NEW DELHI: Nepal elects a new president on Thursday and it appeared the current incumbent Bidya Devi Bhandari would be re-elected given that Prime Minister Prachanda was backed by K P Sharma Oli, Communist leader and her strong backer. But Prachanda has done a U-turn, indicating his backing of Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Nepal’s new government may not last even though it has brought together the communist flock under one tent. In this conversation on The Gist, Maj. Gen. Binoj Basnyat, a retired Nepal Army officer currently strategic analyst with Thailand’s Rangsit University, believes that it may not be long before Prime Minister Prachanda finds the […]Read More
Does India have any allies left in Nepal? That’s the million-dollar question which Indian diplomats with long experience of our Himalayan neighbour, are asking themselves. The Nepali Congress (NC), which India has invested heavily in, stands isolated on the political margins even after emerging as the single largest party post elections. Worse still, the buzz […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The counting of votes is still underway in Nepal after elections on Sunday, but the trends are clear: incumbent Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s party the Nepali Congress is leading or has won in 70 seats. He is expected to return as prime minister but does that mean all’s well? In this chat […]Read More
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s general election is less than a week away and its only in the last few days that campaigning has got going. There is a level of public disaffection given the lack of any new faces, which is why there is an expectation that the Nepali Congress-Maoist Centre alliance will return to power. But […]Read More
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