Supreme
Court issues interim order on land
donation for CPN-UML party office
(kh 28/10/2024), Supreme
Court says UML-Gurung
donation deal illegal prima
facie : A single bench of
Justice Sunil Kumar Pokharel
issues an interlocutory
interim order to halt
construction on land gifted
by businessman Min Bahadur
Gurung (kp 29/10/2024)
UML’s
Bhim Rawal calls for resistance
against leadership’s dictatorial
actions (kh 28/10/2024)
ओलीयुगमा
एमाले! [UML in Oli Yuga!
], by Badrinarsingh KC (nag
25/10/2024)
Controversy
erupts as PM
Oli accepts
land donation
from
businessman
linked to
scandal,
by Gyanu
Ghimire (kh
17/10/2024)
[In a democracy, politicians would immediately resign
from all
offices for a
much smaller
reason!],
Shameless
: The occupant
of the highest
executive
office in the
land has no
sense of
accountability
to the people
(kp
17/10/2024)
Oli
didn't
identify Min
Bahadur Gurung
saying an
altruist has
donated land
for party
office, by
Binu Subedi
(Setopati
15/10/2024), UML
under fire
over
Bhatbhateni
owner’s
‘generous’
donations :
Party leader
warns taking
such donations
without broad
consultations
could prove
disastrous for
the ruling
party, by
Purushottam
Poudel (kp
16/10/2024), After
criticism, UML
declares: Min
Bahadur is a
party worker
(kh
16/10/2024) [???]
Disgruntled
Unified
Socialist
leaders memo
Madhav Nepal
warning of a
split : Their
demands
include
annulment of
office bearers
and politburo
elections
(kp
10/10/2024)
UML
roadmap for
2027 elections,
by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae
16/09/2024) [Oli
desperately
wanted to be
PM again,
supposedly
because this
was urgently
needed and
would
guarantee
political
stability. But
instead of
dealing with
the urgent
concerns of
government
work, his
party is
worrying about
elections that
are more than
three years in
the future!]
Split
feared in
Unified
Socialist as
election for
office
bearers,
politburo
members
creates rift :
Some dissident
leaders are
said to have
met CPN-UML
chair and
Prime Minister
Oli and
discussed an
ordinance to
facilitate
party split
(kp
09/09/2024)
CPN-UML
one on
contesting
next elections
alone : Party
chief Oli says
the UML must
tackle
indiscipline
and leaders
must avoid
mixing
politics with
personal
pursuits,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
05/09/2024) [In other words: the subordinates have to accept the
orders of the
authoritarian
chairman
without
criticism or
they will be
punished in
the most
severe way!],
CPN-UML
shuts door on
leftist unity
: Leaders cite
existing
partnership
with Congress
and lessons
from past left
alliances as
reasons to
avoid
electoral
alliances,
by Anil Giri
(kp
06/09/2024)
Road
ahead no
smooth
sailing, Oli
briefs senior
party leaders
: There is a
need for the
government and
the party
members to
work
harder-Oli
(kp
30/09/2024)
Two
months after
convention,
Unified
Socialist to
elect office
bearers
through a vote
: The leaders
spent two
months in
consensus bid
but eventually
headed for
panel-wise
competition
for the posts
(kp
27/08/2024), Pandey
elected Senior
Vice Chair of
Unified
Socialist
unopposed
(kh
27/08/2024) [All those named here as elected are male Bahuns. Like
the CPN (UML),
CPN (MC) and
NC as well as
numerous other
parties, the
necessity of
and
constitutionally
prescribed
social
inclusion is
simply denied.
Who do these
parties
actually
represent?
Male Bahuns
are a small
minority of
not even 6 per
cent of the
population!
Why do they
hold most of
the important
positions in
the state and
in the
political
parties?],
Ram Kumari Jhakri
loses to Rai
in Unified
Socialist
Party Vice
Chair race
(kh
28/08/2024), Madhav
Nepal prevails
in Unified
Socialist
office
bearers’
election
Nepal, who has
a strong grip
on the central
committee,
sees his
confidants
elected office
bearers to
majority
positions
(kp
29/08/2024), Bhusal,
Hamal, and
Basnet
nominated as
senior leaders
of CPN
(Unified
Socialist)
(kh
29/08/2024) [Thank god, all male Khas Arya!]
Unified
Socialist
can’t run like
this. It’s
better to
merge with UML
: If the party
merges with
the Maoist
Centre, our
cadres will
eventually
return to the
UML. Rather
than irritate
UML, we must
take each
positive
gesture as an
opportunity
for unity,
interview with
Ram Kumari
Jhankri (kp
19/08/2024) [KP Oli would gradually destroy MK Nepal and all those
who left the
UML with him
politically!
They would
have no future
in the UML as
long as KP Oli
is still in
power!]
Unified
Socialist’s
unity with
CPN-UML not
possible:
Metmani
(kh
09/08/2024)
(interview) [KP Oli's ambition is the complete destruction of MK
Nepal and his
party. What
would await
the CPN (US)
politicians in
the event of a
reunification
with the UML
can be seen
from the fate
of the Maoist
politicians
who have
turned to the
UML.]
Oli
says no to
factionalism
in UML :
Analysts
criticise the
directive
coming from
the leader who
once built a
strong faction
to reach the
party’s top,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
05/08/2024) [How could they? All critics were silenced in the most
authoritarian
manner, pushed
onto a siding,
punished or
forced out of
the party!],
Dissent
in UML : KP
Oli as the
party’s
custodian
should be
promoting
healthy
debates and
discussions
(kp
07/08/2024) [Democratic dialogue with other opinions does not fit in
with KP Oli's
authoritarian
management
style!]
Mani
Thapa’s exit
puts spotlight
on the fate of
ex-Maoists in
UML : A leader
says former
Maoists who
joined the UML
were given
importance at
the time of
NCP split but
were gradually
sidelined,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
04/08/2024) [This fits in with KP Oli's authoritarian style, who is
happy to walk
over dead
bodies to
realise his
personal
interests! His
current
government
partners are
also likely to
realise this
soon.]
UML
appoints Guru
Baral as Vice
Chairman
(rep
01/08/2024) [Another male Bahun, thank God. This is good in view of
the prescribed
social
inclusion.]
CPN
(Unified
Socialist)
forms task
force to
select central
committee
members
(kh
31/07/2024) [In a democratic party, central committee members should
be elected,
not selected.
The latter is
a symbol of
authoritarianism
as it is
unfortunately
found in most
Nepali
parties!]
Pretense
of left unity
will not be
repeated: UML
leader
Pokharel
(kh
30/07/2024)
Madhav
Nepal
expresses
concern over
potential
party split
(kh
25/07/2024)
PM
trying to seek
constitutional
loopholes:
Thakur Gaire
(kh
08/07/2024) [This anti-democratic behaviour was introduced in 2021 by
KP Oli, the
chairman of
the CPN (UML),
who should
have been
punished for
it. Why an
incompetent PM
now has to be
replaced by
another
incompetent PM
is
incomprehensible
anyway!]
UML
urges PM Dahal
to resign
immediately
(kh
07/07/2024) [Yes, KP Oli did exactly the same thing in 2021 after
losing his
parliamentary
majority, i.e.
he had to be
removed from
office by the
Supreme Court
months later
after breaking
the
constitution
and telling
numerous lies.
This is how
Nepal's
undemocratic
politicians
tick!]
Unified
Socialist
retains Nepal
as chair,
Bhusal gen
secretary :
Madhav Nepal
says his
re-election is
party
representatives’
endorsement of
the split
three years
ago from the
UML, by
Purushottam
Poudel (kp
06/07/2024)
Unified
Socialist
leadership
race:
Jhalanath
Khanal to
support
Ghanashyam
Bhusal for
party
chairmanship
(kh
26/06/2024) [The main thing is that they are male Bahuns. Only these
are the best
guarantee of
continued
social
non-inclusion!],
Jhalanath Khanal
denies reports
of withdrawing
from party
Chair race
(kh
27/06/2024), Unified
Socialist
leaders mull
consensus
leadership as
convention
starts today :
Chances of
Madhav Nepal’s
continuation
as party chair
high but two
others in the
fray too,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp
30/06/2024)
Unified-Socialist
Convention : Small Size, Colossal Contest,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rep 23/06/2024)
Unified
Socialist leaders gear up lobby for top
posts as party convention nears : Madhav
Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal major contestants
for party chair as Ghanashyam Bhusal also
gauges the situation, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 18/06/2024)
Former
President Bhandari invited to China amid
talk of a comeback in active politics
(kh 14/06/2024) [Not to
forget: in 2021, she grossly disregarded her
obligations as president during Oli's
attempted coup.], Former
President Bhandari’s visit to China
postponed indefinitely (kh 17/06/2024)
Is
Khanal prevailing over Nepal in Unified
Socialist? As party chair, Madhav Nepal has
at times shown inclination to the Congress.
Jhala Nath Khanal has been pushing for
sticking to the left alliance, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 31/05/2024) [Both are part of the
failed power-hungry political guard and
their manipulative games! Besides, Oli hates
MK Nepal to the core and wishes him only the
very worst!], KP
Oli personally objects to Madhav Nepal attending
opposition parties’ meeting : Unified
Socialist’s support in Madhesh hinges on
give-and-take, says party spox, amid coalition
leaders’ doubts, by Anil Giri (kp
01/06/2024), Unified Socialist On
Horns Of Dilemma?, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 02/06/2024)
UML
committed to upholding parliamentary practice:
Chairperson Oli (kh 15/05/2024) [When Oli and his party were
in opposition, he thought and acted completely
differently!]
K
P Oli’s Machinations Brew Instability and
Distract from Policymaking in Nepal (kh
14/05/2024) [!!!],
Oli’s
brinkmanship : Dahal may be on the throne, but
it is clear who is setting the rules of the game,
by Anurag Acharya (kp 16/05/2024) [Why is he not actually being
prosecuted for his constitutional violations,
lies and machinations of 2020/21, including
instigating the then president to support them?]
Leadership
battle brewing in Unified Socialist Party,
by Gyanu Ghimire (kh 09/05/2024)
UML
Chair Oli advocates leftist unity (kh
06/05/2024) [These are
once again completely selfless ambitions on the
part of Mr Oli, who just a few days ago
categorically rejected a merger of the left!]
UML
fails to settle hotel loan in Bhojpur (kh
21/04/2024)
UML
chief’s political paper rules out communist
unity as immediate need : The UML chief,
however, stresses the need for continuing and
further strengthening the ruling alliance
(kp 21/04/2024)
UML
Chair Oli: No internal disputes regarding
leadership and policy (kh 20/04/2024) [Dissidents are immediately
expelled or otherwise penalised anyway!]
Has
UML had a change of heart about probing
Lamichhane? Biggest party in the coalition had
been staunch defender of the home minister
implicated in cooperative fund misuse, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 17/04/2024) [The power ambitions and
personal interests of top politicians outweigh
the rule of law and good governance!]
UML
Chairman Oli dismisses need for left-wing unity
in Nepal (kh 15/04/2024)
NC
protests against UML leader Adhikari’s
appointment as Gandaki CM (kh 04/04/2024) [Nepalese politicians
obviously do not understand that they have to
abide by court decisions!], UML
defies top court precedent to form government in
Gandaki : Nepali Congress, the largest party in
the assembly, is set to challenge the province
head’s decision to appoint Khagaraj Adhikari the
chief minister, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/04/2024)
Oli
baits UML leadership wannabes, says he will lead
for 20 more years : Party chairman ratchets up
rhetoric, amid calls for promoting new
generation of leaders (kp 06/04/2024) [May Nepal be saved from
this! The power-hungry Oli is one of the biggest
threats to Nepal's democracy!], Youthful
Oli : Top party leaders’ claim to forever be
around only breeds cynicism among the
change-hungry public (kp 08/04/2024)
UML
nominates Suhang Nembang for Ilam-2 and Daman
Bahadur Bhandari for Bajhang-1 by-elections
(kh 24/03/2024), UML’s
nomination of Suhang Nembang in Ilam by-election
sparks party dissent, by Gyanu Ghimire (kh
26/03/2024)
Chairman
Oli denies UML’s inclusion in Socialist Front
after meeting with PM Dahal (kh 22/03/2024)
Prachanda
likely to serve full term as PM: KP Oli (kh
19/03/2024) [This is
another typical politician's lie. The truth is
that he himself wants to become PM again as soon
as possible. Yet he should no longer be entitled
to such an office after his attempted coup in
2020/21!]
NC
attack on Home Minister is aimed at toppling
govt: UML Chief Whip Bartaula (kh
17/03/2024) [What is the
difference to the UML policy before the party
joined the government? The behaviour of all
parties is completely reprehensible and
irresponsible towards the state and the people!]
Ruling
coalition will continue for next four years: UML
Chair Oli (kh 08/03/2024) [This is exactly what Dahal
and Deuba said about the previous coalition
until recently!], New
power equation fosters hope and political
stability: UML Secretariat (kh 08/03/2024) [What a load of bollocks!
Both Dahal and Oli stand for instability and
unpredictability!]
CPN-UML
decides to prepare for a ‘new political course’
(kh 04/03/2024)
UML
central committee meet, and its conclusions,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 26/02/2024)
No
entry without remorse from defectors: UML Chair
Oli (kh 22/02/2024)
UML
removes Central Member Farooqui amid allegations
: Silence prevails on his parliamentary position
(kh 16/02/2024)
UML
cadres take to assault in Dhading convention
(kh 04/02/2024)
UML
Chairman Oli accuses President Paudel of
crossing constitutional limits (kh
03/02/2024) [It leaves
you speechless that Oli, of all people, is
taking a stand on this. As PM, he has repeatedly
broken the constitution and other laws in close
co-operation with Paudel's predecessor Bidya
Devi Bhandari, grossly disregarded SC judgements
and spread brazen lies!]
KP
Oli will be elected UML chair unopposed one more
time : In Nepal’s political history, one finds
that those who have emerged overnight have
disappeared as quickly, interview with
Bishnu Prasad Paudel (kp 29/01/2024) [All parties urgently need a
new generation of leaders, as the old party
leaders without exception have failed miserably
and are riding the country into the abyss!]
Main
opposition UML plans agitation against Pushpa
Kamal Dahal government : Addressing a party
meeting, Oli said the government would be
unseated by breaking up the ruling alliance
(kp 20/01/2024) [Replacing
an incompetent PM with an even more incompetent
one, who, on top of everything else, staged a
coup against the state and democracy a good
three years ago, is not really helping the
country!]
UML
Chair Oli labels coalition govt ‘traitorous’
(kh 18/01/2024) [Just
like Oli's last government was putschist!]
Electoral
System Needs Reconsideration, interview with
Bishal Bhattarai (kh 15/01/2024)
Oli
and the hubris of ‘great’ Nepal : No one should
bother reading about Oli’s hallucinatory visions
of Nepal’s past, by Deepak Thapa (kp
11/01/2024)
UML
Secretariat adds six leaders as central members
(kh 05/01/2024) [Thank
God, all men; five of them Khas Arya!]
Monarchy
ended with the massacre of Birendra’s family,
interview with KP Oli (ae 05/01/2024)
UML
is a party with vision: party Chair Oli (rn
29/12/2023) [What
vision? Dissolve the House of Representatives
twice, although the SC has forbidden this and
another politician has proven a majority in
parliament?]
CPN-UML’s
Mid-Hill Highway Campaign concludes today
(kh 17/12/2023), UML
ends west-east march, asserts problem-solving
role : Leaders say campaign helped them
understand people’s concerns. But experts say
UML is unclear what it actually wanted from the
march (kp 18/12/2023), What
did UML achieve from ‘Sankalpa Yatra’?, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 19/12/2023)
UML’s
Mid-Hill East-West Campaign reaches Phidim
today, identity-centric groups call for shutdown
(kh 16/12/2023)
UML
Chair Oli accuses ‘setting’ in release
of Khand, raises concerns over
Rayamaji’s detention (kh 16/12/2023)
[Yes, Mr Oli,
that tastes rotten, when politicians are
basically above the law, as your
unpunished coup attempt of 2021 proves!]
Former
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli assaulted in
Dhankuta (nlt 14/12/2023), UML
chair Oli manhandled in Dhankuta : An
‘inebriated’ man tries to attack the former
prime minister as he walks through a crowd of
his party’s supporters (kp 15/12/2023)
NA
Election: UML fears seat
loss, coalition tackles
allocation challenges
(kh 14/12/2023)
UML’s
Mid-Hill Highway Odyssey: Kicking up dust,
missing people’s pulse (kh 12/12/2023), Former
Minister Kirati and nine others arrested in
Khotang (kh 12/12/2023)
KP
Oli alleges internal and external forces of
splitting UML (kh 11/12/2023)
Exercise
in futility : Touring the country won’t be
enough to drum up support for big parties
(kp 05/12/2023)
UML
too hits the campaign trail with an eye on 2027
vote : As ruling parties are relatively quiet,
opposition forces are trying to make themselves
seen and boost their prospects, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 04/12/2023) [Between
elections, parties should shape policy
in the interests of the people and the
country. What should happen in the next
four years? The parties seem to see
election campaigns as their primary
task.]
Oli’s
sarcasm: Government reluctant to seek
Chinese assistance (kh 04/12/2023)
UML
launches ‘Samriddhika Lagi Sankalpa Yatra’ from
Baitadi : A Mid-Hill Campaign towards a
prosperous Nepal (kh 30/11/2023)
Identity-based
faction to counter UML’s Mid-Hill Highway
Campaign (kh 26/11/2023) [As with other parties, the
national identity characteristics of the UML are
male, high-caste, Hindu, historically based on
the Nepal of the Shah monarchy and socially and
culturally not inclusive!], Identity
supporters display black flags at Yogesh
Bhattarai’s residence in Taplejung (rep
26/11/2023)
UML’s
continued backing keeps Koshi coalition
government afloat : We prioritise stability over
other considerations, says UML chief whip
(kp 13/11/2023)
UML
lambasts government’s
‘ineffectiveness’ in
Parliament (kp
02/11/2023) [Yet
it was the UML that
drove the
ineffectiveness of
parliamentary work with
its weeks-long blockade!]
Maoist
Chairman Prachanda ‘disrupting’ Nepal’s peace
process, UML Chair Oli tells Guterres (kh
29/10/2023) [Yes and Oli
repeatedly supported him in this, grossly
damaged democracy and the constitution and is
the main responsible for the bad reputation of
the NHRC!]
UML
Chair Oli dubs PM Dahal-led govt a complete
failure (kh 11/10/2023) [Without any doubt, all post-2015
governments led by Oli, Deuba and Dahal were
complete failures because these three
politicians are not fit to lead Nepal in such
difficult times!]
Are
Left parties contemplating reunification amid
political shifts? (kh 09/10/2023) [Two authoritarian autocrats
are never able to deliver the policies people
need!]
Incumbent
government irresponsible and arbitrary: UML
Chair Oli (kh 03/10/2023) [While this is true, people
are wondering where the difference is from the
former Oli government, especially in 2020 and
2021!]
Breaking
with conventions : This spontaneous in-party
challenge to Oli’s one-man show is something to
be celebrated (kp 02/10/2023) [All domineering autocrats
fall sooner or later and this is also true for
Oli! This is the superiority of democracy!]
Dhungel
elected UML’s Bagmati provincial chair : Dhungel
defeated his competitor Krishna Prasad Dahal by
257 votes. Polls all set in Karnali and Koshi to
choose leaderships (kp 01/102023) [The main thing is to
maintain the dominance of male Bahuns in this
party!]
MPs
are legislators devoted to country and people,
Ghartimagar (rn 21/09/2023) [The party leaders see it
quite differently. They expect absolute
allegiance with regard to their policies. This
was already the case when the constitution was
adopted!]
Test
for ex-Maoists as CPN-UML elects
provincial leaders : Purna Budha Magar
is senior-most ex-Maoist among his
comrades to be elected to Lumbini
provincial committee, bny Tika R
Pradhan (kp 09/09/2023)
Bishnu
Paudel loyal wins UML’s Lumbini chapter
leadership : Kandel defeats Rijal, who
was backed by party General Secretary
Shankar Pokhrel, by Nishan Khatiwada
(kp 07/09/2023) [Male
Bahuns among themselves! Who else?]
House
obstruction is not the way to go,
interview with Subas Chandra Nembang, UML
vice-chair, on UML’s modus operandi, the
possibility of the party’s reunion with
former comrades, and the rumours about
former President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s
possible return to party politics (kp
04/09/203) [Subas
Nembang may be a good lawyer, but he
supports the airs and graces of his
authoritarian party president
unchallenged!]
UML
leaders in tug of war as Lumbini
convention kicks off : The provincial
election is seen as show of strength for
future leadership, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 03/09/2023) [All
the candidates mentioned are male Bahuns
(less than 6% of the total population),
showing that the CPN (UML) still has
little interest in social inclusion and
participation!]
Discontent
in Unified Socialist spills over to its
youth wing : The chair and vice-chair of
its sister wing Yuba Sangh Nepal
organised separate gatherings in
Kathmandu on Saturday (kp
27/08/2023)
Former
Maoists in UML are a frustrated lot :
Many of them have gradually faded into
the background, and say they are in a
wait-and-see mode, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 26/08/2023) [Given
the character of the authoritarian party
leader, this was to be expected.]
Unified
Socialist meeting discusses policy as it
struggles to retain cadres : Central
committee endorses chair Nepal’s
document amid dissenting views from
Khanal, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
25/08/2023)
All
what I did is lawful: Oli defends his past moves
(rep 25/08/2023) [The
opposite is true! KP Oli's political actions are
paved with lies and violations of the law, as
the SC has also repeatedly attested. His current
statement is open contempt of court!]
UML
to refrain from attending President
Paudel’s all-party meeting (kh
22/08/2023) [The
anti-democrat Oli obviously prefers to
continue his undemocratic activities!],
UML
is for change: Oli (ht 22/08/2023) [Stop spreading such
lies, end the democracy-destroying
actions and declare your withdrawal from
politics.]
HOR
meeting adjourned till August 22 (kh
20/08/2023) [The
destruction of democratic structures and values
is a top priority for KP Oli!], Nembang
justifies House obstruction : 'Not allowed but
it's necessary to get government to meet
demands' (ht 20/08/2023) [What a poor testimony for a
supposedly leading jurist of Nepal and a
blindly rabid follower of Oli!]
UML
reshuffles responsibilities of leaders in
central department (kh 19/08/2023)
Govt
cannot ignore issues raised in parliament: UML
Chief Whip Bartaula (kh 19/08/2023) [This is correct! But why did
KP Oli repeatedly disregard the opinion of
parliament in 2020/21, for example in the vote
of no confidence against him? Twice he tried to
muzzle the parliament in an unconstitutional way
then, just as he is not letting the parliament
do its job at all now! In any case, he who sits
in a glass house should not throw stones!]
No
progress in ending obstruction of Parliament :
Ruling coalition and the opposition UML have yet
to sit for talks. Main opposition adamant on its
demand for high-level inquiry into gold
smuggling, by Anil Giri (kp 17/08/2023) [Anyone who prevents the
elected representatives of the people from
fulfilling their duties in order to enforce
political demands is not a democrat! Such an
offense should have legal consequences!],
Opposition’s
absurdity : If the government is hamstrung on
one pretext or another, people’s faith in the
system starts eroding, by Lok Raj Baral (kp
17/08/2023), Not
playing their part : There is a lack of effort
in clearing the now three-week-long House
obstruction (kp 18/08/2023) [KP Oli has repeatedly proved
that he is the biggest anti-democrat among all
the little democratic so-called top politicians
in the country!]
Can
ex-President Bhandari’s political
comeback spoil Oli’s ‘one-man show’? Law
does not bar her, but a constitution
drafter says they didn’t envision such a
scenario, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
16/08/2023) [It
should not be forgotten that as
President, Mrs Bhandari has repeatedly
neglected her constitutional duties and
blindly supported KP Oli's power
ambitions, some of which were openly
recognisable on lies or had been
declared unconstitutional by the SC!]
Keshav
Sthapit leaves CPN-UML (kh
15/08/2023)
UML
persists in blocking House Proceedings:
HoR meeting deferred until September 20
(kh 14/08/2023) [Whether
the demands are justified or not,
parliamentary democracy is not for the
politicians and parties, but for the
people. Those who refuse to represent
the people in parliament, for which he
or she was elected, do not deserve to be
MPs any longer!]
100
kg gold enters Nepal illegally every day: KP Oli
(kh) [Three tonnes of
illegally imported gold every month? Only an
insider can know that! KP Oli should be legally
questioned immediately! If his claim is a lie
once more, he is also liable to prosecution!]
UML’s
disruptive ways : The party seems to consider
House disturbance the only effective way to
communicate its message (kp 10/08/2023) [This action is based on KP
Oli's anti-democratic philosophy of power,
similar to the parliamentary dissolutions of
2020/21 and the refusal to accept his ouster
then!!]
UML
agreed to end parliament deadlock (rep
08/08/2023) [And what
was the unlawful prevention of parliamentary
democracy ultimately good for?], CPN-UML
likely to disrupt today’s HoR meeting as well
(kh 09/08/2023) [Okay,
still against parliamentary democracy!],
House
obstruction : Frequent obstruction of the House
defeats the very purpose of the legislature
(ht 09/08/2023)
UML
at odd with govt's position on Russia-Ukraine
war, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 06/08/2023) [Voting for Ukraine in the UN
vote was a question of morality, which seems to
be a foreign word for KP Oli anyway. It would
have been a vote for Putin's war, who is
personally responsible for thousands of deaths
on both sides and endless suffering and
destruction. But the misconduct of the West in
the run-up to the Russian attack should not be
whitewashed here.]
Unified
Socialist in crisis as leaders, cadres flock
back to UML : Leaders say party rank and file is
confused also because of the conflicting
statements of top leaders Nepal and Khanal,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/07/2023)
UML
nominates 13 members to its parliamentary
department (rep 16/07/2023)
Obstruction
of UML leads to removal of Loan Shark Bill from
HoR agenda, by Ishwari Subedi (rep
14/07/2023) [Intentionally
or simply disinterested?]
What
Ails UML, Chair Oli?, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 11/07/2023) [Yes,
it's KP Oli! His egomaniacal and authoritarian
quest for power is not only wrecking his party
in the long run!]
UML
agrees to end parliament obstruction (kh
09/07/2023)
Frequent
obstructions sign of parliamentary practice gone
wrong : UML wants the prime minister’s scalp
over remarks that Sardar Pritam Singh had
visited Delhi to make Dahal PM, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 08/07/2023) [KP Oli has repeatedly shown in 2020/21
that he is against parliamentary democracy and
does not believe in the rule of law!]
UML
obstructs Madhesh provincial assembly meeting :
Accuses Minister for Economic Affairs Sanjay
Yadav of corruption, by Santosh Singh (kp
08/07/2023)
Parliament
meeting adjourned after CPN-UML’s obstruction
(rep 05/07/2023) [This
policy is intolerable: a completely failed
politician, who neither accepted the
parliament's vote of no confidence nor the
demonstrable majority of votes in favour of a
competitor and instead preferred to destroy
parliamentary democracy with the help of his
president, demands the immediate resignation of
another failed politician because of nonsensical
gossip. They are all incapable of rational
politics!]
Socialist
Front Likely To Wield Considerable Clout, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn 20/06/2023) [These old failed
politicians, including Oli and Deuba, will not
make a difference. The country needs young and
socially inclusive democratic leaders!]
UML
removes age limit of 70 years (kh
07/06/2023) [An attempt
to further accelerate the decline of this once
important political party by keeping one of the
most failed politicians in power?], UML
removes 70-year age limit, paving the way for
Oli to hold top position for yet another term
(rep 07/06/2023), Wrong
decision : The UML should have waited until the
next statute convention to amend the age bar
(ht 14/06/2023)
Oli
lambasts Dahal for ‘underwhelming achievements’
during India visit : UML sought an answer from
the prime minister as to who gave him the
authority to discuss land-swapping with India to
resolve the boundary dispute (kp 06/06/2023)
[The question is
justified, but rulers see themselves as the
absolutist owners of the land and its people.
May their name be Mahendra, Gyanendra, Oli,
Deuba or Dahal!]
UML
reshuffles responsibilities of
leaders extensively, Vice Chairs
in roles of departmental heads
(kh 02/06/2023)
Ward
Chairman, who is on the
absconding list of police, holds
meeting with UML Chairman Oli,
by Upendra Yadav (rep 31/05/2023))
[What
does KP Oli want to express with
this?]
Chairman
Oli dissatisfied with number of UML MPs present
in parliament (rep 21/05/2023)
Govt
seems oblivious to its precarious situation: Oli
: Oli's sarcasm: Nepali Congress is
directionless as it lacks political ideology
(kh 17/05/2023)
UML
to organize international conference of
communist parties (kh 14/05/2023)
UML
aims to win a majority next elections. Can it?
Following the ‘Mission Grassroots’ campaign,
party leaders reckon they have found a way.
Analysts are doubtful (kp 14/05/2023) [Why should voters support
parties and their leaders who cheat them, ruin
the country and bask in the swamp of corruption?],
Mission
improbable : CPN-UML’s goal of securing 150 of
the 275 lower house seats in 2027 appears to be
a tall order (kp 16/05/2023)
Oli’s
paper denies chances of new parties replacing
old : The UML chief also accuses the ruling
coalition of trying to stealthily push Nepal
closer to a foreign power, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 12/05/2023) [The top
politicians of all three so-called major parties
are anti-democratic, power-obsessed and
authoritarian and are destabilising the country.
They have yet to prove whether the new parties
are any different!]
UML
Chair Oli urges CIAA to carry out investigations
into all corruption cases (ae 11/05/2023) [A day earlier, Oli did not
want any action against UML secretary Rayamajhi!]
CPN-UML
refuses to take action against Top Bahadur
Rayamajhi : Police on Tuesday raided the home of
Rayamajhi, who is dodging the authorities,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 10/05/2023), UML
suspends Secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi (kh
10/05/2023), UML
suspends Top Bahadur Rayamajhi as party
secretary : Rayamajhi, who was supposed
to return to the Capital via Bhairahawa
on May 4, cancelled his flight ticket
and has been contactless since (kp
10/05/2023), Top Bahadur writes
to Parliament Secretariat seeking sick leave
(kh 10/05/2023)
UML’s
Oli objects to the arrest warrant against
Rayamajhi : Police say the arrest of the party
secretary and former minister was delayed due to
political pressure, by Anil Giri (kp
05/05/2023) [This is
typical once again. Politics and crime are often
very close!], UML
chair Oli complains of being defamed (kh
06/05/2023) [Why should
one believe a politician who, with the support
of the president, has repeatedly violated the
constitution and laws and spread brazen lies to
keep himself in power without justification?]
Oli
offers prime ministership to Rabi Lamichhane
(rep 03/05/2023) [The
chaos fomentor Oli is in action again, of course
all in the interest of political stability and
for the good of the country!]
Former
Home Minister Thapa’s security advisor Indrajit
Rai nabbed for fraud (kh 02/05/2023), Former
MP Rai arrested for sending Nepalis to US as
Bhutanese refugees (rep 02/05/2023), Arrest
warrants issued for Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, his
son, and Ram Bahadur Thapa’s son in relation to
fake refugees scam : The court has issued an
arrest warrant against them in connection with
an investigation into a scam that defrauded
Nepalis by falsely promising to send them to the
United States as Bhutanese refugees (nlt
03/05/2023)
Police
Headquarters writes letter to Parliament
Secretariat seeking cooperation to arrest MP
Koiri (kh 01/05/2023), CPN-UML
MP Laxmi Mahato Koiri suspended (kh
02/05/2023)
UML observes 24th death
anniversary of former Chair Adhikari (kh
26/04/2023) [Man Mohan
has been Nepal's last charismatic politician,
unlike all those who succeeded him.]
Unified
Socialist can’t keep key leaders after poll
debacle : Two senior leaders abandon party while
many, including third-ranked Mukunda Neupane,
express dissatisfaction, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 03/04/2023), Mukunda
Neupane quits Unified Socialist, prepares to
join the UML (rep 08/04/2023)
UML
to field Sarvendra Khanal in Tanahu-1 and Ram
Neupane in Chitwan-2 (kh 01/04/2023) [Thank God, both male Bahuns.
That the political parties are not ashamed of
their personnel policy! All this talk of social
inclusion is a frace!]
Out
of power, what has Oli up his sleeve? UML
leaders say they’ll strengthen the party, aiming
to win enough seats to form majority government
next election, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
18/03/2023)
Oli
lambasts PM over planned Buddhist college in
Mustang : The UML chair accuses Prime Minister
Dahal of betraying China by accepting India’s
proposal and for supposedly trying to make the
country a playground of foreign powers, by
Anil Giri (kp 05/03/2023) [Anti-Buddhist rantings of the Hindu state
advocating Oli denying the Tibetan Buddhist
Nepalis in Mustang the right to an educational
institution to their culture!], A
proposed Buddhist college in a district
bordering China creates heated debate in Nepal’s
political sphere : Former Prime Minister KP
Sharma Oli dubs the proposed Buddhist college in
Mustang as a “deceitful move against China”. The
government assures investigation into the issue
(nlt 07/03/2023) [Higher
educational institutions in the non-Hindu areas
of Nepal violate China? Mr Oli, what kind of
bullshit is this? Your statements deeply hurt
the non-Hindu population of Nepal!]
UML
leaders seek Madhav Nepal’s support in
presidential election (kh
02/03/2023), UML
leaders seek RSP’s support in
presidential election (kh
02/03/2023)
Durga
Prasai forwards 11 points demands, urges
abolition of republicanism, federalism
(kh 28/02/2023) [If
the CPN (UML) does not
distance itself from
this Hindu
fundamentalism and
Prasai's
unconstitutional demands
and underlines that
Nepal is a multi-ethnic,
multi-religious and
multi-cultural secular
state, the rule of law
attitude of this party
must be doubted! The
failures of the
high-caste male
politicians, which
primarily include the
chairman of the CPN
(UML), must not be used
as an excuse to question
the few hard-won
democratic achievements!]
CPN-UML
decides to quit government (kh 27/02/2023),
UML
pulls out of government : The decision by the
party comes in the wake of a changed political
equation (kp 27/02/2023)
UML
to decide on government support after March 9,
to ‘wait and see’ till presidential election
(kh 25/02/2023), Subas
Nembang proposed as UML’s presidential candidate
(kh 25/02/2023)
UML
turns to grassroots with alliance on rocks :
While the Maoist Centre is also organising party
programmes, the Congress is too fixated on
presidential election, by Purushottam Poudel
(kp 17/02/2023)
Former
King Gyanendra inaugurates UML leader Prasai’s
‘Mechi-Mahakali campaign’ (kh 13/02/2023) [For Hindu state and
monarchy? Very strange bedfellows!]
Oli
and Lamichhane make disparaging remarks against
the court : Experts say casting aspersions on
court verdicts weakens the country’s democratic
fabric, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
10/02/2023) [The
disrespect for the constitution, laws and court
rulings, which are also binding for politicians,
reflect Oli's ideas about the rule of law!]
UML’s
Constitutional Council dominance worries Maoist
party : UML nominees head major constitutional
bodies including those related to elections,
corruption and human right, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 01/02/2023) [The
decline of democracy and the rule of law is
guaranteed with KP Oli, as evidenced by his
machinations of 2020/21, which he continues to
refuse to admit! He is also mainly responsible
for Nepal's degradation at GANHRI!]
UML
Chairman exerts pressure on PM Dahal to
reinstate Lamichhane as home minister (kh
30/01/2023) [Lamichhane
may have regained Nepali citizenship in a sudden
night and day action, but not parliamentary
membership! But KP Oli has never been much for
legitimate procedures and will not understand
this!]
Parties
outside ruling coalition are conspiring to
topple govt: KP Oli (kh 25/01/2023) [The attempt
by opposition forces to topple the government is
a normal process in a democracy and not a
conspiracy, Mr Oli! You yourself have just
toppled a government, abusing many votes that
voted for the CPN (MC) only because of its
election promise to continue the coalition
government! This was indeed a conspiracy!]
Former
PM is trying to destroy the Constitution:
Metmani Chaudhary (kh 21/01/2023) [Oli knows a lot about that!]
UML
leader Ghimire registers nomination for HoR
Speaker (kh 18/01/2023)
UML
optimistic on longevity of current ruling
coalition : Maoist leader Pokharel says
Congress’ support for government has changed the
situation, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
16/011/2023)) [For
citizens, there is little reason for optimism.
KP Oli accepted a destruction of democracy in
2020/21 just to stay in power. His personal
return to power is his only concern even now,
whatever the cost! PK Dahal he needs only for
the moment.]
‘The
President’s return to active politics is
unthinkable’ : UML’s deputy general secretary
and former foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali on
the current state of national politics (kp
16/01/2023) (interview)
Name
dispute at JSP-Unified Socialist merger
talks : Unified Socialist wants to
include the term ‘communist’ in the new
party’s name, but Janata Samajbadi Party
is insisting on using ‘socialist’
instead, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
14/01/2023)
Ghanshyam
Bhusal joins Unified Socialist (rep
13/01/2023), Ghanshyam
Bhusal nominated as Central Secretariat
member of CPN (Unified Socialist)
(rep 14/01/2023)
Oli
architect of political chaos: Gautam (ht
14/01/2023) [After his
SC-prevented coup in 2021, Oli was considered an
untouchable by all parties. Now he is once again
pulling the strings of power, even though his
party has slipped by more than 6 percent in the
electorate!]
Oli
defends HoR dissolution as new session
begins, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
10/01/2023) [This
is a clear contempt of court! Oli
continues to claim that he interprets
the constitution correctly and not the
SC! This is a criminal offence and
should be punished accordingly. Why was
this intransigent politician even
allowed back into the elections?],
Oli's
remark triggers heated debate in HoR (ht
11/01/2023)
Ghanashyam
Bhusal preparing to join Unified Socialist
(rep 10/01/2023)
Foreign
power centers are trying to topple govt by not
allowing vote of confidence: KP Oli (kh
07/01/2023) [The USA,
China and India are trying to influence Nepal,
but Oli should finally be ashamed of his stupid
talk. The allegation is not new from leftist
circles, though no evidence has ever been
presented. But China's influence in connection
with the change of government is particularly
evident. Is this what Oli is referring to?],
Oli
makes jibes at Congress, decries foreign
intervention : UML chairman says the largest
party was manoeuvring to beat Prime Minister
Dahal in the Tuesday confidence vote, by
Anil Giri (kp 08/01/2023), Pre-election
announcement to topple unconstitutional alliance
successful: Oli (kh 08/01/2023) [Electoral alliances are not
necessarily unconstitutional, but the form of
the one in 2022 was as undemocratic as that of
the CPN (UML) and CPN (MC) in 2017. To now form
a government with the coup plotter of 2021
contrary to the cooperation promised in the
elections is a betrayal of the electorate and
lacks any political morality! It reminds of
Oli's unconstitutional actions in 2021!]
After
losing national party status, Unified Socialist
bats for unity among country’s leftist forces :
The party, led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, is in
talks with JSP and leaders who had either quit
or were expelled by CPN-UML, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 04/01/2023), Unified
Socialist to proceed with unification with
Janata Samajbadi (kh 07/01/2023)
Independent
MP Kiran Shah joins UML (kh 03/01/2023)
CPN-UML
claims popularity in election race : Popularity
of Nepali Congress has declined by more than
seven percent and the popular votes of Maoist
Centre have decreased by 2.5 percent, says UML’s
election report (nlt 02/03/2023) [As is so often the case,
this is not true. Only the PR votes say
something about the popularity of a party. Here
the result is: NC -6.97%, UML -6.31%, MC -2.53%.
So they are all losers!]
JSP
and Unified Socialist working on party
unification plan (kh 02/01/2023)
Subash
Nembang not willing to become Speaker (kh
02/01/2023) [Ultimately,
all post allocations are made by the
authoritarian party chairman! That's what they
call democracy!]
Unified
Socialist leaders divided over whether to join
Dahal-led government : Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal is said to be discussing with Madhav
Kumar Nepal to take the party on board, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 01/01/2023), Won’t
join the ruling coalition: Madhav Nepal (kh
02/01/2023)
UML
Chair Oli holding talks with Madhav Nepal
(kh 30/12/2022), Unified
Socialist calls SC meeting Saturday to decide on
Prachanda-led govt (kh 30/12/2022)
Election
boosted UML’s esteem and self-confidence:
Chairman Oli (kh 20/12/2022) [Even under the PR system,
which alone allows a conclusion to be drawn
about a party's popularity with the electorate,
your party lost 6.3 percent. How on earth can
you call this a success and a reaffirmation of
your policies?]
Oli
meets Maoist General Secy Gurung as he tries to
break ruling alliance (rep 14/12/2022), UML
offers Maoist Chairman Dahal to lead new govt as
left parties intensify dialogue for new alliance,
by Tapindra Karki (rep 15/12/2022) [When will these power-hungry
aging politicians who are ruining the country
finally be put out of business?]
UML,
Maoist Center cadres clash in Dolpa, 9 injured
(kh 12/12/2022)
CPN-UML
expels Ghanashyam Bhusal and Prabhu Sah, among
others, from party (rep 11/12/2022)
Unified
Socialist submits PR candidate list to EC
(kh 10/12/2022)
CPN-UML
Secretariat finalizes PR candidates (with
list) (kh 10/12/2022)
UML
trying every trick in the book to break
five-party bond : In public, its leaders say
they’ll sit happily on opposition bench with
NC-led coalition not expected to last long,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 09/12/2022
What
led to Unified Socialist’s debacle? Observers
had warned that for the outfit, earning national
party status through polls was easier said than
done, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 09/12/2022)
Deepak
Manage joins Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN-Unified
Socialist (rep 06/12/2022)
Left
Alliance Remains Elusive, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 04/12/2022) [Oli's
policy in 2020/21 was that of a repeat coup
plotter. Such politicians should be untouchable
for all time to come!]
UML
is losing ground in Gandaki Province. Congress
making gains : In 2017, UML alone won 13 lower
house seats from Gandaki, but this time its
tally has reduced to just five, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 26/11/2022), Beating
all odds, CPN–UML becomes leading force in
Madhesh Province : But split cost the party
dearly in Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/11/2022)
Emergence
of Rastriya Swatantra Party is a trivial matter:
Oli (kh 24/11/2022) [The re-election of Oli is a trivial
matter. The time of authoritarian,
anti-democratic politicians is coming to an end!
What arrogance!]
UML’s
Shrestha wins HoR election from Kathmandu-9
(nlt 22/11/2022)
Federal
parliament election 2022 result: Prem Bahadur
Maharjan wins from Lalitpur-2 : CPN-UML
candidate Prem Bahadur Maharjan has been elected
to federal parliament from Lalitpur
Constituency-2 (nlt 21/11/2022)
UML
Chair Oli’s expression shows revenge,
prohibition and malice: Dr. Bhim Rawal (kh
05/11/2022)
UML
kicks off election campaign in Darchula on
nationalist plank : KP Oli’s address suggests
his party will make every effort to cash in on
the new Nepal map in the elections, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 05/11/2022)
High
time to ensure equal treatment to all ethnic
communities: UML Chair Oli (kh 22/10/2022) [And why did you not
implement this so far, neither as a PM nor even
today?]
Chinese
rail among UML’s top foreign policy priorities :
Manifesto aims to reassert control over
Kalapani, Lipulek (kp 17/10/2022) [And what about all the
things that people really urgently need?]
UML
leaders make lofty claims in public, but fear
serious setback in internal assessments :
Failure to field right candidates and lack of an
encouraging environment for the rank and file
could prove costly for the party, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 16/10/2022), Ethical
Politics On The Wan, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
16/10/2022) [This party
will come to rest at the earliest when the
authoritarian party chairman is punished by the
voters! But in his constituency he has already
secured numerous advantages during his time as
PM!]
JSP-UML
electoral alliance shows politics makes
strangest bedfellows : Bonhomie between Janata
Samajbadi, a party advocating Madheshi rights,
and CPN-UML, its ideological nemesis, suggests a
decline of agenda-based politics, experts say,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 13/10/2022)
Bhim Rawal alleges UML
leadership for being arbitrary, unjust (kh
13/10/2022), UML
leader Rawal not to leave party (kh
13/10/2022), Oli's
first biggest mistake was the secret party unity
pact with the Maoists: Bhim Rawal (rep
13/10/2022), Rawal
slams CPN-UML leadership for depriving him of
candidacy (ht 14/10/2022)
There
should be no delay to provide citizenship to
NRNs: UML Chairman Oli (rep 13/10/2022) [What a mockery! You
personally have neglected this initiative during
your time as Prime Minister!]
UML
withdraws candidacy in Chitwan-3, to support
NC’s rebel candidate (nlt 12/10/2022) [Power strategies of
undemocratic parties and politicians! Nepal's
oligarchs make a mockery of Nepal's elections!]
31
leaders, including members of UML Lumbini
Pradesh Committee, quit party (kh
12/10/2022)
25
UML leaders file nomination as independents
(ht 11/10/2022)
Prabhu
Sah comes with panel against UML-JSP alliance
(kh 11/10/2022), Prabhu
Shah conspired against UML conniving with ruling
coalition: Shankar Pokhrel (kh 12/10/2022),
UML
expels Prabhu Sah (nlt 14/10/2022)
UML
loses NA seat (ht 11/10/2022)
UML
to support Kamal Thapa in Makwanpur
Constituency-1 (kh 09/10/2022)
Candidates
of CPN Unified Socialist for upcoming
polls of HoR (kh 08/10/2022)
Ghanashyam
Bhusal parts ways with CPN-UML (kh
08/10/2022), Ruling
coalition to support Ghanashyam Bhusal to
contest from Rupandehi Constituency-1 (kh
09/10/2022), Candidacy
row proving costly for UML : Ghanashyam Bhusal
quits party and Bhim Rawal weighs his move.
Vice-chair Shakya rejects candidacy offer,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
UML,
JSP agree to share 16 seats each in
Madesh Province (kh 08/10/2022), Janata
Samajbadi Party gets 17 seats as it
seals an electoral deal with UML : In
return, Janata Samajbadi will support
UML in 35 constituencies (kp
08/10/2022) [And
I thought seats are decided by the
voters!?]
UML-RPP
electoral alliance likely to be finalized today
(kh 08/10/2022)
UML
politburo member Bal Krishna Dhungel passes away
(kh 08/10/2022) [One of
those politicians who were sentenced to life
imprisonment for murder but received blanket
amnesty thanks to their party political
affiliation!]
Most
UML office bearers will be contesting elections
as constituencies fixed : Most dissident faction
leaders fail to secure unanimous nominations,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 03/10/2022)
UML
entrusts Chairman Oli to finalize candidates for
elections (kh 30/09/2022) [The party should better be
renamed CPN (Oli)!], UML
to revise proportional closed list and submit it
to EC tomorrow (rep 30/09/2022), Oli
may deny dissidents poll tickets as nomination
nears : A group of 10 leaders who revolted
against Oli’s moves and former Maoists fear
exclusion, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/10/2022)
[In the CPN (UML), an
authoritarian violator of the constitution and
democratic principles decides, basta!]
Influential
UML leader Gangaram Yadav enters JSP (rep
29/09/2022)
RPP
Nepal leaders, including central member Dhiraj
Shahi, join UML (kh 21/09/2022)
Youth
Association Nepal stages rally in support of
President (rep 21/09/2022) [The continuing very close
cooperation between the CPN (UML) and the
president, who is supposed to act independently
of the party, is becoming clear time and again!]
Nation
moving ahead for making fundamental rights
practically successful: Oli (kh 19/09/2022)
[The rights of the
ruling male Tagadhari elite or those of the
women and other disadvantaged section of
society?]
CPN-UML
finalises list of proportional representation
candidates : 57 candidates are women (kp
19/09/2022) [And how
many women can be found among the FPTP
candidates? Oli and all the other leaders of the
big parties consider the PR MPs only as
second-rate commanders!]
Maoist
Centre, Unified Socialist may not have a common
poll manifesto : Unified Socialist deputy
general secretary dismisses prospect of joint
manifesto while Maoist Centre leader says two
parties will merge their documents later, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 13/09/2022)
UML,
LSP hold talks on possible electoral alliance
(kh 09/09/2022)
Rastriya
Prajatantra Party and UML mull alliance as polls
near : Janata Samajbadi and Loktantrik Samajbadi
are also in talks with the main opposition
party, insiders say, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
06/09/2022)
Unified
Socialist At A Crossroads, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 04/09/2022)
CPN
(US) jumbo team joins CPN-UML in Sudurpaschim
(ht 01/09/2022)
Unified
Socialist : A Cog In Ruling Alliance,
by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 30/08/2022)
UML
calls for poll alliance of leftist forces : The
party projects chairperson KP Sharma Oli as the
future prime minister, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
28/08/2022) [Only a year
ago, KP Oli wanted to abolish parliamentary
democracy in order to preserve his personal
power. Such a putschist is now to become prime
minister again?], UML
says alliance with Maoists, Unified Socialist
possible but with a caveat : The party calls on
‘like-minded’ communist and non-communist
outfits to join forces, by Nishan Khatiwada
(kp 30/08/2022)
Oli's
objection to PM Deuba for working without
consulting the opposition (rep 24/08/2022) [Says the man who, as an
authoritarian prime minister, consulted neither
his party, nor the coalition partners, and
certainly not the opposition!]
Unified
Socialist finds itself in a tight spot : The
party, a member of the five-party ruling
coalition, has a weak organisational base and
lacks popular agenda, observers say, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 22/08/2022), Prachanda
and Madhav Nepal hold discussion on party unity
(kh 22/08/2022), Maoist
Centre and Unified Socialist to contest polls
with a common manifesto : The decision comes
amid talks between the two communist parties for
unification (kp 22/08/2022)
UML
is in a tight spot due to party split and
alliance: Leader Pandey (rep 21/08/2022)
Unified
Socialist outlines 7 criteria for selection of
candidates in Nov 20 polls (kh 18/08/2022)
UML
faces challenges as ruling coalition fortifies
alliance for upcoming polls : Leaders claim the
party will emerge victorious on its own. Easier
said than done, observers say, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 12/08/2022)
House
exists even after poll announcement: UML leader
Pokhrel (kh 08/08/2022) [The CPN (UML) continues to exist under the
leadership of KP Oli, despite the latter's coup
against parliamentary democracy and the
constitution in 2021!]
Oli
appeals Maoist, Unified Socialist leaders and
cadres to join UML (kh 07/08/2022) [???]
Formation
of electoral alliance by ruling parties is
against constitution: Bhim Rawal (rep
05/08/2022) [But it was
perfectly fine for the two left parties to form
an electoral alliance in 2017 that gave them a
landslide victory? Afterwards, it became clear
that these parties did not have much in common
either and that their top politicians were only
concerned with power, whatever the cost! Yes,
electoral alliances are ultimately a betrayal of
the electorate, whose concerns are simply
ignored!]
Unholy
acts : Ruling coalition and main opposition
party are united in their misplaced priorities
(kp 04/08/2022)
Prime
minister under pressure to move National
Investigation Department back under Home
Ministry : Cross-party lawmakers including those
from the CPN-UML say the department can function
better under the Home Ministry, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 04/08/02022) [Obviously, KP Oli and his CPN (UML) are so
confused that they cannot remember that Oli, as
Prime Minister, moved this department to the PMO
as part of his direct claims to power and
control.]
Oli
says he had to step down as PM after he
incorporated Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulek
in Nepali map (kh 01/08/2022) [No Mr Oli, you did not
resign, you had to be removed from office by the
Supreme Court because you repeatedly broke the
constitution in a serious way and did not accept
the rules by which democracy is played! Power is
all you want!], Oli
bids to couple his nationalist rhetoric with
Hindu constituency : Observers say the third
plank the UML leader is likely to use is the
incumbent government’s shenanigans, by Anil
Giri (kp 03/08/2022)
I
will make Nepali prosperous and happy no matter
what: Chairman Oli (rep 23/07/2022) [Says the politician who as
prime minister repeatedly broke the constitution
and laws, would have preferred to end
parliamentary democracy and disregarded his
actual duties in many ways in the interest of
his personal lust for power. How stupid do you
think the people in Nepal are?]
Year 2020/021 NEA’s Dark Year :
With an abrupt decision of then Prime Minister
K.P. Sharma Oli, Kul Man Ghising, managing
director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA),
discontinued for a year. However, the year under
a new management cost billions of rupees of loss
to NEA (sp 28/07/2022) [!!!!!]
UML
will not forge national-level electoral
alliance: Ishwor Pokhrel (kh 19/07/2022)
A
chance for UML to make people forget its
mistakes as govt becomes unpopular, by
Ishwari Subedi (rep 18/07/2022) [The UML only offers a real
alternative if it separates itself from KP Oli
and a few others who uncritically supported his
numerous constitutional and legal violations.
The failures of that time will not be made
better by the fact that the Deuba government is
also failing!]
The
curious case of ‘M Adhikari’ : UML’s claim that
the doppelganger party member is not the
governor fails to satisfy observers and
lawmakers, by Binod Ghimire and Tika R
Pradhan (kp 15/07/2022))
It’s
shameful to fail to nominate Deputy
Speaker and Vice-Chairman: Bamdev Gautam
(kh 12/07/2022) [It
is not only shameful, it is a serious
violation of Articles 91 and 92 of the
Constitution. This constitutional
violation was deliberately committed by
the previous Oli government, like so
many others of his numerous misconducts,
and has been continued by the present
Deuba government. Since both positions
should have been filled by women, it is
also an afront against women's rights
and political participation. The
politicians responsible for this scandal
should be held accountable as a matter
of urgency.]
UML
lawmaker Pal suggests doing away with provinces
(kh 12/07/2022) [This
demand is clearly unconstitutional and should
have legal consequences! Not the federal system
is the problem, but the fact that many of the
top politicians reject federalism, secularism
and social inclusion, as these endanger their
dominant position!]
Oli
accuses govt of tweaking budget to favour some
business houses (ht 05/07/2022)
“Reviving
NCP and forging Left unity is the ultimate goal”
: Oli and Prachanda also believe in leftist
alliance and unity, interview with Tulasa
Thapa, Nepal Ekta Rashtriya Abhiyan (kh
04/07/2022) [The Left
Alliance of 2017 was an experiment that failed
because of the personal claims to power and
anti-democratic attitudes of its leaders. A
repetition under the leadership of the same
failed individuals makes no sense. They are
intransigent and have not changed their
attitudes! The constant party splits and new
party formations on the left spectrum are a
clear indication!]
Unified
Socialist Heads To Bumpy Ride, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn
03/07/2022) [Even the
authoritarian leadership style and the refusal
of social inclusion resemble those of KP Oli!]
UML
lawmakers boycott National Assembly meeting
(kh 27/06/2022) [A
democratic party must not under any
circumstances prevent the work of the elected
representatives of the people, even if there are
serious allegations. Parliament is not a
kindergarten! Why should the voters give their
vote to such a party again?]
Seeds
of discord in Unified Socialist just as
ministers change : Party is clearly in crisis
with Madhav Nepal seeking to put the house in
order., by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/06/2022)
10
CPN (Unified Socialist) lawmakers object party’s
decision to recall ministers, demand to summon
Parliamentary Party meeting (nlt
24/06/2022), 10
Unified Socialist lawmakers oppose cabinet
reshuffle proposal (kh 24/06/2022), Madhav
Nepal’s tale of woe continues with ministers
defying party decision : Unified Socialist chair
wants Cabinet reshuffle but Deuba is reluctant,
stoking blame game, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
24/06/2022), Crisis
brewing in Unified Socialist as 10 of its
lawmakers up the ante : Party chair Nepal in
tight spot as those said to be his close aides
pressure him over decision on recalling
ministers, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/06/2022)
UML
lawmakers boycott Parliament meeting kh
16/06/2022) [Why should
people vote at the next elections for a party
that time and again dissolves or blocks
parliament?]
Unified
Socialist will not quit the alliance over minor
grievances : Coalition with CPN-UML is unlikely
due to KP Oli's arrogance, interview with
Jagannath Khatiwada (kh 07/06/2022)
CPN
(Unified Socialist) recalls its cabinet
ministers, recommends new names for ministerial
appointments (rep 05/06/2022)
UML’s
Premiership Offer: A Red Herring, by Ritu
Raj Subedi (rn 05/06/2022)
Unified
Socialist Chair Nepal rules out possibility of
communist unification (kh 02/06/2022)
Country
not being run by 'rule of law', but by 'rule of
Congress': Oli (rep 26/05/2022) [The rule of law has already
been abolished by KP Oli when he was PM!],
UML
obstructs House after Industry Minister
criticizes Oli (nlt 27/05/2022) [The anti.democrats are back!]
After
poll loss, UML chief has some answering to do
within his party : Insiders say the chair needs
to take responsibility for the poor show in
local elections, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
24/05/2022), Local
Poll Deflates Oli's Ego, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 24/05/2022)
Cut
down to size : Citizens have shown what they
think of CPN-UML's actions in recent past
(kp 20/05/2022)
[The question remains:
Why are Oli's coup and the anti-democratic
months-long blockade of parliament still not
being prosecuted?]
Nepal
polls: Crying foul when polls don’t go
their way : This time, it is the turn of
the main opposition, CPN-UML, to cry
foul over the outcome even as vote
counting is still underway, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 19/05/2022)
UML
will continue obstructing the parliament: Subash
Nembang (kh 17/05/2022) [Voters must be aware that this party
definitely does not want to represent them in a
democratic way in parliament!], After
holding House hostage for 8 months, UML lifts
obstructions : Main opposition says it will
remodel its protest and will allow proceedings
in view of economic crisis and inflation, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 18/05/2022)
In
Madhesh Province, the political landscape is
changing : Analysts say the CPN-UML will likely
gain from the deep divisions in the Madhesi
parties and the alliance politics of five ruling
forces, by Anil Giri (kp 09/05/2022) [KP Oli has also pursued a
sometimes brutal anti-Madhesh policy since 2015
and has shown no understanding for the concerns
of the Tarai people. It is hard to imagine that
the people have already forgotten this!]
UML
takes action against rebel candidates (rep
05/05/2022) [It would be better to take
action against the so-called party leaders who
disregard the democratic rights of citizens and
local party politicians!]
Why
UML is suddenly upbeat about the upcoming local
elections : Ruling coalition’s failure to
maintain alliance all across the country makes
the main opposition party see a better chance in
the polls, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
03/05/2022)
CPN
(US) and CPN (Unified) decide to merge (rep
28/04/2022)
Keshav
Sthapit’s candidacy for Kathmandu mayor sparks
furore : Sthapit has been accused of sexual
harassment by at least two women, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 26/04/2022) [He
should not run for any political office until a
court has certified his innocence!], Sthapit’s
remarks, audience reaction put society’s view of
women in focus : Concerns over safety and
security of women under leadership of such
patriarchal men, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
04/05/2022)
UML
Municipality Chairman resigns from the post
after being denied ticket and joins RPP to
become the candidate (rep 26/04/2022)
Populism
again: CPN-UML unveils its manifesto for local
polls, promises rails and waterways : While many
of the pledges made in the last election's
menifesto remain either unaddressed or in limbo,
the communist party has come up with yet another
deeply ambitious plans for the upcoming local
polls (nlt 22/04/2022)
UML
feels the heat as nomination filing dates draw
closer : The opposition party, which was putting
on a brave face, is now seeking support from
several fringe parties, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 22/04/2022)
UML
asks lower levels to implement party’s decision
on forging electoral alliance (kh
20/04/2022) [Federalism
is when the local level obeys what the national
level, especially the party chairman, orders!]
In
desperate bid, UML collaborates with two fringe
parties on polls : As the five parties take
forward their electoral alliance plan, the
opposition party makes boastful claims even
while pursuing any potential tie-up, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/04/2022)
UML
and RPP-Nepal ink a deal to forge electoral
alliance, RPP-Nepal candidates to contest the
poll with UML’s election symbol (rep
13/04/2022) [It is
legally hardly conceivable that RPP-Nepal
candidates should be allowed to stand with the
party symbol of the UML!]
Nepal’s
deepening economic crisis: Opposition CPN-UML
slams the government on economic slowdown : The
Opposition said the coalition parties themselves
have conflicting views on vital issues such as
economic policy formulation, bi- and
multilateral assistance mobilization, and role
of the private sector in the economy (nlt
10/04/2022)
Kamal
Thapa getting closer to CPN-UML (rep
09/04/2022) [Both Oli
and Thapa are very close in terms of Hindu state
thinking!]
Electoral
alliance cannot be ruled out, interview with
UML leader Khagaraj Adhikari (kh 08/04/2022)
United
Socialist Front merges with CPN (Unified
Socialist) (rep 07/04/2022)
UML
objects to provisions in election code of
conduct (nlt 07/04/2022)
“I
don’t see any possibility of Left unity now”,
interview with Padma Aryal (kh 07/04/2022)
Election
code of conduct in question after the UML
refuses to sign it : Experts fault Election
Commission for failing to win the confidence of
all parties registered to contest the polls,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/04/2022) [Oli does not even consider
himself obliged to respect the constitution.
What does he care about an election code?]
UML
and RPP discuss electoral collaboration (rep
01/04/2022) [Oli seeks
proximity to the anti-federal, anti-secular,
Hindu-fundamentalist and pro-monarchist RPP, in
short, a party that fundamentally opposes the
2015 Constitution? Yet only a few hours earlier
he had claimed that his party would dominate the
elections even without an alliance!]
Main
opposition harbours hope to defend pole
position, through poll alliances : UML leaders
put on bold faces but are looking deep for
opportunities to fight upcoming local elections
in collaboration with friends and foes, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/03/2022)
No
deliberation on sexual violence in parliament
due to obstruction: Minister Regmi (kh
24/03/2022)
UML
Chair Oli defends HoR dissolution as just : Says
dissolution was meant to retain NCP unity
(kh 23/03/2022) [The
decision of the court is binding law, even for
godlike persons like KP Oli. His renewed
statement is tantamount to contempt of court!]
UML
must win elections to protect democracy: Oli
(rep 23/022) [On the
contrary: Oli must lose the elections to protect
democracy!]
UML
Chair Oli flatly rejects idea of leftist
alliance in upcoming local level polls (kh
21/03/2022)
On
MCC compact, UML tells the international
community one thing and the public another :
Experts say it will be hypocrisy for the UML to
claim it wasn’t part of the compact ratification
process, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/03/2022) [Under Oli's continued
leadership, the CPN (UML) has increasingly
become an irrational and anti-democratic veto
party!]
Inauguration
of Jayanagar-Janakpur railway falls uncertain as
ordinance related to it is now rendered invalid
(rep 16/03/2022) [The
government, President and KP Oli should be held
personally accountable!]
PM
Deuba alleges UML leader Rawal for creating fuss
over MCC (kh 14/03/2022)
Birgunj
Mayor Sarawagi joins CPN-UML (ht 13/03/2022)
Unified
Socialist Chair Nepal directs party leaders not
to speak against MCC (kh 09/03/2022) [Democracy is when the party
leadership makes decisions and the party base is
not allowed to express any dissenting opinion!]
The
present battle is between forces receiving
people’s mandate and those receiving mandamus
from court: Oli (rep 08/03/2022) [What a cynical statement
from a die-hard autocrat who has continually
prevented the people's elected representatives
from doing their job since 2020!!!]
Parliament
obstruction is an infringement of people's
sovereign rights: Bhim Rawal (rep
06/03/2022) [!!!!!! Wake
up, Mr Oli! Voting for your party would be a
waste of votes!]
A
dysfunctional House is betrayal of democracy,
electorate, observers say : Parliament has
failed to function for the last six months due
to the protests by opposition UML against the
Speaker, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/03/2022) [KP Oli has made it clear for
years that it is against parliamentary
democracy!], 'House
obstruction causing system to fail', by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht) [This
is obviously exactly what KP Oli has been trying
to achieve for a long time!]
MCC
on Parliament’s agenda; UML likely to obstruct
meeting (kh 27/02/2022) [Oli claims to do everything exclusively in
the interest of the people. This is probably why
he has been blocking the work of the people's
elected representatives for months. Why does
this party still want to stand for elections at
all?]
Some
judges at the apex court are openly trying to
eliminate UML: KP Oli (kh 26/02/2022) [Says the man who openly
tried to eliminate parliamentary democracy and
was stopped by the Supreme Court!]
Chairman
Oli urges former members to rejoin UML (rep
19/02/2022)
Parliament
meeting postponed till Sunday (kh
18/02/2022) [Politicians
and parties that fundamentally reject
parliamentary democracy should not be allowed to
participate in future elections! The behaviour
of Oli and his CPN (UML) is highly damaging to
the state and destroys the future of the
country!]
UML
to obstruct House meeting today as well (nlt
16/02/2022) [The
anti-democrats are supposedly not against MCC,
even call on the government to finally make a
decision, but prevent the agreement from being
passed by the elected representatives of the
people!!??], Parliament
obstruction will continue, says UML leader
Nembang (kh 16/02/2022) [Right, your party talked to all other
parties before KP Oli unconstitutionally
dissolved parliament twice!?]
UML
to boycott all-party meeting summoned by Speaker
(nlt 14/02/2022) [The
controversial person of Sapkota is only one of
the many reasons cited for the CPN's (UML)
anti-democratic stance. Since 2020, Oli and his
party have continuously tried to destroy Nepal's
political system. Unfortunately, the other
parties are not much better!], UML
takes wait and see approach after coalition’s
attempt to impeach Rana : The party collects
signatures of its lawmakers without explaining
the purpose. Oli tells lawmakers decision will
be taken prudently at an appropriate time,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 15/02/2022) [???]
Five
lawmakers refuse to sign blank sheets given in
UML PP meeting (kh 14/02/2022) [This whole approach is once
again typical of what Oli calls democracy!]
UML
not to bring impeachment motion against four SC
judges : Leadership mandated to decide
considering the situation leadership (kh
14/02/2022)
SC
to conduct hearing on writ petition filed by UML
against 14 lawmakers (rep 13/02/2022), I
will not tolerate questions about the party’s
legitimacy: Chairman Nepal (rep 13/02/2022)
[?????]
Speaker
Sapkota has no right to block MCC in parliament:
UML Chair Oli (kh 11/02/2022) [Yes, just as KP Oli, as
prime minister, had no right to constantly
cancel sessions of parliament, even to dissolve
the latter twice, and to restrict people's
fundamental rights!]
NA
Poll Rout Bodes Ill For UML, by Ritu Raj
Subedi ( rn 30/01/2022)
Oli’s
couldn’t-care-less attitude about the
coronavirus continues : A Covid denier while he
was prime minister, the UML chair attends a
public function when he is supposed to isolate,
by Tika R Pradhan and Arjun Poudel (kp
28/01/2022), DAO
Bhaktapur refuses to register complaint against
former PM Oli on charge of helping to spread
Covid infection (nlt 30/01/2022) [Unchanged non-prosecution of
crimes of leading politicians!], Case
demanding action against KP Oli for helping to
spread Covid infection finally registered at
Bhaktapur DAO : Abhijit Adhikari has filed a
case demanding actions against former PM Oli
under Infectious Disease Control Act. Adhikari
has accused Oli of participating in a public
program while he himself was tested Covid
positive (nlt 31/01/2022)
UML
launches broadside at ruling coalition : The
main opposition says the government has failed
on all fronts. Accuses the coalition of not
taking the UML seriously (kp 24/01/2022) [It's hard to believe, but
the Oli government was even worse. How can we
take seriously a party that behaves in such an
anti-democratic manner?]
Oli,
once a Covid denier, catches the virus : The UML
chair used to say the coronavirus can be driven
away by sneezing or drinking turmeric water,
by Tika R Pradhan and Arjun Poudel (kp 24/01/2022)
UML
not to attend all-party meeting convened by PM
Deuba (kh 22/01/2022) [Oli and his UML remain true to their motto
of destructive politics even in times of grave
crisis! With this attitude the party is
unelectable!]
ML
seeks government accountability while it holds
the House of Representatives hostage : A
dysfunctional Parliament is unlikely to convene
meetings anytime soon amid Covid-19 scare,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/01/2022)
UML
objects to construction of structures on Nepal’s
territory by India (kh 12/01/2022)
COVID-19
impact: UML postpones province conventions
(kh 11/01/2022)
UML
Chair Oli leaving for Sankhuwasabha to
inaugurate district convention (kh
10/01/2022) [Mass
gatherings continue despite sharply rising
Corona infections: Oli and his party obviously
have no sense of responsibility!]
Former
UML Palpa chair joins Unified Socialist party
(kh 01/01/2022)
CPN
(Unified Socialist) and CPN (Janabadi) announce
unity (rep 28/12/2021)
What
Ails The CPN-UML?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
28/12/2021)
UML
obstructs Bagmati Provincial Assembly meeting
(rep 23/12/2021) [Under
its "god-like" leader Oli, the UML is on the
political brink. A party that prevents the work
of elected parliaments everywhere is not
democratic and a danger to the state!]
CPN
(UML) Continues To Protest In Parliament
(rep 22/12/2021), Taking
hostage of parliament undemocratic: Former PM
Bhattarai (kh 23/12/2021) [Not undemocratic, but
anti-democratic! Democracy is the rule of the
people, but the authoritarian KP Oli prevents
the elected representatives from exercising this
rule!], UML
condemned for obstruction of House (ht
23/12/2021)
In
the UML, discontent is growing as party forms
committees : Some who challenged Oli are failing
to find positions, others want a system to
govern the organisation, by Anil Giri (kp
19/12/2021) [Oli's
authoritarian way of unifying the CPN-Oli is to
silence all critics and dissenters and expel
them from the party and all party offices. In
this way, the non-inclusive though nevertheless
once meaningful party becomes irrelevant in the
long run!]
Rawal
appointed UML Central Advisory Council member
(kh 18/12/2021) [Involving
important politicians who hold a different
opinion from the authoritarian chairman would
look different!]
Dispute
between UML and Speaker continues as House
reconvenes : Experts on parliamentary affairs
say while the Speaker and the prime minister
should take initiatives for dialogue, the UML
must also understand that House obstruction is
not going to offer a solution, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/12/2021)
Govt
tables six ordinances amid UML’s obstruction,
House meeting postponed for a week : The main
opposition party, UML, had obstructed the
earlier House session as well demanding that 14
lawmakers it took action should be dismissed
(nlt 14/12/2021) [A
party that prevents the urgently needed work of
the legislature should be excluded from future
elections, as it quite obviously rejects the
parliamentary rule of the people, which is
bindingly prescribed by the constitution! What
the UML criticises must be settled through the
courts!]
UML
Chair Oli has a leap in factionalism: Dr. Bhim
Rawal (kh 13/12/2021) [The authoritarian anti-democrat Oli
continues his course of destroying the CPN-UML!]
UML
Chairman Oli nominates 44 leaders to central
committee (kh 12/12/2021) [Such a selection by the
party chairman is the best autocratic way to
demonstrate the lack of democracy in the party!],
UML
forms 45-member Standing Committee (With list) :
Leaders ranging from Ghanshyam Bhusal, Bhim
Acharya to Lalbabu Pandit included (kh
12/12/2021) [Fifty
percent Bahuns and only seven women prove the
party's continued violation of the Constitution
and PPA!], UML
shuffles leadership in all provinces (kh
12/12/2021)
NCP
Split And Missed Opportunity, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 08/12/2021)
UML
10th Convention Consensus Bid Comes A Cropper,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 05/12/2021)
UML
will not allow the parliament to function unless
expelled MPs are sanctioned: Chair Oli (kh
03/12/2021) [The
anti-democrat Oli already wanted to abolish the
democratically elected House of Representatives
when he was PM! For him, the manipulation of
parliament only serves to implement his
authoritarian machinations!], Re-elected
UML Chair Oli assumes office : Demands early
election as the only way out from ongoing 'chaos'
(kh 03/12/2021) [A chaos
that was mainly initiated by KP Oli!], Coalition
govt has destroyed the foundation of democracy:
Oli (rep 03/12/2021) [Incredible words from the mouth of a coup
leader who as PM tried to abolish parliamentary
democracy!]
Oli
triumphs. But at what cost?, Says veteran
communist leader Radha Krishna Mainali, Oli may
have become strong in terms of amassing
resources but his political stature is declining,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 02/12/2021), Exclusionary
UML : The party has made a mockery of the
national constitution by picking a single
Madhesi and a couple of woman in its 19-member
office-bearers team (ae 08/12/2021)
UML
congress: Oli and his ilk form the nucleus of
the party : Internal democracy, well practised
in the communist force for years, reaches a
nadir, as one man appears to be calling the
shots, restricting dissent and competition,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/12/2021), Brouhaha
in Sauraha : By the time the convention was
over, it was clearer than ever who called the
shots in the party (kp 01/12/2021)
Khas
Arya domination continues in UML (ht
30/11/2021) [This is a
serious violation of the Constitution and the
Political Party Act. Nepal is not the property
of male Bahuns, but a multi-ethnic,
multi-cultural, multi-religious and
multi-lingual state with over 51 per cent women.
Parties that do not reflect this are out of
place!]
Voting
for new leadership underway in UML’s National
Congress (nlt 30/11/2021), UML
10th National Congress: Voting for new
leadership concludes (kh 30/11/2021), UML
10th Gen Convention: I will accept election
results, says leader Rawal (kh 30/11/2021),
UML
General Convention: Counting begins; results to
be made public by 4 p.m. (kh 30/11/2021), Oli
re-elected as UML chairman, Rawal secures 213
votes (rep 30/11/2021), KP
Oli re-elected UML Chairman with an overwhelming
majority (kh 30/11/2021), Leader
Shakya receives highest number of votes as UML
vice-chairperson (kh 30/11/2021), UML
General Convention: Who secured how many votes?
(rep 30/11/2021), UML
elects seven secretaries from party’s 10th Gen
Convention : Rebel candidates Bhim Acharya and
Tank Karki defeated (kh 30/11/2021), Chair
Oli re-claims UML leadership; all office bearers
proposed by UML chair elected (kh
30/11/2021)
Oli’s
consensus bid fails, but he manages to prove he
rules the roost : Vice-chairs, secretaries and
central members to be voted in as Oli installs
his men in key positions—Ishwar Pokhrel as
senior vice-chair, Shankar Pokhrel as general
secretary, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/11/2021)
[In a democratic party,
it is not the task of a party chairperson to
rule in an authoritarian way, but to guide it
and create a balance between the factions of the
party through dialogue and appropriate
inclusion!]
Oli
cult in the making: How UML’s national congress
is fueling Oli’s authoritarian streak? At an
event which is supposed to elect central
committee members and office bearers through
elections, cadres and influential leaders stood
firmly against the competitive process, by
Ashim Neupane and Nishan Khatiwada (nlt
29/11/2021) [Oli's
authoritarianism is a serious threat to the
development of democracy, which is already
endangered by the parties, politicians,
monarchists and Hindu nationalists!], UML’s
National Congress: 18 candidates in the election
fray : Senior Vice-Chairman, General Secretary
and Joint General Secretaries elected unopposed
(nlt 29/11/2021) [A
party that is not prepared to elect all its
office bearers freely, but instead nominates
them through its authoritarian supreme leader,
should have its registration withdrawn by the
Election Commission!], UML
Gen Convention: UML Chair Oli announces 19
office-bearers (with list) (kh 29/11/2021) [More than 50 per cent male
Bahuns, only two women!], Karnali
province gets no official selected in UML’s
General Convention (kh 29/11/2021), UML
Chair Oli submits name-list of CC members in
closed session (kh 29/11/2021), UML
leader Pandit refuses his nomination as central
member (kh 29/11/2021), Lal
Babu Pandit resigns from all executive posts of
the UML (rep), UML
sees candidacy of 30 excess leaders not included
in Chair Oli’s list vying for post of central
members (kh 29/11/2021), Six
members, from workers’ quota, elected unopposed
to UML Central Committee (kh 29/11/2021), UML General
Convention: 333 candidates vying for 301 posts
(kh 29/11/2021)
UML
Chair Oli hell-bent on “keeping Rawal and Bhusal
out of office” (kh 28/11/2021), UML’s
decision to authorize Chair Oli to nominate
office bearers creates uproar in closed-door
session (kh 28/11/2021) [Once again, "democracy" as understood by
the authoritarian Oli!], Rawal
to give up claim for party Chairman if he gets
Senior Vice-Chair thru consensus (kh
28/11/2021), UML
National Congress: Possibility of consensus on
posts other than Chairman (kh 28/11/2021) [In a democratic party, all
posts should be filled through elections,
respecting the rules of social inclusion!],
After
consensus eludes UML, Oli asked to select
leadership : Observers and insiders call it an
undemocratic process as leaders who aspire to be
elected to top party positions are being pressed
to fall in line with the chairperson, by
Binod Ghimire and Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/11/2021),
UML
leader Rawal’s leaflet “snatched” in closed
session premises (kh 28/11/2021), UML
leader Bhusal refuses to meet Chairman Oli
(kh 28/11/2021), UML’s
closed session delayed in an attempt to seek
consensus : Chairman Oli busy in consultation
(kh 28/11/2021), UML
General Convention: Closed session still
uncertain, Oli busy in discussions (kh
28/11/2021), Leader
Thapa likely to be nominated as UML vice chair,
Rayamajhi as secretary (kh 28/11/2021), List
of proposed UML leadership submitted to party
Chair Oli (kh 28/11/2021) [Don't forget the
requirements of Article 15 of the Political
Party Act: at all levels of a party, at least 33
per cent must be women and the country's social
diversity must be reflected!], Leaders
duo Rawal and Nembang to meet UML Chair Oli
(kh 28/11/2021), Closed
session to start at 7 pm, Chair Oli busy in
discussions to elect new leadership through
consensus (kh 28/11/2021)
UML
Chair Oli’s dominance ends democracy in the main
opposition: NC leader Thapa (kp 28/11/2021)
[Oli finished the last
remnants of democracy in the CPN-UML already in
2020!]
Bhim
Rawal starts seeking votes for party chairman
against KP Oli (kh 27/11/2021), Rawal’s
refusal to withdraw his candidacy leaves UML's
closed session delayed (rep 27/11/2021), Oli
fears his party would “splinter into pieces” if
the national congress goes for elections : Oli
is pushing for a consensus fearing the party
would split again if the National Congress goes
for elections, party insiders say, by Ashim
Neupane (nlt 28/11/2021) [Oli should finally ask himself what role
his authoritarian and anti-democratic leadership
style plays in this!]
UML
to have 301-member CC, 7 vice chairs, 3 deputy
gen secys (kh 27/11/2021), Aspirants
for post of UML deputy general secy increase as
openings expanded (kh 27/11/2021)
From
Chitwan, the UML message is its eyes are on
elections : Party’s 10th national congress
resembles an election campaign, with Oli
prodding members and cadres to start preparing
for the looming three-tier polls, by Tika R
Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp 27/11/2021), UML
convention causes massive traffic jam on
East-West Highway throughout Friday : Hundreds
of vehicles, including ambulances, were stuck in
the bumper-to-bumper traffic jam extending
several kilometres in both directions of the
highway. Security agencies proved helpless in
controlling crowds, by Subash Bidari and
Anup Ojha (kp 27/11/2021)
Chairman
Oli persuades Rawal to give up his plan to
contest for party president (rep 26/11/2021)
UML
Chairman Oli launches digital version of party's
mouthpiece 'Nawayug online' (rep 26/11/2021)
UML
Chairman Oli inaugurates party’s 10th General
Convention in Chitwan (kh 26/11/2021), Despite
consensus bid, UML may see tough contests for
key posts : Oli is set to have a hard time
managing many aspirants and fewer posts as
party’s convention starts today, by Anil
Giri (kp 26/11/2021)
Party
conventions of NC, UML : Competition of old and
new leadership, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht
25/11/2021)
2,175
Representatives To Participate In UML's 10th
General Convention (rn 25/11/2021)
Upcoming
upper house polls could leave a weakened UML
even weaker : A loss may be solely the UML’s but
holds the potential for affecting national
understanding by deepening the divide, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/11/2021)
Oli
looks firmly in charge as he bids to placate UML
office bearer hopefuls : A contest is likely for
office bearer posts where party chair, however,
would make efforts to install leaders of his
choice, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 24/11/2021)
Nepal’s
largest communist party gears up for its
National Congress. Here’s everything you need to
know about it : The National Congress is likely
to be a test of strength for the country’s
largest communist force, CPN (UML), which
endured a split recently, by Nishan
Khatiwada (nlt 23/11/2021)
UML
Chair Oli opines all judges should resign
(kh 23/11/2021) [Even
more important would be the resignation of the
entire generation of failed and largely
over-aged so-called political leaders!]
UML
leader Nembang stakes claim for senior
vice-chairman (kh 23/11/2021)
Bhim
Rawal to announce candidature for UML
Chairperson (kh 21/11/2021)
UML’s
Humdrum Jamboree, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
21/11/2021)
UML
General Convention: Motorcycle rallies to be
held across the country for publicity (kh
18/11/2021)
Leaders,
Lackeys And Lapdogs, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
17/11/2021)
UML
Vice Chairman Rawal’s faction calls parallel
representatives’ meeting (kh 17/11/2021) [Another split from the party
of coup leader Oli in the making? Only without
Oli does the UML have a future!]
Bam
Dev Gautam urges US govt to unilaterally
withdraw MCC project from Nepal (rep
11/11/2021)
Bhim
Rawal to contest for the post of party’s
chairman (rep 10/11/2021)
Sunsari
UML dispute: Dwarika Chaudhary snatches
microphone while Chairperson speaks (kh
10/11/2021)
Most
likely, UML general convention will reelect Oli
and other old faces (rep 10/11/2021)
Two
big communist parties gear up preparations for
general convention, by Tapendra Karki (rep
08/11/2021), CPN-UML
convention : No females and Dalits elected in
the leadership of 84 wards of Baitadi (rep
08/11/2021) [Here the
CPN-UML shows its true colours of a patriarchal
Tagadhari party! According to the 2011 Census,
54 per cent of Baitadi's population were women.
The proportion of Dalits was 20 per cent! This
means that about 65 percent of the population
remains excluded!], Members
registered before mid-April qualify as delegates
to UML’s 10th General Convention (kh
08/11/2021) [But
obviously only if they are not women or Dalits!],
To
submit or quit: Hamletian predicament of ten
dissident leaders of CPN-UML : As ten dissident
leaders are insisting on the implementation of
the ten-point agreement, Chairman Oli and
leaders close to him have turned deaf ears to
the call, by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt
08/11/2021) [Authoritarianism
without borders! Oli says what he wants, does
what he wants and doesn't care about his
yesterday's chatter! This is the direct path to
the destruction of democracy!], UML
leader Rawal to boycott Far Western Province
meeting (kh 09/11/2021)
UML
ensures 33 percent women’s representation in all
committees (kh 07/11/2021)
Former
PM Khanal chosen chief of Unified Socialist’s
foreign affairs department (kh 04/11/2021)
NC
leader Gagan Thapa labels KP Oli a “losing
gambler” : Says UML Chair Oli should have been
ashamed for the fall of six UML govts (kh
03/11/2021)
UML
Vice-Chair Rawal resigns from task force (kh
31/10/2021)
UML
did not disrupt parliamentary proceedings even
for a second: Nembang (kh 30/10/2021) [????? Your party leader Oli
started the subversion of parliamentary
democracy as early as at least 2020! And you
yourself have repeatedly justified this, despite
your deep legal and constitutional knowledge.
You know that the UML protest must be conducted
through the courts and not through the
prevention of parliamentary work!]
Unified
Socialist to enforce 24-point action plan
(kh 28/10/2021)
UML
obstruction in parliament continues (kh
28/10/2021), HoR
meeting adjourned till Nov 15 : UML's
sloganeering continued Thursday as well (kh
28/10/2021) [According
to the constitution, Nepal is a parliamentary
democracy. As PM, Oli has tried several times to
eliminate the parliament. Now in opposition, he
continues to try to prevent any work by the
people's elected representatives. This is an
attack on the very foundations of the Nepali
state.]
UML
faces trouble in picking leadership in Bhaktapur
(kh 28/10/2021)
UML
conducting party’s village/municipal convention
today (kh 26/10/2021)
Despite
some opposition, Oli appears to have prevailed
in the UML : Some leaders are upping their ante
on the basis of 10-point agreement which Oli has
dismissed as irrelevant after Madhav Nepal split
the party; Analysts say leaders who were close
to Nepal have no strength to challenge Oli in
the upcoming 10th national convention scheduled
for November 29-29, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
25/10/2021)
CPN-UML
holding ward conventions across country today
(kh 23/10/2021), UML’s
ward, rural municipal conventions deferred in
Surkhet (kh 23/10/2021)
UML
Vice Chair Rawal resigns from unity task force
(kh 22/10/2021)
UML
to hold next general convention in Chitwan : The
CPN-UML has decided to change the venue for its
next general convention from Butwal to Chitwan,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/10/2021)
Nepal’s
youngest brother Saroj picked as CC member of
Unified Socialist (kh 18/10/2021)
Unified
Socialist issues 10-point code of conduct to its
ministers (kh 17/10/2021)
CPN-Unified
Socialist gives full shape to party’s central
bodies : 335-member Central Committee; 42-member
Standing Committee and 94-member Politburo
(kh 17/10/2021)
Upcoming
general convention will retain Oli as party
chairman: Pokhrel (rep 10/10/2021) [Anyone who has attempted to
destroy the constitution and democracy in such a
serious way should never hold political office
again!], UML
10th Gen Convention: Deputy Gen Secy Bhusal to
contest elections with Chair Oli for party chief
(kh 11/10/2021)
Preparing
For Convention : As the differences among the
ruling coalition are growing, main opposition
CPN-UML is busy preparing for its convention
(sp 08/10/2021)
Unified
Socialist picks Khatiwada, Ale, Jhankri and
Shrestha as ministers : Khapung rejects offer of
state minister (kh 08/10/2021)
UML
will continue House obstruction till its demands
are addressed: Pradeep Gyawali (kp
08/10/2021) [This is
parliamentary democracy as understood by KP Oli,
who himself as the prime minister has trampled
on the Constitution, Supreme Court rulings and
the basic rules of democracy!]
CPN-Unified
Socialist decides to use ‘pen’ as party’s
election symbol (kh 07/10/2020), CPN
(Unified Socialist) to change its election
symbol (rep08/10/2021), Madhav
Nepal led Unified Socialists unites with Rai’s
CPN-Unified (kh 098/10/2021)
UML
protests continues in HoR, House postponed in
eight minutes : Next meeting scheduled for
Friday (kh 05/10/2021) [As prime minister, Oli repeatedly shut
down parliament to push through his
authoritarian and sometimes unconstitutional
moves. As a no-longer-prime minister, he blocks
the work of the elected people' s
representatives from the inside! Yet Nepal calls
itself a parliamentary democracy!]
UML
to hold 10th Gen Convention in Butwal on Nov
26-28 (kh 04/10/2021)
Behind
the facade of UML’s pomposity lies some unease
and discomfort : Party’s statute congress ends
setting sights on polls, but representatives say
they have a big battle to fight in the form of
elections, as everyone has turned against them,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 04/10/2021)
UML
retains 70 years age limit for office bearers :
Chair Oli eligible to contest in the upcoming
General Convention of the party (kh
03/10/2021), UML
Statute General Convention concludes by passing
all three proposals unanimously (kh
03/10/2021), UML
unveils party’s new logo and app (kh
03/10/2021), UML
to have 15 office bearers (ht 04/10/2021)
CPN-UML
debates on documents with participants subdued
in their criticism : Representatives say
discussions at the statute congress also
revolved around deification of a leader and
party’s failure to introspect and make an honest
assessment, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
03/10/2021)
After
the fall, UML hatches comeback plan around Oli
cult : he party is holding its first statute
congress, setting the stage for Oli to become
the uncontested leader and shunning collective
leadership and organisational system, by
Anil Giri (kp 02/10/2021) [The hope remains that the voters are
clever enough not to give another chance to
someone who has tried to destroy the
constitution and parliamentary democracy!]
CPN-UML
holding Statute Gen Convention from today : Over
6,000 representatives to participate (kh
01/10/2021), UML’s
first legislative general convention begins :
Six-member presidium including Chairman Oli to
chair convention (kh 01/010/2021), CPN-UML
Chair Oli gets tired midway while reading out
report at Statute Convention : SC member Shankar
Pokharel takes over reading out the full text
(kh 01/10/2021), UML
proposes to scrap post of Deputy General
Secretary (kh 01/10/2021), Provision
of five vice-chairmen proposed in UML’s statute
convention (rep 01/10/2021),
UML proposes provision for basic training before
party membership (kh 02/10/2021)
UML
hails NC as main rival in politics (kh
01/10/2021)
UML
continues Parliament obstruction as KP Oli
pitches for early elections : Experts argue that
UML has challenged the Speaker’s move in court
so it should wait until the court gives its
verdict, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/09/2021), Obstruction
Continues In Parliament: Auditor General's
Report Presented (rn 30/09/2021) [The
MPs were elected to represent the people and not
the parties. Perhaps voters should think twice
at the next elections before voting for a party
that prevents the legislature from doing its
much-needed work!]
UML’s
official conclusion HoR dissolution was correct
move: Leader Thapa (kh 30/09/2021) [Apart from a few hardcore
Oli fans, every politically interested person in
Nepal knew that Oli ' s and Bhandari ' s action
was unconstitutional. The SC ruled correctly and
to continue to claim otherwise is tantamount to
contempt of court and is aimed at misleading the
less politically minded!]
Abrupt
withdrawal of ordinance relating to political
parties shows it was meant for UML split: KP Oli
(kh 28/09/2021) [How
true! The Deuba government's action was as
undemocratic and unconstitutional as the various
actions of the previous Oli government. The top
politicians are destroying democracy! The
Political Party Act urgently needs to be
revised, but please through Parliament!],
Why
is Oli right this time? Experts question motive
behind introducing and repealing the ordinance
on political parties, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/09/2021)
CPN-UML
dissident leaders who chose to side with KP
Sharma Oli are in a fix now : They could develop
as a small faction in the long run if they
continue to remain with the party, political
analysts say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
27/09/2021), Voices
of the opposition should be heard in the
parliament: Mahesh Basnet (rep 27/09/2021) [Just as Oli listened to the
opposition and the dissident factions of his own
party when he was PM? By the way, MPs have not
been elected by the people to forcefully
obstruct parliamentary procedures!], Third
front rises in UML against Oli (ht
27/09/2021)
Oli’s
document and his foreign policy duplicity—when
in and out of power : Ahead of UML’s statute
convention and elections, party chair is
ratcheting up his old nationalistic rhetoric,
again, by Anil Giri (kp 26/09/2021)
UML
third-fronters losing lead roles (ht
26/09/2021)
Dreaming
Of Socialism In Neoliberal Garb, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 26/09/2021)
The
ideology debates in CPN-UML and CPN (Unified
Socialist) : The newly formed party wonders if
it could abandon People’s Multiparty Democracy,
as its relevance is being questioned in the
mother party, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
24/09/2021)
MCC
should be passed after revising some provisions:
Thapa (rep 24/09/2021)
Unified
Socialist picks seven vice-chair, forms
301-member Central Committee (kh 23/09/2021)
[The newly formed CPN
(Unified Socialist) is proving to be no more
socially inclusive than the older parties. Only
six percent of the population are male Bahuns,
but the party is headed by three male Bahuns,
and of the seven deputy chairpersons, all men,
two are Bahuns. General Secretary is a male
Bahun, among his three deputies is another male
Bahun. There is also another Bahun among the
four secretaries. Here, Ram Kumari Jhankri is
the only woman among the party's 18 top
leaders.Thus, the new CPN (US) violates the
provisions of Article 15 of the Political Party
Act and does not represent Nepal's society any
more than do the other major parties! According
to their share in the total population, there
should be no more than 1-2 male Bahuns among the
party's 18 top officials, but at least six women
from different social groups!]
Unified
Socialist picks office-bearers, Beduram Bhusal
named General Secretary (rep 23/09/2021)
Unified
Socialist decides against passage of MCC in
current situation (kh 23/09/2021)
UML
members increase more than twofold since 9th
general convention: Report (kh 20/09/2021)
Protest
will continue if parliamentary proceeding taken
forward without consulting UML: Nembang (kh
20/09/2021) [Yes, just
as Oli consulted the other parties and factions
when he took authoritarian decisions time and
again!], Oli
talking about ethics is ridiculous: Prachanda
(kh 20/09/2021)
UML
attacking state organs to dissolve parliament
and push country to mid-term polls: Rastriya
Janamorcha (kh 17/09/2021)
Strengthen
UML rather than forming panels: UML Vice-Chair
Shakya (kh 16/09/2021)
Oli
slams apex court for unseating him (ht
15/09/2021) [A clear
case of contempt of court and hubris on the part
of an egomaniac!]
UML
Chair Oli’s writ assigned to Deepak Kumar Karki
and Mira Khadka’s bench : UML Chair Oli's writ
assigned to Deepak Kumar Karki and Mira Khadka's
bench (kh 13/09/2021) [By the way, when will Oli actually pay for
all the damage he has caused with his repeated
breaches of the constitution, contempt of court
and completely pointless initiations of
electoral processes?], UML
demands resignation of Speaker; not to attend
all-party meet (kh 13/09/2021)
SC
issues a short-term interim order not to take
action against UML lawmakers Pandey and Bhatta
(kh 12/09/2021), SC
paves way for UML lawmakers Pandey and Bhatta to
join (Unified Socialist) party (rep
14/09/2021)
CPN-UML
obstructs House session today as well (kh
12/09/2021), Let
Parliament Run Smoothly, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 12/09/2021)
Replacement
Bill passed amidst mayhem, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 11/09/2021) [What
a shame! This behaviour in parliament is
unworthy of representatives of the people and
damages Nepal's reputation in the world!]
UML
to let govt present its view on MCC before
revealing own (kh 09/09/2021)
Parliament
meeting adjourned; to meet again on Sept 10
(kh 08/09/2021) [Preventing
parliamentary work or even dissolving it is an
anti-democratic speciality of Oli and his
CPN-UML!]
Two
UML MPs file writ seeking to join CPN-Unified
Socialist (kh 08/09/2021)
56
people’s representatives of UML in Ilam decide
to join Madhav Nepal-led CPN (Unified Socialist)
(rep 07//2021)
10
people’s representatives including DCC chief
join Unified Socialist (kh 07/09/2021)
[related to Khotang]
Three
additional PA members of UML authenticate in
favor of Unified Socialist (kh 06/09/2021),
Nine
people’s representatives in Taplejung join
Unified Socialist (kh 06/09/2021)
CPN-UML
to put efforts to minimize number of party
members quitting the party (rep 06/09/2021)
Unified
Socialist appoints six province in-charges,
forms six-member Central Secretariat (kh
05/09/2021), CPN-Unified
Socialist Allocates Responsibilities To Party
Leaders, by Asha Shah (rn 05/09/2021), CPN
(Unified Socialist) forms five-member standing
committee, Bamdev Gautam not included (rep
05/09/2021) [Even
without Gautam, the Standing Committee already
comprises two-thirds male Bahuns! Social
inclusion should look different!]
90pc
UML cadres defect to CPN(US) in Rautahat (ht
04/09/2021), 58
of 61 UML district members defect to Unified
Socialist in Jumla (kh 04/09/2021), 55
UML Sankhuwasabha district committee members
defect to CPN Unified Socialist (kh
04/09/2021)
Bam
Dev Gautam Quits CPN-UML (rn 04/09/2021)
CPN-UML
(Unified Socialist) : Newborn Party, by
Keshab Poudel (sp 03/09/2021)
UML
central member Bishnu Rijal reaches Dolpa to
prevent cadres from joining CPN (Unified
Socialist) (rep 03/09/2021) [??]
CPN
(Unified Socialist) to set up party’s HQ at
Minbhawan (rep 03/09/2021)
Communists,
socialists or whatever : The real test for
Madhav Kumar Nepal’s outfit will come during the
elections in a year’s time, by Deepak Thapa
(kp 02/09/2021)
Unified
Socialist Chair Nepal warns not to be deceived
by Oli’s 10-point unity deal (kh 02/09/2021)
10
UML Lawmakers In Province 2 Verify For CPN
(Unified Socialist) (rn 02/09/2021), 11
UML lawmakers in Province 2 align with Nepal-led
CPN Unified Socialist (kh 02/09/2021)
Recent
UML political phenomena: Merger, forced
termination, division, by Jiba Raj Pokharel
(ht 01/09/2021)
UML
to file case against EC for recognizing Unified
Socialist as a party (kh 01/09/2021)
10
UML lawmakers join Madhav Nepal-led CPN (Unified
Socialist) (rep 01/08/2021)
Three
MPs from Karnali to identify as Unified
Socialist leaders (kh 01/09/2021), UML
files writ petition against Speaker and EC
(kh 01/09/2021)
12
Bagmati Provincial Assembly members of UML join
CPN Unified Socialist (kh 31/08/2021), CM
Shakya-led government in minority in Bagmati
Province : 12 UML lawmakers join Unified
Socialist, confining the UML's 56-member
majority to 44 (kh 31/08/2021)
UML
issues internal circular against party split
(kh 30/08/2021)
Unified
Socialist senior leader Khanal returns to
country after two and a half months (kh
30/08/2021)
Madhav
Kumar Nepal elected PP leader of Unified
Socialist unanimously (kh 29/08/2021)
CPN
(Unified Socialist) will not unify with any
other party: Chairman Nepal (rep 29/08/2021)
Madhav
Nepal: A Soft Rebel, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
29/08/2021)
Leaders
who move forward when pushed ahead should return
when pulled back: Bhim Rawal (rep
29/08/2021) [KP Oli has
tried to undo the constitution and the
democratic achievements of recent years. The
fact that he is not treated as a political
untouchable has contributed to the destruction
of the unity of the CPN-UML. All those who
continue to cooperate with this coup plotter are
responsible.], Second
Generation Leaders’ Move Betrayal Of Trust,
by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 31/08/2021)
CPN
(Unified Socialist) party in a dilemma to choose
ministers : Too many aspirants make it difficult
for Madhav Kumar Nepal to choose leaders from
his party for ministerial berths in the
Deuba-led government (rep 27/08/2021) [Ministerial posts and other
functions are all that top politicians have in
mind!]
UML
to remove all records of Nepal, his supporters
(kp 27/08/2021)
Nepal’s
communist movement takes yet another turn :
CPN-UML, the country’s largest party, splits.
Madhav Nepal now leads the CPN (Unified
Socialist), by Anil Giri (kp 26/08/2021), As EC registers
CPN-Unified Socialist, UML shrinks to 98 seats
in HoR (kh 26/08/2021), A
late start, perhaps We will have to wait to see
whether Madhav Nepal bounces back or fades into
obsolescence (kp 26/08/2021)
UML
Vice Chairman Gautam says he would resign from
his post (kh 26/08/2021)
UML
Chair Oli signals to move forward with proposal
of a powerful chairman (kh 25/08/2021) [The party leaders of CPN-UML
and NC already have an undemocratically large
amount of power. The autocrat Oli in particular,
but also Deuba, have abused this time and again.
Since Nepal does not practise democracy but
party rule, this is particularly worrying. As
part of an urgently needed revision of the
Political Party Act, the power of party leaders
should therefore also be significantly
restricted.]
UML
Vice-Chair Gautam reticent when wife Tulsa Thapa
sides with Madhav Nepal (kh 25/08/2021)
Will
unite with Maoists within four months to become
the largest party: Socialist leader Metmani
(kh 25/08/2021), We
will make CPN (Unified Socialist) largest party
after unity deal with Dahal, Bhattarai, Baidya
and Biplab: Chaudhary (rep 25/08/2021)
The
era of people’s multi-party democracy is over:
Khanal (rep 25/08/2021)
30
lawmakers, 60 UML central leaders verify at EC
as Unified Socialist members (kh
25/08/2021), Former
Prime Minister Khanal Verifies His Name,
Signature For CPN (Unified Socialist) From
Nepali Embassy In New Delhi (rn 25/08/2021),
30
lawmakers, 54 UML central leaders verify at EC
as Unified Socialist members (kh
25/08/2021), EC
refuses to verify four members of proposed CPN
Unified Socialist Party (kh 25/08/2021)
UML
strikes new rhythm, decides to hold 10th Gen
Convention on Nov 26-29 (kh 25/08/2021), UML Chair Oli
appeals to all leaders including Nepal to return
to mother party (kh 25/08/2021) [Only without Oli, and
ideally also without most of the rest of the old
leadership guard, does the UML have a future
perspective!]
Speaker
Sapkota working against democratic values: UML
Chair Oli : Alleges Madhav Kumar Nepal for
taking hostage of party leaders (kh
25/08/2021) [Of all
people, the person who tried to
destroyparliamentary democracy and the
constitution by hook or by crook for the sole
purpose of retaining power comes up with such
accusations!]
UML
leader Pradip Nepal shows himself on leader
Nepal’s side : Reaches EC for verification
(kh 25/08/2021)
Leftist
politician falsely claims former Oli government
couldn’t bring Covid-19 vaccine (kh
24/08/2021)
CPN
(Unified Socialist), too, to follow ‘people's
multi-party democracy’ (rep 24/08/2021)
EC
allocates time for Madhav Nepal’s party
verification : Calls leaders to show before
Commission from 11.30 am to 2 pm on Wednesday
(kh 24/08/2021)
Leader
Nepal backs Ashta Lakshmi Shakya in Bagmati
Province (kh 24/08/2021)
CPN-UML
holding Standing Committee meeting today :
Rawal-led 'neutral' group to participate (kh
24/08/2021)
CPN-Unified
(Socialist) Chair Nepal calls on UML leaders to
stand united to revolt against Oli (kh
24/08/2021)
UML
Is What It Is Not, by Mukunda Raj Kattel (rn
23/08/2021)
CPN-UML
calls Standing Committee meet for Tuesday : UML
Chairman Oli agrees to revive party structures
as of May 16, 2018, and implement 10-point unity
deal (kh 23/08/2021), Disgruntled
yet “neutral” leaders of UML attend SC meeting
(kh 24/08/2021)
Ruling
alliance expresses serious concern over
‘threats’ issued by UML lawmakers against
Speaker Sapkota (rep 23/08/2021)
EC
to ignore Oli faction's claim, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 23/08/2021)
Madhav
Nepal’s chapter in party is closed: UML Chairman
Oli (kh 23/08/2021)
Leaders
formerly close to Madhav Nepal at Balkot to meet
KP Oli : Urge Chairman Oli to withdraw action
taken against 14 lawmakers (kh 23/08/2021),
Third-fronters
meet Oli in bid to avert UML split, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 24/08/2021)
BJP
Foreign Department Chief Chauthaiwale meets UML
Chair Oli (kh 23/08/2021) [Two like-minded people?]
Can
Nepal Lead Socialist Movement?, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 22/08/2021) [MK
Nepal may not be as extremely anti-democratic as
Oli, but he too puts his personal power above
everything and is obviously not willing to
transfer responsibility to a younger generation!]
UML
Vice Chair Rawal skeptic over Chairman Oli’s
honesty : Says Oli is unlikely to implement
10-point agreement (kh 22/08/2021)
UML
makes national flag, anthem mandatory in all
programs (rep 22/08/2021)
Lawmakers
Sahai and Oli cannot be sacked: Lumbini Province
Secretariat (rep 22/08/2021), UML
objects Lumbini Speaker’s conduct, says his
behavior is not as per post (kh 22/08/2021)
Second
rung UML leaders who did not led support to
Nepal voice for party unity : Stress that
intra-party dispute be resolved thru lawful
system of UML (kh 21/08/2021), CPN-UML
leaders for party unity told to take the call
(ht 22/08/2021)
No
alternative to reorganizing party as Chairman
Oli deviated from party line: UML leader Khanal,
by Bhim Chapagain (rep 20/08/2021), UML
leaders close to Khanal say party should remain
united (rep 21/08/2021)
Nepal
faction proposes new name for party–CPN (Ekikrit
Samajbadi) (kp 20/08/2021)
Bam
Dev Gautam to support CPN-UML (Socialist)
(rep 20/08/2021), UML
Vice-Chair Gautam breaks silence, says he is
still in UML (kh 22/08/2021), Bam
Dev Gautam: Why is my image on Socialist party’s
banner? I am still with CPN-UML (rep
22/08/2021)
UML
leaders, including Rawal busy in internal
discussions (kh 20/08/2021), Second-rung
UML leaders urge Nepal to withdraw his decision
to form new party (rep20/08/2021)
UML
Chair Oli says animosity will hamper
nation-building efforts (kh 19/08/2021) [Says, of all people, the
person who has increased the whole avalanche of
animosity almost daily in recent months! He's
about to add another one on top!], UML
piles pressure on Speaker to dismiss 14
lawmakers (kh 19/08/2021), UML
mounts pressure on Speaker to initiate action
against its 14 lawmakers : Speaker to forward
action as per law (kh 20/08/2021) [According to article 35 of
the Political Party Act, the speaker has 15 days
time to do so!], UML
cannot take action against 14 lawmakers:
Lawmaker Devkota (kh 20/08/2021) [In view of the Supreme Court
ruling of 12 July, this is absolutely correct!
The judgement is binding law also for Mr. Oli!],
Confrontation
between UML and Speaker continues UML chair Oli
has accused Speaker Sapkota of disregarding the
party’s recommendation to dismiss 14 lawmakers,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/08/2021)
UML’s
Madhav faction applies for registering new party
at EC (kh 18/08/2021), UML’s
Madhav faction registers new party at EC : The
new party is CPN(UML) Samajbadi (kh
18/08/2021), UML
Samajwadi Party registered with Election
Commission : Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior
leader Jhala Nath Khanal (kh 18/08/2021)
Asta
Laxmi picked as UML’s PP leader in Bagmati
Province (kh 18/08/2021)
UML
leader Nepal to address sister organization
leaders on Tuesday (kh 17/08/2021), CPN-UML
on verge of split following party split
ordinance : Nepal-Khanal faction readies party
name and election symbol (kh 18/08/2021)
Oli
expels 14 members of the Nepal faction as
lawmakers : Decision comes amid an ordinance to
ease laws for party split (kp 17/08/2021), UML
on the verge of split : UML dismisses 14 of its
lawmakers, including Madhav Kumar Nepal (rep
17/08/2021), CPN-UML
takes action against 14 lawmakers, including
senior leader Nepal, of rival faction (kh
17/08/2021), Nepal,
13 others expelled from UML, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 18/08/2021)
UML
sends details of 260 CC members to EC for
updating info (kh 17/08/2021)
UML
to take action against two lawmakers for
supporting coalition govt : Submits letter to
Provincial Secretariat (kh 17/08/2021)
CPN-UML
holding both SC and PP meeting today : Ordinance
being brought to split UML, accuses Oli (kh
17/08/2021), UML
Chairman Oli appeals against party split (kh
17/08/2021) [Says the
person who has been doing everything to divide
the party for months!], UML
warns of protest against ordinance issued to
amend Political Parties Act (kh 17/08/2021),
President
should reconsider ordinance: UML (kh
17/08/2021) [Yes, she
should reconsider them just as thoroughly as the
ordinances with which she rubber-stamped Oli's
numerous unconstitutional and anti-democratic
moves!]
Nepal-Khanal
faction mulling to form new party : Accuses Oli
of moving ahead unilaterally (kh 14/08/2021)
Two
of Nepal's key aides - Pandey, Acharya –
'secretly' fly to New Delhi (rep 14/08/2021)
The
mirage of unity : One thing they should have no
problem concluding is that they are not
communists, by Naresh Koirala (kp
11/08/2021)
Oli
launches scathing attack on ruling alliance,
common minimum programme : The alliance leaders
dismiss criticisms as Oli venting out his
frustration following his ouster, by Anil
Giri (kp11/08/2021)
UML
passes statute amendment proposal (rep
09/08/2021), CPN-UML
decides to hold maiden Statute Assembly on
September 12-13 (kh 09/08/2021)
Nepal
faction asks Oli to stop unilateral activities
for talks : Oli faction says the party cannot
keep its hands tied when government has
been acting aggressively, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 07/08/2021)
UML’s
Nepal faction urges leadership for
self-criticism (kh 06/08/2021)
Nepal
faction leaders’ express mixed views on UML
unity and govt participation (kh 06/08/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
faction sets Oli’s exit as pre-condition for
party unity : To render efforts for unification
until last resort (kh 05/08/2021) [The damage KP Oli has done
to democracy and the party is unforgivable. He
should never be allowed to hold political office
again, but MK Nepal and JN Khanal must also go,
as must the failed generation of leaders of the
other major parties!], Nepal-Khanal
faction ignores Oli camp's warning, by Ram
Kumar kamat (ht 06/08/2021)
UML
Suffers Under Oli, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
03/08/2021)
CPN-UML
holding SC meeting today : Oli faction not to
wait for senior leader Nepal if party unity not
finalized by Sunday (kh 01/08/2021)
UML
unity only possible after current leadership
quits: Leader Jhakri (kh 31/07/2021) [This is absolutely correct.
If political conditions in Nepal are to improve
and democracy is to be saved, the leaders of all
the major parties must resign in unison and make
way for a younger and more socially and
culturally inclusive generation!]
Akhil
Force organizing a rally today (kh
31/07/2021) [Mass
gatherings are something that should not take
place in the current pandemic situation!]
UML
has no space for traitors like Madhav Nepal: UML
Chairman Oli (kh 31/07/2021) [But there must also be no
place in Nepali politics for people who have
trampled on the constitution and tried to
destroy democracy!]
UML
row: Second rung leaders intensify meetings to
keep party united (kh 30/07/2021)
UML
factions revive militant youth groups, set stage
for confrontation : A couple of weeks ago, KP
Oli revived the party’s Youth Force. Madhav
Nepal reconstituted his People’s Volunteer,
by Pratik Ghimire (ae 29/07/2021)
UML’s
Madhav Nepal faction not to join government
(kh 29/07/2021)
UML
leader Nepal recommends Khanal for second
chairman of party : Skeptical about Oli’s offer
(kh 28/07/2021), Nepal
advised to turn down offer to co-chair UML
(ht 29/07/2021)
UML’s
Khanal-Nepal faction lawmaker says, they will
join Deuba govt (kh 28/07/2021)
UML’s
Khanal-Nepal faction decides to concentrate on
party unity (kh 26/07/2021)
UML
lawmakers to hold discussion with erstwhile task
force members (kh 25/07/2021)
Madhav
Nepal Steals The Show, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 25/07/2021)
UML
Won’t Split, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn
25/07/2021)
Bhim
Rawal criticizes Prachanda for trying to divide
UML (kh 25/07/2021) [But the biggest divider of the CPN-UML is
without any doubt KP Oli with his authoritarian
and undemocratic behaviour! He is not ready to
respect the basic principles of democracy!]
UML
to announce Youth Force valley command (kh
24/07/2021) [Obviously
part of Oli's plan to radicalise the party youth
against the democratic state!], CPN-UML
revives militant wing Youth Force (ht
25/07/2021)
UML
claims Deuba doesn’t have popular mandate.
Experts disagree : Political and constitutional
experts say UML leaders are undermining the
people’s mandate and promoting negativity
against the judiciary by questioning Deuba’s
appointment as prime minister, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 24/07/2021) [The
CPN-UML only has a chance to return to the path
of democracy and constitutionality when it
finally gets rid of this KP Oli!], Ego
Clash Fuels UML’s Feud, by Liladhar
Upadhyaya (rn 24/07/2021)
22
UML lawmakers of Nepal-Khanal faction furnish
clarification (kh 23/07/2021)
UML
leader Bhim Rawal withdraws resignation (kh
23/07/2021)
UML
leader Nemwang warns parties to refrain from
intervening in UML’s internal dispute (kh
23/07/2021) [But the
chairman of the UML had every right to stir up
the dispute in the JSPN to the point of a
possible split! Many well-meaning people are
worried about the CPN-UML under Oli! That is the
reason!], PM
Deuba wants to ask CA Chairman Nembang why
Article 76 (5) was kept in constitution (kh
23/07/2021)
UML
Chairperson Oli declares amnesty to all
disgruntled leaders (kh 22/07/2021) [Based on the Supreme Court
ruling, Oli has no right at all to expel these
MPs from the party because of their voting
behaviour. So the whole thing is pure theatre!]
Under
pressure to save party unity, UML Chairman Oli
announces 'amnesty' to party’s lawmakers voting
for Deuba (rep 22/07/2021) [But an amnesty for Oli is
not possible after all he has done! The CPN-UML
only has a future without Oli!], Oli
ready to give the position of second chairman to
senior leader Nepal [rep) [Since Oli has proven himself
to be a constant liar, he is not to be believed
even in this alleged about-face.]
UML
threatens to expel 22 MPs who voted for Deuba,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/07/202) [Another case of contempt of
court : Oli wants to destroy the CPN-UML by hook
or by crook!]
Teach
cadres manners instead of making them ruffians:
Raghuji Pant (kh 21/07/2021)[A kind of honesty and civil
bahaviour that will not be understood by KP Oli!
He prefers to continue stirring up hatred and
rioting!], Outraged
Oli supporters continue spitting venom at Dahal,
Nepal (ht 21/07/2021), One
cannot stay at his own home facing constant
humiliation: UML leader Nepal (kh
22/07/2021), Senior
UML leader Nepal hints at forming new political
party (rep 22/07/2021)
UML
Chairman Oli and senior leader Nepal’s faction
holding separate meetings (kh 20/07/2021)
After
Deuba’s trust vote, UML seems to be unravelling
: As differences between Oli and Nepal have
reached the point of no return, the only
question is how many will side with the latter
as he appears set to quit the party, insiders
say, by Anil Giri (kp 20/07/2021) [It is unbelievable how an
authoritarian and power-hungry politician like
Oli destroys his party, which has played such an
important role in the last 30 years!], SC
Prompts Oli’s Downfall, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 20/07/2021) [It was
Oli himself who prompted his own downfall!]
UML’s
establishment faction in reverse gear for
unity’s sake : Organizing 10th CC meet after
13th! (kh 19/07/2021)
Maoists
rose from criminal foundation: UML Chair Oli
(kh 19/07/2021) [In this
context, Oli should be reminded of his
activities during the Jhapali Movement.],
Madhav
Nepal is a traitor to Nepal’s communist
movement: UML Chairman Oli (kh 19/07/2021)
Six
UML lawmakers from Oli faction vote for PM Deuba
(kh 18/07/2021) [In
doing so, they show their responsibility for the
nation. The Supreme Court has made it clear that
they are free to decide according to their
conscience and may not be punished by their
party for it!], CPN-UML
holding Central Committee meeting today : Likely
to take action against its lawmakers who voted
for PM Deuba (kh 19/07/2021) [Oli continues to disrespect
court decisions and to destroy his party!],
UML
CC meeting seeks 24-hr clarification from UML
lawmakers for floor-crossing (kh 19/07/2021)
[Their responsibility
for nation and people should be explanation
enough! Nepal finally needs political stability
and not endless power struggles using
unconstitutional means!], UML
to expel lawmakers for supporting Deuba (ht
19/07/2021) [Another
case of contempt of court by Oli!], House
session : For the first time in Nepal's
parliamentary history, lawmakers are free to
cast their votes without having to abide by the
whips (ht 19/07/2021), UML
leader Jhankri warns to sue in contempt of court
case (kh 19/07/2021)
In
criticising court, Oli defies rule of law,
experts say : UML Standing Committee decides to
‘expose’ Supreme Court’s verdict ordering
Deuba’s appointment as prime minister, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 18/07/2021)
Court
Steps In To Save Parliament, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 18/07/2021) [Oli
no longer even had the mandate of the people
after the HoR withdrew its confidence in him.
This is also one of the many untruths spread by
Oli!], Legacy
of KP Oli: Dismantling rule of law, by Sumit
Pathak (rep 18/07/2021), Confusion
in the Madhav Nepal faction as Deuba is set go
for floor test : The faction is divided with
some saying they should save party unity and
others pressing for saving the Parliament
(kp 18/07/2021), UML’s
Bhim Rawal, a key member of the Nepal faction,
resigns as lawmaker : Resignation comes hours
before Deuba’s vote of confidence in the
restored House (kp 18/07/2021)
Three
month’s attempt to retain party unity wasted:
Shankar Pokhrel (kh 18/07/2021) [The 10-point agreement
lacked the most important point: the immediate
removal of the repeated constitution-breaker and
destroyer of democracy KP Oli from all party
offices!]
UML
SC meeting decides not to give vote of
confidence to PM Deuba (kh 16/07/2021) [This may well be Oli's wish,
but he should be reminded that the Supreme Court
has granted freedom of conscience to each and
every MP in this regard!], UML
tells lawmakers to oppose Deuba in trust vote,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 17/07/2017) [As so often before, the Oli
camp declares itself not obliged to respect the
court's decision and justifies this with its
fictitious interpretation of Article 76 of the
Constitution. It is not the judges who have the
legitimacy and ability to interpret the
Constitution, but Oli and Bhandari alone!],
UML Vice-Chairman Gautam says Standing Committee
decision to issue whip wrong (kh 18/07/2021)
UML
second rung leaders intensify meetings to keep
party united (kh 17/07/2021), UML
to retain unity on the basis of 10-point
agreement (kh 17/07/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
faction leaders boycott UML SC meeting
(kh 16/07/2021)
Amid
mixed signals, Nepal faction’s support for Deuba
is not a certainty : UML leaders continue unity
bid even if it means rethinking the roles of Oli
and Nepal. Meanwhile, more Samajbadi Party
lawmakers switch sides to support the government,
by Anil Giri (kp 18/07/2021), We
will vote for Deuba for parliament’s sake: UML
leader Jhankri (kh 18/07/2021), UML
senior leader Khanal urges lawmakers to vote for
PM Deuba (kh 18/07/2021), Senior
leader Nepal cannot remain in party if he voted
for PM Deuba: UML (kh 18/07/2021)
UML
leader Gautam and senior leader Nepal hold talks
(kh 14/07/2021), Senior
UML leader Nepal holds separate talks with
Gautam and Shrestha (kh 14/07/2021), PM
Deuba reaches Koteshwor to meet senior UML
leader Nepal (kh 14/07/2021) [Of course, Deuba is
desperate for support for his confidence vote,
but MK Nepal must try to save his party, which
Oli is in the process of destroying.]
UML
leader Rawal reveals he got threat calls while
working for party unity (kh 14/07/2021)
No
room for admitting Madhav Kumar Nepal’s
mistakes: UML Chair Oli : Says leader Nepal is a
shameless person (kh 14/07/2021) [Many top politicians do not
behave honestly, but Oli has lost all sense of
reality. The removal of this shameless person,
who even now continues to spread lies and hatred
and endangers the foundations of democracy, was
long overdue! He had better retire immediately
instead of destroying his party for once and for
all The UML is still urgently needed, but not
Oli!], NYAN
cadres burn senior UML leader Nepal’s effigy in
Koteshwor (kh 14/07/2021), UML
cadres demonstrate against SC order in Oli’s
hometown Damak : Effigy of Chief Justice also
burned (kh 14/07/2021)
UML
holding Standing Committee meeting today :
Likely to endorse 10-pt consensus deal (kh
13/07/2021), Nepal-Khanal
faction meeting prior to UML SC meeting : To
decide whether to attend SC meeting or not
(kh 13/07/2021), Senior
UML leader Nepal breaks alliance with opposition
parties (rep 13/07/2021), UML
standing committee meeting put off (rep
13/07/2021), UML
taskforce advises Nepal not to prolong
intra-party feud (kh 13/07/2021)
SC
verdict is flawed and unpleasant yet we will
accept it: CPN-UML (kh 12/07/2021) [Let's hope so! You don't
seem to accept that a Supreme Court decision is
binding law!]
Details
of UML task force’s 10-point unity deal : UML
task force announces 10-point unity agreement
(kh 11/07/2021) [At the
beginning of the agreement, the most important
point is missing: Oli's immediate resignation
from all state and party offices. Putschists are
unacceptable in a democracy!], Agreement
at UML taskforce level brings cheers to party
rank and file (kh 12/07/2021), UML
task force reaches 10-point deal for party unity
: The agreement, subject to approval by chair
Oli and senior leader Nepal, follows a more than
12-hour-long meeting, a day ahead of expected
court verdict on House dissolution (kp), Nepal-Khanal
faction dissatisfied with task-force deal, calls
CC meeting (kh 12/07/2021), 23
UML lawmakers’ signatures in support of Deuba
will remain intact: UML leader Nepal (kh
12/07/2021), I
respect and welcome the Supreme Court’s verdict
to reinstate parliament: Yogesh Bhattarai
(rep 12/07/2021)
UML
row: Leader Nepal objects to ‘use of language
influencing court’ (rep 11/07/2021)
PM
Oli might betray again, stay alert: Prachanda
warns Nepal : Leader Nepal expressed commitment
to not let down the opposition alliance (kh
10/07/2021), UML’s
Khanal-Nepal faction lawmakers’ meet concludes
Lawmakers urge leadership to stay alert (kh
10/07/2021), UML
Senior leader Nepal demands equal status with
Chairman Oli (kh 11/07/2021),
Khanal-Nepal faction to abstain Chairman Oli
convened SC meet (kh 11/07/2021), UML
task force member Bhusal leaves for Baneshwor to
meet senior leader Nepal (kh 11/07/2021)
UML
dissidents pile pressure on Nepal to reconcile
with Oli : The second-rung politicians are
guided more by their personal benefits than
larger party interests, say analysts, as Oli
uses their weaknesses to his advantage, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 09/07/2021)
SC
Verdict To Seal UML Fate?, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 06/07/2021) [All parties must change fundamentally if
Nepal is to have a future. Nepal's political
parties are not democratic, socially
non-inclusive and in the hands of patriarchal
machos with a greater or lesser proximity to
Hindu political thinking!]
Oli’s
aversion to federalism and secularism becoming
more apparent : A proposal at UML top panel to
review major achievements of the constitution
does not portend well for the charter which has
come under increasing threats, observers say,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/07/2021)
UML
task force revived, meeting underway at Singha
Durbar (kh 05/07/2021), Oli
makes concession keeping door ajar for party
unity : UML revives the two-month-old task force
to woo the Nepal faction which is currently
supporting the opposition alliance, by Anil
Giri (kp 06/07/2021), UML’s
task force meeting to resolve dispute ends on a
positive note (kh 07/07/2021), UML
Dispute Resolution Task Force holding decisive
meeting today
Meeting in Singha Durbar at 11 am (kh
08/07/2021), UML
factions 'on the cusp of striking a deal'
(ht 08/07/2021), UML
task force decides to meet at 11 am tomorrow
again (kh 08/07/2021), UML
task force meeting concludes for today, dispute
resolution within a couple of days (kh
09/07/2021), UML
task force likely to announce settlement of
intra-party dispute today : Details of agreement
to be made public after working out the language
of unity agreement today (kh 10/07/2021)
PM
Oli’s confidants hold talks with UML senior
leader Nepal (kh 04/07/2021)
UML
invites all leaders, including senior leaders
Nepal and Khanal, to Friday’s CC meet (kh
01/07/2021), Nepal
faction leaders deem Friday’s CC meet illegal,
won’t participate (kh 01/07/2021), UML
holding CC meeting today first time following
its revival : Nepal-Khanal faction to abstain
(kh 02/07/2021), Nepal-Khanal
faction given July 4 deadline to withdraw
signatures proposing Deuba as PM (kh
02/07/2021), Vice
Chair Gautam demands revoking ultimatum given to
23 UML lawmakers of Nepal faction (kh
02/07/2021), UML
directs its 23 lawmakers of dissolved parliament
to withdraw their support to Deuba’s writ
petition within two days (rep 02/07/2021), Khanal-Nepal
faction’s zoom meeting decides not to withdraw
signature (kh), Second
tier leaders of ruling UML seeking places to
patch up differences (kh 03/07/2021), Oli
tells Nepal faction to withdraw support to
Deuba. Dissidents refuse : With the court
verdict on House dissolution imminent, he tells
party lawmakers to abandon the opposition
alliance for any chance of unity between the
warring factions, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
03/07/2021), Leaders
not withdrawing signatures till SC verdict on
HoR dissolution can’t be party members: UML
Chair Oli (kh 03/07/2021)
Oli’s
one last effort at party unity fails to convince
dissidentsSpectre of split looms large over the
CPN-UML as both sides continue to see each other
with suspicion and distrust, by Anil Giri
(kp 01/07/2021)
UML
second rung leaders hold meeting to resolve
intra-party feud : Nepal-Khanal faction proposes
to postpone Friday's CC meet (kh 01/07/2021)
UML
decides to restore erstwhile Central Committee :
Schedules CC meet for July 2 (kh 30/06/2021)
The
difference between communism in China and Nepal
: Three decades of existence has shown us that
Nepali communists have misguided priorities,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 29/06/2021)
UML
intra-party feud widens further as top guns
engage in fresh blame games (kh 29/06/2021),
War
of words between Oli and Nepal continues as they
drift apart : The future of UML is in the hands
of the Supreme Court as its decision on House
dissolution will indicate how factions led by
the two leaders make their next moves, insiders
say, by Anil Giri (kp )
UML’s
unity mantra : The Nepal camp has unequivocally
supported Oli and turned a blind eye to his
transgressions, by Naresh Koirala (kp
27/06/2021)
UML
leader Nepal inclined to welcome PM Oli if he
corrects political course : Says it was Oli's
arrogance to dissolve the parliament and declare
elections (kh 24/06/2021)
UML
leader Nepal accuses PM Oli of having intent to
split party : UML’s intra-party feud escalates
further (kh 22/06/2021)
UML
lodges writ against SC’s decision to reinstate
Karnali lawmakers (kh 21/06/2021)) [Unbelievable that not even
the SC accepts the supremacy of Prime Minister
Oli!], UML’s
Nepal faction skeptical after PM Oli faction
lodged vacate petition (kh 21/06/2021)
Upheavals
In Provinces : UML Bickering Boon For Opposition,
by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 15/06/2021)
UML’s
Sudurpaschim PP suspends seven lawmakers (kh
15/06/2021)
Arrogant
attitude among top leaders main obstacle for
party unity: UML leader Bhattarai (kh
14/06/2021) [There is
only one solution: You must get rid of all of
them as soon as possible. This would be the best
for the party, the people and the nation!]
PM
Oli to hold erstwhile SC meeting to give message
of party unity : Will Nepal, Khanal attend it?
( kh 14/06/2021)
The
Court Calls The Shots, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 13/06/2021)
UML
second-rung leaders render last-resort efforts
to resolve intra-party feud (kh 11/06/2021)
UML
leader Gautam calls for erstwhile SC meeting for
party unity (kh 09/06/2021) [All the old leaders will
have to go without any exception, if country and
party shall have a future!]
UML
PP meeting decides to vote for Sudurpaschim’s CM
Bhatta (kh 08/06/2021)
UML
leader Acharya suggests all first generation
leaders in the party to resign en masse (kh
07/06/2021) [This is the
only right way to save Nepal's democracy and
political parties. It applies to all major
parties and should be implemented immediately so
that the people in this difficult time finally
get the policies and help that the old and
failed top politicians deny them in their
delusion of power!]
UML
Chair ready to restore party status to May 2018
with a catch (kh 06/06/2021), Leaders
of Nepal-Khanal faction divided over PM Oli’s
6-pt appeal (kh 07/06/2021), Nepal-Khanal
faction calls emergency meet
To dwell on 6-pt deal issued by PM Oli (kh
07/06/2021), UML
Nepal-Khanal faction deduce Chair Oli’s proposal
deceitful : Nepal faction responds
point-by-point to PM Oli's party unity proposal
(kh 07/06/2021)
Majority
of leaders in Nepal-Khanal faction in favor of a
new party (kh 05/06/2021), Oli
compelling us to form new party: Rival UML
faction (ht 06/06/2021), Nepal
faction not to engage in dialogue further with
UML establishment (kh 06/06/2021)
Relevance
of talks with party chair Oli over, say four
leaders of Nepal-Khanal group (kh
04/06/2021)
UML
Standing Committee put off sine die (rep
0/06/2021)
UML’s
Nepal faction says PM Oli is against party unity
(kh 03/06/2021)
UML
directs its central committee members not to
attend the Khanal-Nepal’s meeting (kh
03/06/2021)
UML
row: Both factions holding separate meetings
today (kh 03/06/2021), President
Bhandari active in resolving UML row following
telephone talks with Chinese counterpart Xi
(kh 03/06/2021)
Police
misbehaviour with citizens under scanner, thanks
to social media, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
03/06/2021)
CPN-UML
decides to strive for party unity (kh
01/06/2021)
Oli
and Nepal faction of UML engage in narrowing
down differences (kh 01/06/2021)
UML’s
Sudurpaschim Province PP seeks clarification
from Chairman Oli faction lawmakers (kh
30/05/2021), Six
UML ministers in Sudurpaschim to be expelled
from party (kh 31/05/2021)
UML
calls SC meeting; likely to take action against
12 leaders (kh 30/05/2021), UML
SC meeting postponed yet again; rescheduled for
tomorrow (kh 31/05/2021)
UML
leader Bhusal confesses violating parliamentary
norms : Claims he signed for NC Prez Deuba to
safeguard Constitution (kh 29/05/2021)
15
UML SC members appeal to stand against Chairman
Oli’s arbitrary rule : Yogesh Bhattarai and
Gokarna Bista come back to Nepal-Khanal camp
(kh 26/05/2021)
UML’s
Sudurpaschhim Province PP meeting underway
(kh 26/05/2021) [According
to the 2015 constitution, Nepal is a federal
state. In such a state, the central party
leadership can only make recommendations to that
of the province, but cannot issue orders.The
measure is merely part of KP Oli's hate campaign
and is aimed at destroying governability at all
levels of the federal system!], UML’s
Sudurpaschim province PP defies SC decision :
Decides not to withdraw support from the
province government (kh 26/05/2021), UML
warns of action against Sudurpaschim lawmakers
(kh 26/05/2021) [To
reiterate, political decisions at the provincial
level are made exclusively by the elected
representatives of the people there. The central
party level has to stay out of it. Otherwise,
Nepal would continue to be a central and not a
federal state!]
CPN-UML
sending letters to 12 more lawmakers for
clarification (kh 26/05/2021)
UML
row: Nepal-Khanal faction to establish new party
(kh 25/05/2021)
23
UML lawmakers join protest against HoR
dissolution (kh 24/05/2021), UML’s
disgruntled faction ready to face action rather
than submitting explanation (kh 24/05/2021),
CPN-UML
expels 11 leaders, including Madhav Nepal and
Jhala Nath Khanal : Also decides to withdraw
support given to Sudurpaschim govt (kh
24/05/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
group not to furnish clarification to PM Oli
(kh 24/05/2021), UML
Chairman Oli calls SC meeting : Likely to take
action against Madhav Nepal, others (kh
24/05/2021)
CPN
(Unified) Party registered at EC : Party’s
leader Jiwan Rai is close to Madhav Nepal;
election symbol pen (kh 23/05/2021) [This indicates a formal
split of the CPN-UML in the making!], UML leader Bhusal
unaware of new party, opposes HoR dissolution
(kh 23/05/2021)
UML
sending explanation letters to 11 leaders today
(kh 23/05/2021)
Clarification
sought from 14 Nepal faction PA members (ht
23/05/2021)
Khim
Lal Devkota defeats Ram Bahadur Thapa in
National Assembly election : Devkota, an
independent candidate backed by Nepal-Khanal
faction of the UML, had the support of Congress
and Maoist Centre. Thapa was fielded by the UML
(kp 20/05/2021) [Both
Oli and Thapa really deserve this!], Unfortunate that
Nepal faction did not vote for party’s official
candidate in NA election: UML Standing Committee
(kh 20/05/2021), Supreme
Court scraps appointment of seven ministers who
are not lawmakers : Chief Justice Rana’s bench
says their appointment and oath, on May 14,
prima facie, against constitutional provisions.
All of them had joined the CPN-UML after
deserting the Maoist Centre (kp 20/05/2021)
[Oli as well as Thapa
and the other deserters really deserve this!
Finally respect the constitution, the laws and
the parliamentary defeats, Mr Oli, and resign!]
UML
Leaders Towards Reconciliation?, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 18/05/2021), UML
taskforce holding meeting today (kh
18/05/2021)
ULM
row: 10-member task force formed to settle party
disputes (rep 16/05/2021)
How
Madhav Nepal lost the plot in 68 days (rep
14/05/2021)
UML
revokes suspension of four leaders including
Madhav Kumar Nepal (rep 13/05/2021), Rawal
urges CPN-UML lawmakers to quit (ht
13/05/2021), Oli,
Nepal hold telephone conversation as dissident
UML lawmakers prepare to resign en masse
(rep 13/05/2021) [Oli is
obviously panicking, but to the detriment of
Nepal and its people, he still does not have the
morale to resign immediately!], UML’s
Nepal faction issues ultimatum till 4:30 PM
today to address their demands (rep
13/05/2021), Talks
between UML Chair Oli and senior leader Nepal
end on a positive note : Resignation on hold;
leaders agree on making a task force (kh
13/05/2021)
PM
Oli holds talks with Ghanashyam Bhusal and
Yogesh Bhattarai (kh 07/05/2021), No
agreement reached with PM Oli: UML Senior leader
Nepal (kh 07/05/2021), Senior
leader Nepal asks party leaders and cadres not
to be mislead by reports of their deal with
Chairman Oli (rep 07/05/2021)
Lumbini
Province’s assembly member Dangi resigns (kh
05/05/2021)
Lawmaker
Jhankri warns PM Oli to face consequences
(kh 05/05/2021)
UML’s
Nepal-Khanal faction to mount pressure for party
unity : Mulls resigning en-masse if Chairman Oli
is adamant (kh 04/05/2021)
Ugly
face of Nepali politics : Ruling party engaged
in ugly horse-trading as opposition parties
mount effort to oust it from power in provinces
(rep 30/04/2021)
Gangster-turned
politician Dipak Manange appointed Youth and
Sports Minister!, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
30/04/2021)
PM
and other senior leaders in contact-tracing as
three central leaders of ruling CPN-UML test
positive for COVID-19 (rep 28/04/2021)
UML’s
Nepal-Khanal faction to intensify “internal
struggle” (kh 28/04/2021)
SC
scheduled to hear writ filed by Nepal-Khanal
faction today (kh 25/04/2021)
UML
Standing Committee gets authority to take action
against rebel faction (kh 25/04/2021) [This is obviously still your
only problem, Mr Oli!], PM
Oli urges party rank and file to fan out for
control of COVID-19 (kh 25/04/2021) [With your months-long calls
for mass public meetings for the purpose of
maintaining your personal power, you bear an
outstanding responsibility for the development
of the pandemic in Nepal. Resign from all
offices at last!]
After
Nepal Communist Party (NCP), now UML headed for
vertical split : Oli constitutes a 19-member
Standing Committee excluding leaders close to
Nepal—an indication the two leaders are prepared
to go their separate ways, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 24/04/2021)
UML
leaders challenge Oli's move in SC (ht
23/04/2021)
UML
leader Nepal sees frail chances of party unity
(kh 23/04/2021)
Chairman
Oli forms UML Standing Committee, leaders close
to Madhav Nepal excluded (rep 23/04/2021) [Wish you a happy final
destruction of your party!], UML
Chairman Oli forms new Standing Committee sans
leaders of Madhav faction (kh), UML
strips four provincial lawmakers of party
memberships (kh 23/04/2021) [Democracy prevails when the
orders of the great chairman are followed
without criticism!], Oli
snubs Khanal, Nepal, placates Gautamam : Forms
UML standing committee, ignoring aides of former
(ht 24/04/2021)
Attempts
to defame communist movement and capturing party
should be defeated: PM Oli (kh 22/04/2021) [The person from whom such
attempts emanate most strongly is called KP Oli!]
UML
to field Badal in upcoming NA by-election
(kh 23/04/2021)
Second-rung
UML leaders intensify negotiation to save party
unity as Oli prepares to sack lawmakers close to
Nepal-led faction (rep 21/04/2021) [There is only one effective
action that is long overdue: sack Oli if you
want the CPN-UML to survive! This person has
lost all sense of reality and does not
understand democratic principles at all!],
UML
leader Bhattarai urges PM Oli to save the party
from disintegration (kh 21/04/2021), CPN-UML
Chairman Oli holds discussion with senior leader
Nepal (kh 21/04/2021), Oli,
Nepal at capital’s Marriott Hotel for second
round of one-on-one (rep 22/04/2021), PM
Oli-Madhav Nepal talks concludes
Nepal says progress yet to be made (kh
22/04/2021)
Reconciliation
Can Avert UML Split, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
20/04/2021) [According
to KP Oli's idea of democracy, reconciliation is
a foreign word, only blind obedience counts!],
Oli
threatens to expel CPN-UML rivals from
Parliament, assembly, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
21/04/2021) [KP Oli is
preparing the destruction of his own party!]
UML
senior leader Nepal calls a meeting of lawmakers
close to him after Chairman Oli seeks
clarifications from them (rep 20/04/2021)
Oli
to devise strategy to strengthen hold on CPN-UML
(ht 19/04/2021) [Under
Oli, the CPN-UML has become more of a
dictatorial organisation than a democratic party
in which freedom of expression and participation
of all party members are respected!], UML seeks final
clarification from 5 leaders, including
Madhav Kumar Nepal (kh 19/04/2021), 20
UML leaders face action for anti-party
activities (ht 20/04/2021) [This definition is related
to the undemocratic party structure and the
immense power of the party chairperson. The
correct term should be anti-Oli activities!]
In
the CPN-UML, Oli has found a new spin
doctor—Pradeep Gyawali : The foreign minister
lectured on ‘democracy with Nepali flavour’ and
morality as he defended House dissolution. Now
he says Karnali incident is against
parliamentary system, by Binod Gyawali (kp
18/04/2021), Home
Min Thapa loses ministership after being removed
from National Assembly; reappointment likely
today (ht 18/04/2021) [This is extremely questionable
constitutionally, not that provincial MPs do not
follow orders from the central party, Mr
Gyawali!], Leader
Badal Re-Appointed As Home Minister (rn
18/04/2021) [While Oli
has lost all moral qualifications to be Prime
Minister, his Council of Ministers is
increasingly becoming a conglomeration of
non-parliamentarians!]
Nepal-Khanal
faction forms parallel committee in Jhapa
(16/04/2021)
UML
for reshuffling thematic committees (ht
09/04/2021)
UML's
Nepal-led faction forms parallel party committee
in Sudurpaschim Province (rep 07/04/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
faction announces Bagmati Pradesh Parallel
Committee : Ashta Laxmi Shakya as Coordinator
(kh 06/04/2021)
The
difficulty of being Madhav Nepal : The leader
who steered the CPN-UML for 15 years now
grapples with one question—to be or not to be
with Oli, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/04/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
faction mulls forming a party and joining
broader alliance, insiders say : With its
leaders suspended from the UML and Oli in no
mood to compromise, the cornered faction
has few options before it as its leaders’
political future is at stake, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 04/04/2021)
UML
on verge of split as senior leader Nepal
prepares to form new party (kh 02/04/2021)
CPN-UML
leaders Bhusal, Pandey suspended for six months
for carrying out "anti-party activities"
(rep 01/04/2021)
'Oli
sabotaging communist movement' : ‘Action against
Nepal, Rawal shuts door to negotiation' (ht
31/0372021)
UML
Leaders Nepal, Rawal Suspended From Party For
Six Months (rn 29/03/2021), Oli
is paying Nepal faction leaders with their own
coin : The UML chair suspends Madhav Nepal and
Bhim Rawal as party’s general members for six
months and asks Surendra Pandey and Ghanashyam
Bhusal to furnish clarification, by Tika R
Pradhan and Anil Giri (kp 30/03/2021) [A party chairman with such
power does not reflect democratic party
structures!], CPN-UML
on the verge of split as Chairman Oli suspends
general membership of rival leaders Nepal and
Rawal for six months, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 30/03/2021), Bhusal
accuses Chairman Oli of giving protection to
those implicated in corruption (rep
30/03/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
faction of UML to intensify drive to form
parallel committees (kh 28/03/2021)
UML’s
Possible Split Not Averted Yet, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 28/03/2021) [With
these completely irrational and anti-democratic
so-called party leaders, the split will not be
avoidable!]
UML's
Nepal-led faction holds central committee
meeting to chalk out strategy to contain
Chairman Oli's "growing hegemony" in party
(rep 27/03/2021)
Storm
is brewing over UML as factions up the ante
against each other : While Oli appears prepared
to drive the Nepal-Khanal group into a corner,
the latter, though at a loss on the way forward
now, is attempting to consolidate strength,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 26/03/2021), Rift
between UML factions widens (ht 26/03/2021),
CPN-UML’s
Nepal faction MPs join parliamentary party
meeting (rep 26/03/2021), UML
Chair Oli says party will not go in reverse gear
(kh 26/03/2021) [A party
chairman with absolute powers. This is party
democracy under Oli-archy!]
Which
party those elected under Nepal Communist Party
now represent? Analysts say they have freedom to
choose between the UML and Maoist Centre but
don’t rule out complications, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 25/03/2021)
UML's
Madhav Nepal-led faction calls its central
committee meeting for Friday amid deepening rift
in party (rep 25/03/2021), CPN-UML
Chairperson Oli calls his party's parliamentary
party meeting for Friday afternoon (rep
25/03/2021)
Nepal-led
UML faction to withdraw no-confidence motion
filed against Province 1 CM Rai and Bagmati
Province CM Paudel (rep 24/03/2021)
All
eyes on four UML leaders, as Oli faction seeks
clarification (rep 22/03/2021) [Oli himself not only
violates the interests of the party, but also
those of the state and the people. His immoral
and authoritarian behaviour is destroying all
democratic prospects of Nepal!]
s
Oli tightens grip on the party, he tells rivals
to support him or face the music : UML Central
Committee amends Parliamentary Party statute
giving its leader sweeping powers including that
to sack lawmakers. It asks four of them for
clarifications, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
21/03/2021) [The
party structure of the UML is not democratic but
dictatorial, which, by the way, is similar in
all political parties. According to Article 269
(4) of the Constitution, such parties should not
even be registered by the Election Commission!
All office-bearers of a political party should
be elected democratically from the grassroots
upwards and in a socially inclusive manner, must
be accountable at all times, face a re-vote at
regular intervals and must not have
authoritarian powers! Well-founded criticism and
dealing with it without aggression are part of
the basis of democracy!], Reasons
provided for skipping UML PP meet (ht
21/03/2021)
CPN-UML’s
PP statute endorsed (rep 20/03/2021) [Meetings of a party faction
should not take place in the official PM's
residence!], CPN-UML
amends party statute (kh 20/03/2021)
Bamdev
blames erstwhile chairmen duo PM Oli and
Prachanda for NCP crisis (kh 19/03/2021)
UML
vs UMLThe Nepal-Khanal faction plans to revive
all party committees to counter KP Sharma Oli
while the latter appears firm on bulldozing
decisions, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
19/03/2021), Oli
accused of promoting factionalism in UML (ht
19/03/2021) [Oli is
currently one of the most destructive
politicians in the world. Everything he does is
done with full intention, without regard for
democracy, state, nation and party!], Taskforce
formed to amend UML statute : 24-member
Parliamentary Board headed by Oli formed (ht
19/03/2021)
With
neither side ready to back down, confrontation
in UML continues : Oli calls a meeting of the
Parliamentary Party which Nepal faction may skip
and invite action, leaders say, by Anil Giri
(kp 18/03/2021)
CPN-UML
forms PP Board; next PP meet on March 20 (kh
18/03/2021), CPN-UML
nominates Madhav Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal to
PP Board (kh 18/03/2021), Leadership
receiving suggestions in Nepal-Khanal national
conclave (kh 18/03/2021)
UML
rival factions in war of words : Nepal-Khanal
faction to hold cadres’ meet today much to Prime
Minister Oli’s chagrin, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 17/03/2021), Madhav
Nepal-led faction of CPN-UML holds its national
gathering as party heads for vertical split due
to factional feud (rep 17/03/2021), Nepal-led
faction to boycott UML parliamentary party
meeting (rep 17/03/2021
The
spectre of split hovers above CPN-UML even as
Oli and Nepal hold talks in a fence-mending
attempt : The factions led by party chair and
senior leader refuse to budge from stances,
thereby deciding to make their own moves, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 16/03/2021)
Nepal,
Khanal to boycott all-party meet called by
President (kh 16/03/2021)
Don’t
attend Nepal-led faction’s gathering: Oli
directs party leaders, cadres (rep
16/03/2021)
Nepal-Khanal
camp holds internal discussion in New Baneshwor
(kh 15/03/2021), Nepal
faction’s national convention on schedule
(kh 15/03/2021), Over
2,000 cadres to participate in Nepal-Khanal
faction’s nat’l conclave (kh 16/03/2021)
Oli
and Nepal groups meeting ends with both sides
refusing to budge from their stances : Oli
rejects Nepal camp’s demand that March 12
decisions be withdrawn; Nepal refuses to cancel
his faction’s national (kp 15/03/2021), CPN
(UML)'s Nepal-led faction takes strong exception
to "unilateral decisions" taken by party's CC
meeting on March 12 (rep 15/03/2021), Meeting
between Oli and Nepal factions strikes no chords
:
March 12 "unilateral" decision unacceptable:
Nepal faction (kh 15/03/2021)
Nepal,
Khanal move EC against Oli : Say he has violated
UML statute (ht 15/03/2021)
Sandhya
Tiwari led CPN-UML amends its party name (kh
15/03/2021)
Renewed
feud leads CPN-UML towards a vertical split : As
Oli prevails, the Nepal-Khanal group is in a
bid to form parallel party committees and
has called a national gathering of its own
on March 17-18, by Tika R radhan (kp
14/03/2021) [How can a
party leader who has gone berserk work himself
up into such a frenzy and destroy his party? All
political parties must finally democratise
themselves and drastically curtail the
authoritarian rule of their leaders!], UML
Nepal faction creates parallel panels, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 14/03/2021), CPN-UML
on brink of split after Nepal-Khanal group forms
parallel structure (kh 14/03/2021)
Nepal-led
faction of UML forms parallel party committees
(rep 13/03/2021), UML’s
Nepal-Khanal group forms parallel structure to
counter Oli’s move (kh 13/03/2021)
Oli
tightens his grip in UML relieving leaders from
Nepal camp of their roles : Nepal and other
leaders returned to their old party and have
vowed to fight, form parallel committees, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 13/03/2021) [In no democratic party in
the world would the chairperson have such
authority, in other words, the CPN-UML is
definitely not a democratic party under Oli!],
Oli
cuts Nepal down to size in CPN-UML : His aides
divested of responsibilities, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 13/03/2021)
Oli
nominates 23 ex-Maoist leaders including Ram
Bahadur Thapa as UML CC member (rep
12/03/2021) [Under
Article 89 (e) of the constitution, MPs lose
their parliamentary seat if their original party
suspends them, which is likely to happen in this
case!], Oli
strips leaders close to Nepal of
responsibilities : The move comes days after
Nepal and other leaders were forced to return to
the CPN-UML after the court revived it and the
Maoist Centre, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
12/03/2021) [Under the
Oli-archy, the autocratic chairman enjoys
absolute decision-making power to punish his
internal party critics! This is democracy as Oli
understands it!], UML’s
Madhav Nepal faction ignorant about Baluwatar CC
meeting (kh 12/03/2021), Madhav
Nepal faction of UML calls emergency SC meeting
(kh 12/03/2021), Oli
reshuffles party committees, withdraws
responsibilities given to leaders close to
senior leader Nepal (rep 12/03/2021) [This is not a democratic
party, but an institution with an autocrat at
its head!]
PM
Oli was confident of the tide turning in his
favor, by Ashok Dahal (ae 12/03/2021)
Madhav
Nepal back to UML, but his coexistence with Oli
won’t be easy : Oli is the party chair and prime
minister but Nepal and his allies vow to
fight the former’s unilateral ways in the
party and any attempts to sideline his old rival,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 12/03/2021)
CPN
(UML) To Hold General Convention On Nov 18-22
(rn 12/03/2021⁾
CPN-UML’s
Nepal faction holding SC meeting today (kh
11/03/2021), UML’s
Nepal-Khanal faction to issue protest statement
against “Oli-attitude” (kh 11/03/2021)
PM
Oli likely to allocate respectable positions to
Badal, others in UML : Badal likely to become
UML vice-president (kh 10/03/2021)
PM
Oli in mood to split JSP for new power sharing
(kh 10/03/10) [A person
without any morals and political culture, who
destroys the entire state if necessary to
safeguard his personal power interests!]
Changed
context catapults Janata Samajbadi Party into
the spotlight : Both UML and Maoist Centre are
in a bid to woo fourth largest party, for its 32
members in Parliament now hold the key, by
Anil Giri (kp 10/03/2021) [The united NCP has repeatedly lied and
deceived the JSPN in the past. Oli was not
sympathetic to the concerns of the Madheshis as
early as 2015!]
A
setback for Dahal as his allies from CPN-UML
decide to return home : With 53 seats, the
Maoist Centre is now the third party in
Parliament. And to make any substantial move,
the Maoist chair has to look to Congress and
Janata Samajbadi Party, Tika R Pradhan (kp
09/03/2021
CPN
(UML)'s signboard placed at party headquarters
in Dhumbarahi (rep 09/03/2021)
Upholding
SC verdict, Election Commission scraps
Oli-Dahal’s NCP, revives erstwhile CPN (UML) and
NCP (Maoist Center) (rep 09/03/2021), EC
asks UML and Maoist Center to come up with new
name and election symbol if they opt for
fresh merger (rep 09/03/2021)
Nepal
faction likely to face crisis if UML gets active
(kh 08/03/2021), PM
Oli tells Rawal: Go to SC to ask which party I
belong to (kh 08/03/2021) [This man knows nothing but
mockery, lies and authoritarian behaviour! He
should be aware that it does not require a
formal split of the CPN-UML to vote him out. It
is not only for moral reasons that such a vote
out is urgently needed!], Madhav
group holds separate meeting prior to SC meeting
(kh 08/03/2021), Madhav
Nepal group likely to return to UML and fight
‘Oli tendency’ (kh 08/03/2021)
PM
Oli to convene CC meeting reviving UML (kh
07/03/2021)
From 17 May 2018 to 7 March 2021, the
CPN-UML and the CPN-MC appeared as a merged
party under the name NCP. After the Supreme
Court ruled this action illegitimate on 7 March
2021, both parties are again listed separately
again under their original names. The links to
the CPN-UML are therefore collected again here.
The links to the CPN-MC are again collected in
the file on Maoist parties, although this
party is no longer identical with the party of
the same name before the merger with the
CPN-UML.
UML,
Maoist Center dissolve their respective parties
(rep 17/05/2018)
Nembang
is UML’s deputy PP leader (kp 05/054/2018)
Panel
says impunity rampant in UML (kp 14/03/2018)
UML
finalises PR list: Motilal Dugar becomes MP
again (kp 12/02/2018), UML
sends 37 women, 4 men to parliament under PR
system (rep 12/02/2018)
Coordination
committee to finalise merger modality (kp
09/01/2018)
UML
bigwigs eye presidency as graceful exit from
politics (rep 02/01/2018)
‘Bamdev’s
own modus operandi behind poll loss’, by
Kamal Panthi (kp 26/12/2017)
In
the transition phase, the party would be led by
a joint leadership, interview with Shanker
Pokharel (kp 25/12/2017)
Left
or right? UML is critical of Western ‘hegemony’
but is then funded by money coming from Western
countries, by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC
(rep 24/12/2017)
UML
rank and file struggle to get over Gautam’s poll
defeat, by Janak Nepal and Kamal Panthi (kp
21/12/2017)
Supporters
see Rawal as future PM, UML boss: Opponents
charge him with doing little for the district,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Menuka Dhungana (kp
12/11/2017)
Praja
Parishad party merges with UML (kp
10/11/2017)
UML
finalises name list of candidates for 25
districts (ht 21/10/2017)
UML
residential
meet to sort issues: FPTP election candidate
selection, joint manifesto review on the agenda;
Most of the proportional representation nominees
‘will be changed’ before October 23 deadline for
reviewing the list (kp 18/10/2017)
UML
working to finalise PR candidates: Two allies
may have equal number of candidates in provinces
2 and 6 (kp 13/10/2017)
Oli
to hold UML’s election command (kp
11/10/2017)
More
than 60 UML candidates recommended unanimously
(kp 09/10/2017) [Yes,
one can see all the female and non-Tagadhari UML
leaders on the attached photo!], Oli
named poll candidate from Siraha (ht
09/10/2017)
UML
gunning for a left alliance (kp 03/10/2017),
Five
dissent leaders of RJP-N join hands with UML
(kp 03/10/2017)
CPN-UML
Standing Commitee to decide on candidate
selection, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 25/09/2017)
UML
caught
in 2 minds over Oli’s Tarai poll drive: The
party secretariat, how-ever, says the
preparations were under way to hold mass events
in the region, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
14/09/2017)
NPRSLP
merges with UML (ht 12/09/2017)
Voice
of the people: The UML promotes one type of
nationalism in Nepal, but will all their cadres
follow?, by Deepak Thapa (kp 10/08/2017)
Bharatpur
mayoral candidate’s son held (ht 03/08/2017)
UML
finalizes candidates of DDCC chair and deputy
chairs in 19 districts (rep 31/07/2017) [This is not democratic! The
local level has do decide on these candiidates!]
UML
leaders to study situation in Province 2 (kp
29/07/2017)
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