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Gagan Thapa Declares Nepal Student Union Presidency Candidacy
Update: Pradeep Poudel, with 830 votes of 1500, won the presidency of NSU, the student wing of Nepali Congress, in it’s 10th National Convention. Bikash Koirala got 402. “I will take forward the aganda of democratic republicanism,” Poudel said. Gagan Thapa, at the eleventh hour, decided not to fight and supported Poudel who is a…
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Latest on Nepali Politics: Four Key Points
Amidst seeming deadlock, the political parties are busy in behind-the-scenes parleys and making tangible progress. By Ameet Dhakal The negotiations are mainly in two sets – between the Nepali Congress and the Maoists and between the government and the Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF). Negotiations between the Nepali Congress and the Maoists are focused mainly…
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Unacceptable: The YCL Activities
UWB agrees with the Kathmandu Post editorial published today: The Young Communit League (YCL) activities are not directed at cleaning the society but at cleansing rules, norms, system and civilization of this country. Prachanda and his rag-tag army committed the first blunder by declaring an armed rebellion back in 1996. Even if we agree on…
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Time for Meeting As Madhav Nepal and Prachanda Have Changed Their Tone
Madhav Nepal and Prachanda of UML and Maoist respectively have finally shown the signs that they have cooled down or are in the serious process of doing so. Ever since the election commission expressed its inability to hold elections in June, both communist leaders had lost the control of themselves and were in full swing…
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How Can The Declaration of Republic of Nepal Be Legitimate?
What counts in Democracy is the majority of the vote of people, their aspiration, their sentiment and their demand for the fundamental change that will establish their rights to ‘self-governance’, and ‘self-determination’ in nation building process. Therefore, the legitimacy of the declaration of the Republic solely depends on the aspiration of people that can be…
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Loktantra and Ground Reality
In view of these unwarranted events, for average Nepalese, a change in political leadership and declaration of Loktantra is yet to bear any significant fruit. By Chattra Bahadur Officially Baisakh 11, 2064 was declared as Loktantra Diwas and the celebrations were spread over three days. The leaders of major political parties took an opportunity to…
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A Year of Democracy (Loktantra) in Nepal
Leading the nation to the Constituent Assembly election by addressing demands raised by various interest groups and move the peace process forward are the two biggest challenges for this year. We have come a long way in the past 12 months. The peace process, started immediately after the successful peoples’ movement (April Revolution), is also…
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