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Author: UWB

  • Deferral of the CA Elections: Pragmatic Decision or Political Crisis?

    By Prakash Bom What is the primary objective of the CA Elections? Are political leaders clear about it? If so, have they made it clear to their party cadres and their supporters in general public? CA elections are the elections that all political parties of the nation and the general public must be aware of…

  • CA Election Uncertainty: Maoist Reaction

    In protest of the Chief Election Commissioner’s announcement that Constituent Assembly (CA) polls on June 20 was not possible, Maoist combatants in Chitwan and Nawalparasi came out of their cantonments yesterday. In Chitwan, Maoist combatants of third division main cantonment in Shaktikhor, came out of their camps to protest the postponing of CA polls. According…

  • First Day of the Year 2064. But Jumla Shines!

    The uncertainty over the CA elections and reactions to that decision of the Election Commission dominated the first day of the year in Nepal. Reaction from political parties are coming one after another regarding the Election Commissions expression of inability to hold election on stipulated time (June 20). Sher Bahadur ‘Royalist’ Deuba is one of…

  • Finally Constituent Assembly Election is Uncertain. Damn…

    EC asks the government to push it by at least 120 days. We have just received a report from the Election Commission that the EC has expressed its inability to hold election of Constituent Assembly on the stipulated time of June 20. The Commission had written a letter to the government yesterday and the cabinet…

  • Mark These Numbers: 205 + 35 + 240 + 17= 497 in Constituent Assembly

    497=Total number of seats in Constituent Assembly Here is how it works: 205= Existing constituencies (for the Parliament) 35= To be added (recommended by the Election Constituency Delimitation Commission.) Of the 35, the commission has added 28 constituencies in the terai and 7 in the hill regions. But it hasn’t changed the number of constituencies…

  • Deciphering Nepal’s Recent Turmoil

    By Biswo Poudel in Berkeley, CA “The passion of men for equality is ardent, insatiable, eternal, and invincible” (De Tocqueville, 1860) For a brief moment last winter, it seemed as if Nepal was on the brink of being disintegrated. The demands made by Janajati, Madhesi and other groups made the political environment muddled. There were…

  • India on Election: Nepal Could Set Its Own Example

    At a time when certain embassies are casting doubts on the fate of CA elections, India has supported Nepali Prime Minister’s position that election must be held at any cost. This is important because elections must be held on time. To differ the election date means to give time to play dirty games to the…