The curse of tinpot heroes Kathmandu Post
Nepal, July 21 The tragicomedy of the Sunday evening at the Pratinidhi Sabha Bhavan in New Baneshwor had a reassuring ending. Since the outcome was expected, the play was enacted and watched with reciprocal boredom. When Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota declared that the motion of the vote of confidence tabled by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Dubai had been endorsed by a majority, the announcement was received with a huge sigh of collective relief.
Parliamentarians of the Nepali Congress (NC) know their chairperson too well to expect anything new from their septuagenarian leader. At 75, Prime Minister Deuba is one of the last politicos of the Veterans Generation of Nepal that were born before the overthrow of the Ranas in 1951 but grew up when the Shahs had begun to consolidate their stranglehold over the polity and society. They struggled against the authoritarian regime for almost three decades and were done with their life
A new chapter in Nepal s quest for political stability
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A new chapter in Nepal s quest for political stability
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›View: New Delhi shouldn’t reduce engagement with other political players in Nepal, even if they are in Opposition
View: New Delhi shouldn’t reduce engagement with other political players in Nepal, even if they are in Opposition
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View: New Delhi shouldn’t reduce engagement with other political players in Nepal, even if they are in OppositionBy Ranjit Rae, ET CONTRIBUTORS
Last Updated: Jul 14, 2021, 07:44 AM IST
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A key desire of political parties drafting the new constitution in 2015 was to prevent political instability. Unlike in other parliamentary democracies such as India and the UK, Article 76 of the Nepalese constitution made it extremely difficult for a sitting prime minister to dissolve the house.
Oli and Bhandari Landed Nepal in a Crisis
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