Nepal s Supreme Court on Sunday quashed the unification of the erstwhile Communist Party of Nepal (Unified MarxistLeninist) led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda . The CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) merged in May 2018 to form a unified Nepal Communist Party following victory of their alliance in the 2017 general elections. On Sunday, an apex court bench of justices Kumar Regmi and Bam Kumar Shrestha issued the verdict giving authenticity of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to Rishiram Kattel, who had registered the party at the Election Commission (EC) in his name prior to the formation of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Oli and Prachanda, The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.
Nepal s government signed a peace agreement Thursday with a small communist rebel group widely feared because they were known for violent attacks, extortion and bombings. The government agreed to lift a ban on the group, release all their party members and supporters in jail and drop all legal cases against them, while the group agreed to give up all violence and resolve any issues through peaceful dialogue, the government said in a statement after peace talks. Details of the agreement would be made public at a joint ceremony Friday with Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli and the leader of the rebel group Netra Bikram Chand, who is better known by his guerrilla name, Biplav. The rebels also call themselves the Nepal Communist Party.
Bhattarai says discussions on govt. formation will begin soon
Forming a national consensus government in Kathmandu is in the interest of Nepal-India relation, said former Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai here on Monday. In an interview with
The Hindu, Mr. Bhattarai said a national consensus government will be able to amend the Constitution of Nepal to make it more representative and hold more effective dialogue with India on difficult issues.
“Earlier in 2008 when the Maoists joined the peace process and had a comprehensive peace agreement with the parliamentary parties, we had an understanding to form a consensus government. Unfortunately, it broke down. As a result, parts of the peace process was left unfinished. Secondly, the Constitution we made has not been owned by large sections of the people like the Madhesis and the Janjatis. With a national consensus government we can speak in unified voice with India and find a solution to the boundary dispute as well,” sai
South Asia News: KATHMANDU: Nepal’s embattled PM K P Sharma Oli on Sunday challenged the ruling Nepal Communist Party’ssplinter faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prach.
A Day After SC Verdict, Nepal Still Faces Uncertainty Over Next Government
The court s decision to strike down Oli s dissolution of parliament led to a flurry of political reactions and relief among legal analysts in the Himalayan nation.
Nepalese police with sniffer dogs secure the premises of the parliament, Nepal September 20, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar/Files
New Delhi: The Nepal Supreme Courtâs landmark verdict to strike down the decision by Prime Minister K.P. Oli to dissolve the House of Representatives has led to a flurry of political reactions and relief among legal analysts in the Himalayan nation.
On Tuesday, the five-member constitutional bench led by Nepali Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana unanimously observed that the dissolution was unconstitutional and called on authorities to summon the parliament within 13 days.