“As soon as the winter session of Parliament began, Prime Minister Koirala said he would go to the Rastrapatibhawan to ask President Rambaran Yadav to initiate the process of electing a new Premier”.
Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav today called on the political parties in the country to elect a new Prime Minister and form a national consensus government within a week.
Sushil Koirala, the Prime Minister of Nepal, on 2 October announced in Parliament that he will be submitting his resignation to President Ram Baran Yadav. In a cabinet meeting, Koirala informed his cabinet colleagues that he will meet the Head of the State and ask him to initiate...
He issued the call after Prime Minister Koirala met the Head of the State, requesting him to begin procedures to elect the new prime minister and form a new government as per the new Constitution of Nepal. But sources say Koirala is not keen to step down and wants to lead the new...
Almost a decade after ending a long running civil war, Nepal has formally adopted a new constitution. Although 60 representatives of the Madhes centric parties and other indigenous groups or janjatis boycotted the promulgation event as they are against the new constitution...
India should have been the first to welcome the adoption of the Constitution. Hundreds of trucks loaded with essential goods, cooking gas cylinders and petroleum products were stalled at the Nepal-India border at Birgunj due to the agitation. He added: “On a day when Nepal...
“I announce the constitution of Nepal, passed by the Constituent Assembly and authenticated by (its) chairman, effective from today, September 20, 2015, before the people of Nepal“, President Ram Baran Yadav said as he unveiled the statute in Parliament.
Former Nepal prime minister and top Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai resigned as lawmaker amid differences with the major Nepalese political parties over the promulgation of new Constitution.
According to sources, Mr Rae told the Nepalese leader that the obstruction was due to unrest, protests and demonstrations on the Nepalese side, by sections of their population. But Nepal has frequently railed against what it calls meddling in its affairs by its large southern...
With the promulgation of the new constitution, there will be fresh election to the top posts like president, vice president, prime minister, speaker and deputy speaker of parliament within a month.
BLOG: Nepal messed up its constitution, India messed up its handling of Nepal India’s concerns about the constitution and the protests in Terai have made Koirala to go to the offices of the Madhesi group leaders to invite them for talks on finding a solution.
He held a separate meeting with UCP-Maoist chairman Prachanda and discussed the country’s latest political situation amid protests by Madhesi groups over the issue of federating the country in the new Constitution to be unveiled on Sunday.