the media, the civil
society or the public in general?, by Achyut Wagle
(kp
19/06/2017),
Doubtful
deferral:
It would be wrong to blame only the RJPN for Province
2 delay. Congress is as responsible, by David
Kainee (rep
19/06/2017),
‘Phase
III
poll as suggested by agitating forces’ (ht) [Did they really suggest it in this
way?], No
Shift In Position Fuelling The Fire, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn
19/06/2017),
Polls
‘undemocratic’,
say RJP-N leaders, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
19/06/2017)
5
RJP-N activists injured in Parasi police firing,
by Narayan Sharma (kp 18/06/2017), Three
RJP-N
cadres injured in police firing in Nawalparasi (ht
18/06/2017), Mahato
demands
polls across Tarai in single phase (ht
18/06/2017), Deuba
meets
RJP-N leader (kp 18/06/2017)
Madhes
forces
in poll race (kp 18/06/2017)
RJP-N’s
tough
stance stokes political crisis, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 17/06/2017) [Why do you
not write: CPN-UML's tough stance on necessary
constitutional changes stokes polical crisis? The
RJP-N's bad and in the same way undemocratic behaviour
is only a reaction!], RJP-N
says
protests on (kp
17/06/2017),
Dispute
in RJPN over continuing with protests: Decides to
press on with protests amid disgruntlement (rep
17/06/2017),
FA
to
keep protesting against local level polls: FA will
hold baton rallies in Madhes and Tharuhat on Saturday
and impose general strike in Madhes on Sunday, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
17/06/2017),
Holding
Local Polls Still A Challenge, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn
17/06/2017),
India
‘firm’
on inclusive constitution in Nepal, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
17/06/2017)
RJP
In Existential Crisis, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
16/06/2017)
RJP-N
ups
ante, says it will disrupt polls: Announces protests
after negotiations with ruling parties break down,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 12/06/2017), RJP-N
cadres
protest against Upendra Yadav, by Aman Koirala (kp
12/06/2017),
RJP-N
supporters
disrupt CPN-UML programme (kp 12/06/2017), Deuba
committing
blunder, says Mahato (ht 12/06/2017), Tight
security
for FSF-N programme (ht 12/06/2017), Agitators
stick
to amendment demand (rep 12/06/2017)), Federal
Alliance announces protests to disrupt polls, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 12/06/2017), Running
away from polls is cowardice: Yadav, by Santosh
Singh (rep 12/06/2017), Madheshi
Leaders
For Protests, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
12/06/2017), RJP-N
general
strike affects life in various Tarai districts (kp
14/06/2017),
RJP’s
Tantrums
May Backfire, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 14/06/2017)
[The party will fall into
oblivon if it does not take part in the elections
since it will have nothing to say on the local level
for the next five years!], Yadav:
Protests
will rob Madhesis of right to vote (kp
14/06/2017), RJP-N
forms
committee (kp 14/06/2017)
Family,
ethnic ties decisive in tarai polls, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 12/06/2017)
Gachhadar
suggests
3rd phase vote in Province 2 (kp 12/05/2017)
Ruling
alliance
rejects RJP-N’s poll delay call, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 11/06/2017), 3-party
talks on poll participation fail yet again: Deuba
requests RJPN leaders to take part in polls; RJPN says
participation impossible until demands are met;NC
rejects proposal to defer polls yet again , by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 11/06/2017),
RJP-N
says
it won’t participate in polls till key demands met:
The party wants constitution amendment bill passed and
more local levels in Madhes, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 11/06/2017)
Sarita
Giri
joins forces with Upendra Yadav (kp 10/06/2017)
RPP,
SSF-N
back Deuba’s bid: RJP-Nepal likely to extend support
after possible deal on its demands; SSF-N Chair Yadav
says his party has decided to vote forDeuba after
being assured of constitution amendment (kp
(05/06/2017), RJP-N
secretly
preparing for upcoming civic polls (ht
05/06/2017), RJP-N
‘ready’
for polls with one of six vote symbols: Election
officials say the demanded symbol - umbrella - cannot
be given to the united party as ballot papers have
already been printed and delivered to the districts,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/06/2017), Rift
surfaces
in RJP-N over registration for polls (ht
06/06/2017), RJP-Nepal,
FSF-N
back NC president (ht 07/06/2017), RJPN may
take part in polls (rep 07/06/2017),
RJP-Nepal
leaders,
cadres quit party (ht 07/06/2017)
RJP-N
viewed
as strong contender in the plains, by Aman Koirala
(kp 02/06/2017)
RJP-Nepal
reschedules
its protests (kp 01/06/2017), SSF-N
Chair
Yadav lashes out at RJP-N (kp 01/06/2017), Election
code should be suspended for some time, interview
with Manish Suman, general secretary of RJPN (rep
01/06/2017)
RJP-N
welcomes
govt decision to defer polls: Announced protest
programme to continue until demands addressed, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp
30/05/2017),
Madhesi
parties preparing for polls, RJPN still undecided,
by Chhatra Karki and Ajit Tiwari (rep
30/05/2017),
More
needs to be done: RJPN leaders (rep 30/05/2017), RJP-N
fallen
between two stools? Differences within the party
stalling decision on its participation in local
elections: Some leaders within the RJP-N are for
finding ‘a political way out’ and going to polls while
others say participating in the polls without
government addressing their demands would mean losing
face with the constituencies, by Anil Giri (kp
31/05/2017), RJP-N
stages
sit-in at poll office: 32 cadres of the party held;
protest to continue till they are released (ht
31/05/2017), Indian
envoy advises RJPN to go to polls (rep 31/05/2017)
Gathabandhan
ups
the ante: Announces protests aimed at foiling June 14
election; The RJP-N says it will not participate in
polls as the government has failed to address its
demands and implement past deals, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 26/05/2017),
RJPN
announces to disrupt polls, by Roshan Sedhai (rep
27/05/2017), RJP-N
protest
dampens poll spirit in Banke (kp 28/05/2017), , Show
flexibility:
RJPN should now realize that constitutional amendment
and increasing number of local levels at this stage
are impossible (ht) [This
sounds reasonable though the question remains why the
media never demanded the same from the stubborn
CPN-UML!], We
hope
the govt will show sincerity in bringing us on board
the elections, interview with Rajendra Mahato,
RJP-N (kp 29/05/2017)
Madhes-centric
parties
welcome govt decision to increase local units (kp
26/05/2017)
RJP-N
still
in dilemma over joining local polls: Announcement of a
fresh round of protest likely today, says a leader,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/05/2017), Party’s
Saptari
chapter for election boycott (kp 25/05/2017), Parties
in
Banke ready for polls, save RJP-N (kp 26/05/2017)
Sense
and
sentiments: When intelligentsia, political class and
public intellectuals fail to take clear stands, the
whole debate flies into abstractions, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep 24/05/2017)
FA
postpones
protests (ht 23/05/2017)
Will
participate
in all three tiers of polls (kp 22/05/2017), Madhesi
parties in bid for poll alliance (rep 22/05/2017)
EC
rejects
PM's request to increase local units: The election
body has also refused to give umbrella as the election
symbol to the newly-formed Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
as demanded by its leaders (rep 22/05/2017)
Seven-party
talks
on for peaceful polls: Madhesi leaders threaten to
boycott elections if amendment bill not passed, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 20/05/2017)
RJP-N
for
postponing elections: The govt, however, is set to end
House session today (kp 18/05/2017), NC
rejects RJP request to delay 2nd phase polls, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 18/05/2017)
Constitution
amendment:
RJPN tells PM, Deuba to ensure passage of bill, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 18/05/2017)
Kin
of
Maleth clash victims get Rs 1m each (kp
18/05/2017) [And what of
punishing the guilty persons?? This is continued
politics of impunity!!]
Yadav
demands
amendment before second phase polls (kp
17/05/2017), Amendment
must
as per deal: Upendra Yadav (rep 17/05/2017)
Protest
rally
against NC, CPN-MC (ht 13/05/2017)
Upendra
Yadav
defends decision to take part in local level elections
(ht 13/05/2017), Local
polls
will safeguard achievements: Upendra Yadav (rep
13/05/2017)
RJP-N
to
disrupt polls if statute not amended (kp
12/05/2017)
Gathabandhan
to
hold talks with PM today: Alliance of Madhesi and
Janajati forces considering protest to press
government for statute amendment (kp
09/05/2017), FA
to
remind PM about gentlemen’s agreement (ht
09/05/2017),
Gathabandhan
announces
stir plan: PM says amendment proposal will be
forwarded in the upcoming meeting of Parliament,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 10/05/2017) [Don't
take the people for a fool! With your attack against
the independence of judiciary you have lost any chance
to find the necessary majority for an amenment, Mr
Dahal!], Govt not
honoring 'gentlemen's agreement': Madhesi parties
(rep 10/05/2017), Federal
Alliance
unveils 'peaceful' protests ahead of polls (rep
10/05/2017)
Gachhadar
joins
govt with 2 other party colleagues: Three state
ministers from NLF to be sworn in today (kp
09/05/2017)
Thakur-led
Gathabandhan
to serve ultimatum to PM (kp 08/05/2017), Thakur’s
statement
personal: Yadav (kp 08/05/2017)
Gathabandhan
shows
its architect the door: Removes Upendra Yadav;
Mahantha Thakur takes over, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
07/05/2017)
RJPN
leaders
meet Prez (kp 06/05/2017)
Formation
of
RJP-N formally endorsed: To join polls only after
statute amendment (kp 03/05/2017)
Gachchhadar's
NLP declines Dahal offer to join govt: Decides to
continue support to govt (rep 03/05/2017)
FSFN
to contest polls; RJP to await amendment (rep
02/05/2017)
Too
little,
too late: While Madhesi people have faced bullets
benefits have accrued mostly to a handful of Madhesi
leaders, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 02/05/2017)
Oppn,
Madhes parties want local polls in single phase
(rep 29/04/2017), FSFN
demands elections in single phase: 'Budget only after
constitution amendment, elections' (rep
29/04/2017)
Who
represents
the Madhes? Parties that speak and work with people
rather than for them can eventually win their hearts
and minds, by Pramod Mishra (kp 27/04/2017)
Unified
Madhesis To Join Poll Fray, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 26/04/2017), RJP-N
misses
time to enlist for Phase I vote: New party only
informs poll body about the merger of six Madhes-based
parties to become RJP-N and demands ‘umbrella’ as its
election symbol, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
27/04/2017)
Under
opposition pressure govt shelves plan to increase
local units, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 27/04/2017),
House
resumes as govt backs out: Lawmakers allowed
registering amendments to the constitution amendment
bill (rep 27/04/2017)
Naya
Shakti
to go to polls with SSFN’s symbol (kp 26/04/2017)
Gathabandhan
to
take part in two-phase local elections: Govt agrees to
fast-track endorsement of a revised constitution
amendment proposal, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/04/2017), Gathabandhan
rolls
back agitation plan: To begin preparations for local
polls, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 24/04/2017)
Hectic
parleys
raise hope of agreement: Panel formed to prepare
revised constitution amendment proposal; Deal, most
likely today, could clear clouds of uncertainty over
polls, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/04/2017), Morcha
disrupts
EC training: Protesters warn of disrupting every
programme related to the local level elections (kp
22/04/2017)
Six
Madhes-based
parties under one umbrella: Rastriya Janata Party ‘to
step up protest’ to press for statute revision;
Leaders rule out possibility of participating in polls
slated for May 14 (kp 21/04/2017), Six
UDMF
constituents merge: Form Rastriya Janata Party; FSF-N
not to be a part of the new entity (ht
21/04/2017), Six
Madhes parties unify as polls loom closer, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 21/04/2017), Coming
together:
A day after five major parties agreed to go for local
elections on 14 May with or without Madhes-based
parties, six fringe parties from the Tarai announced
unification, by Om Astha Rai (nt 21/04/2017)
UDMF
struggles to resist poll aspirants despite boycott
stance, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 21/04/2017)
SLMM
activists
clash with police in Gaur (kp 21/04/2017)
SLMM
stages
torch rally (kp 19/04/2017)
Joint
stir
announced in Kailali (ht 19/05/2017)
Lekhi’s
party
merges with Sadbhawana (kp 19/04/2017)
Gathabandhan
move
leaves locals in Madhes wary, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
18/04/2017), Morcha’s
protests
challenge for polls: Security officials, by Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp 18/04/2017), BRB
to
join forces with Yadav for joint movement (kp
18/04/2017)
Gathabandhan
shares
plan to foil local polls: Local vote should be held
after federal and provincial elections: Yadav (kp
17/04/2017), Fresh
amendments
only if Morcha agrees: Nayak, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 17/04/2017), What do
Madhesi parties want?, by Roshan Sedhai (rep
17/04/2017)
FA
to
announce protest programmes today (ht 16/05/2017)
68-party
front
begins hunger strike for election symbols (kp
16/04/2017)
UDMF
leaders
discuss protest strategies (ht 15/04/2017), UDMF
ready for another round of talks 'if govt is sincere'
(rep 15/04/2017)
Madhesis
seek
changes in charter (ht 14/04/2017)
Ominous
tides:
Local elections, if held without bringing the Morcha
on board, will be another way of entrenching
Kathmandu’s power, by Pramod Mishra (kp
13/04/2017), Constitution
amendment process back to square one: Govt bid to
bring Madhesi parties on board the election uncertain,
by Ashok Dahal (rep
13/04/2017),
Govt
move
cuts no ice, Morcha ‘to turn up heat’, by Binod
Ghimire (kp
13/04/2017),
UDMF
rejects new amendment bill, by Roshan Sedhai (rep
13/04/2017)
New
amendment bill draws mixed reaction from Madhes-based
parties; UML vows to foil it (rep 12/04/2017)
Zero
hour:
Without any delay, parties must pass amendment bill
and the Madhesi parties must commit to polls (kp
10/04/2017), Morcha’s
views
sought on fresh amendment proposal: Oppn CPN-UML yet
to be consulted, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
10/04/2017)
Statute
amendment:
PM says new proposal will be acceptable to all; Morcha
leaders ‘eagerly waiting’ to see how government moves
forward, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 09/04/2017)
Officials
raise
red flag for some Tarai districts: Say it will be
difficult to hold elections if Morcha not brought on
board (kp 08/04/2017), NC
for
putting amendment bill to vote: Open to holding polls
in two phases if UDMF takes part (ht 08/04/2017)
Talks
with Madhes parties on back burner as NC-Maoist ties
sour, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 06/04/2017), Saptari
locals, police wish for govt-UDMF deal, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 06/04/2017)
Over
dozen
leaders, cadres quit NMSP (ht 05/04/2017)
MJF-D,
RJP
decide to unify (ht 05/04/2017)
[new name will be Nepal Loktantrik Forum and MJF-D
Chairman Gachhadar will lead it], Threshold
provision
triggers merger of fringe parties: MJF-L, Rastriya
Janamukti Party, Dalit Janajati Party become Nepal
Loktantrik Forum Party, by Binod Ghimire and Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 06/04/2017),
Two
fringe parties merge with MPRF-D: New party named
Nepal Democratic Forum (rep 06/04/2017)
Limbuwan
party
for leveraging election to strengthen its base, by
Arjun B. Rajbanshi (kp 03/04/2017)
Bid
to
form unified Madhesi party (ht 03/04/2017)
Three
central
leaders, 17 others quit Sadbhawana Party (ht
31/03/2017)
Madhes
protests cost Saptari 11 lives in 19 months:
Residents, leaders and activist call for peaceful
protests, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 30/03/2017)
Madhesi
Parties:
A Force To Reckon With, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
30/03/2017)
Sadbhawana
cadres,
leaders quit (ht 30/03/2017)
Gachchhadar's
party 'might' join NC (rep 20/03/2017) [???]
Did
Terai
People Need To Punish Madheshi Leaders?, by Siddhi
B Ranjitkar (km 15/03/2017)
Madhesh
is
wasting: If all Madheshi leaders come under a single
electoral umbrella, it would give the fight for
Madheshi rights new boost and legitimacy, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep 09/03/2017)
UML
Campaign And Reactive Madhesi Front, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 05/03/2017)
CK
Raut’s
supporters held (kp 19/02/2017), Marchawar
tense
as CK Raut’s supporters clash with police, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 20/02/2017), It’s
secession,
stupid: Madheshi Morcha leaders echo CK Raut on
several fronts, with only slight variances in their
tone and phraseology, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
20/02/2017) [By the way, what
about the social secession that is forced by Kamal
Thapa and his RPP? Both the policies of Raut and Thapa
are disintegrating and unconstitutional, only that
Raut is imprisoned and Thapa is celebrated by
mainstream Tagadhari politicians!],
Life
returns
to normal in Rupandehi’s Marchawar (kp 21/02/2017)
Tharu
parties aim for unification, by Madan Chaudhary
(rep 18/02/2017)
Local
level
restructuring: A few tweaks to report is what Morcha
seeks; Calls for adding 100 units in Tarai to make
recommendations acceptable, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/02/2017)
Ten
Years On, Madhes Still In Unrest, by Amarendra
Yadav (rn 11/02/2017)
MLP
holds
merger talks with like-minded Madhesi parties (kp
07/02/2017)
Morcha
denies
meetings with secessionist forces (kp 05/02/2017)
‘Free
Madhes’
campaigner CK Raut arrested (kp 03/02/2017)
Politics In Terai: Fighting Fallacies And False
Consciousness, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 29/01/2017)
[?? In defence of
non-inclusive male Tagadhari politics!]
10
years
of Madhes movement: Crucial gains, Madhesi leaders ask
for more, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 17/01/2017), Ten
years
after: The Madhes movement has helped to make Madhesis
more confident and assertive, by Randhir Chaudhary
(kp 18/01/2017),
Nine
years on, Madhes movement has lost what it gained,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 18/01/2017) [wants to say: ten
years on]
Rotary
of
revolutions: Rudderless due to unawakened masses,
Tarai-Madhesh remains almost leaderless even after a
decade of the first major upheaval, by CK Lal (rep
16/01/2017)
Better
luck
next year: Madhesis will remember 2016 for the
endless political dialogue that yielded little,
by Dipendra Jha (kp 03/01/2017)
Southern
blues:
Kathmandu should be cautious about how splinter
ideology is spreading in Tarai due to its continuing
negligence of the region, by Randhir Chaudhary (kp
30/12/2016)
CK
Raut
held with 33 supporters: Deputy Superintendent of
Police Manoj Yadav says they will be released after
detailed investigation (kp 26/11/2016)
PM
hits
snag with Madhesi leaders in amendment bid: Talks on
Wednesday inconclusive, FSFN clear on no support,
others to discuss after bill is in Parliament (rep
24/11/2016), Majority
of
Morcha leaders agree to draft proposal, but tepidly:
Say they will extend support to it despite having some
reservations; Remain non-committal about taking part
in polls once it is tabled, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
24/11/2016),
Tharu
council
warns against Province 5 split, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp
24/11/2016)
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