Tag: cpn uml

Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal Tenders Resignation

Update on 28 Aug: Just to let you all know that the election for the new prime minister is underway in the Constituent Assembly as we type this update: By Ritu Raj Subedi/Ram Prasad Dahal PM quits after failing to make ‘breakthrough’ in his six and half months tenure. Kathmandu: Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal…

August 14, 2011
Jhalanath Khanal, the General Secretary Part 2

They say history repeats. The resurrection of Jhalanath Khanal in the CPN UML is just an example. The man who led the party (when it was called CPN ML) some 20 years ago but surrendered the leadership to the then rising star Madan Bhandari has made an unexpected come back. Unexpected because very few had…

May 15, 2008
After Nepal, Who will head CPN-UML?

The resignation of Madhav Kumar Nepal, who led the party for the past 15 years, has triggered a big question — who will take over the reins of CPN-UML? By Ghanashyam Ojha MK Nepal resigned on moral grounds after UML, the second largest political party before the April 10 election, came a poor third in…

April 28, 2008