Deuba stresses on ending intra-party friction (ht 18/05/2019) [Then please resign from your position! This might be very helpful!]

NC’s nationwide awareness campaign begins in Kaski (ht 09/05/2019)

A broken Congress under pressure to perform as effective opposition: The country’s grand old party has been facing  criticism for failing to raise crucial issues, by Anil Giri (kp 02/05/2019)

Deuba slams party critics (ht 23/04/2019)

NC awareness campaign to kick off on April 24 (ht 17/04/2019)

Congress reacts to what it calls Oli’s indecent comments against opposition: Main opposition reminds the prime minister to maintain the dignity of his position, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 16/04/2019), NC to launch campaign against govt (ht 16/04/2019)

Deuba warns of action against leaders (ht 15/04/2019)

NC leaders call for unity during Pokhara by-election, by Sandesh Shrestha (rep 13/04/2019)

Deuba says no to early Congress convention: Fifty-two district presidents warn of signature drive to exert pressure, by Anil Giri (kp 06/04/2019)

NC dissidents threaten signature campaign (rep 05/04/2019)

NC failed to operate as per party rule: Singh (kp 31/03/2019)

'Oli's hand strengthens as NC wrangles within, wavers on agenda' (rep 27/03/2019)

NC general secy backs for reinstating Hindu state thru referendum (rep 23/03/2019) [This is in the same way anticonstitutional as Raut's demand for a eferendum on an independent Madhesh state! Both referenda would be aimed at destroying Nepal's unity and multicultural identity! The Nepali Congress is about to destroy its former democratic ideals!], Shashank’s referendum remarks irk Congress, by Anil Giri (kp 23/03/2019), Shashank denies making remarks about referendum on religion, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/03/2019) [He made  similar statement in the past! So, there is no reason to doubt that he did it again!!]

Feeling cornered, Deuba in last ditch attempt at consensus: Deuba to meet dissident leaders Sunday (rep 17/03/2019)

Congress rival factions in bid to form united force to challenge Deuba, by Anil Giri (kp 07/03/2019)

Nepali Congress district chiefs warn of calling special general convention, by Anil Giri (kp 06/03/2019)

Student union adrift: The Nepali Congress needs to understand the qualities its future leaders must possess, by Ranjan Kafle (kp 04/03/2019)

NC failed to play role of opposition: Koirala (ht 28/02/2019), NC in Leadership Crisis, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 01/03/2019)

Congress crisis deepens, by Anil Giri (kp 27/02/2019)

‘Conspiracy to delay general convention’ (ht 26/02/2019)

Nepali Congress student union members clash outside party office (kp 25/02/2019), 16 hurt as NSU factions clash at NC HQ (ht 25/02/2019)

NC statute passed in a snub to Maha Samiti, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 25/02/2019), NC CWC endorses party statute bringing changes in key provisions (rep 25/02/2019)

Deuba vents ire on Koirala clan (ht 21/02/2019)

Nepali Congress 4.0 : Does Nepali Congress have the vision to lead the country in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? If answer is no, it has to get back to the drawing board, by Bimal Pratap Shah (rep 13/02/2019)

Congress leaders blame factionalism for delay to form party departments: While the party struggles to find direction, insiders say its role as the opposition is not effective either, by Anil Giri (kp 12/02/2019)

Disconnected Congress leaders fear elections, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 12/02/2019)

NC’s Foreign Policy Deviation, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 10/02/2019)

NC holds nationwide anti-government protest rallies (ht 05/02/2019)

Congress criticises government, NCP over Venezuela stand, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 04/02/2019)

Deuba threatens protest against govt (ht 02/02/2019)

NC to continue protest in Parliament, streets, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 31/01/2019)

Cabinet meets Congress’  demand on two hospitals: Government decides to bring hospitals named after NC leaders under federal government, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/01/2019), Govt’s olive branch fails to appease NC: Feb 4 protest on despite a  decision not to scrap hospitals named after the Koiralas, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 30/01/2019)

Congress mum on wide-body deal: Aircraft purchase scam issue missing from minutes at Deuba’s behest, party insiders say, by Anil Giri (kp 29/01/2019) [This proves the hypocrisy of Nepalese politicians. Civil society is much more effective if the political parties do not participate!]

Congress to hold protest rallies across country (ht 28/01/2019)

Path of peril: Even though politics of here and now demands repositioning of Nepali Congress, playing to the religious gallery might prove to be irreversible route fraught with perils, by Manjeet Mishra (rep 23/01/2019)

Tarun Dal demonstrates against government (kp 23/01/2019)

NC’s parallel district committee formed (ht 23/01/2019)

Poudel calls for enquiry into Deuba’s role in aircraft deal, by Anil Giri (kp 15/01/2019) [An incompetent party leader trying to bring down another incompetent internal party opponent?], Deuba denies involvemen, by Arjun Shah (kp 15/01/2019)

NSU stares at dissolution of its CWC, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 14/01/2019)

Nepali Congress could be better opposition (rep 10/01/2019)

NC MPs register public importance motion on road carnage (rep 09/01/2019) [This is justified, but one must still ask why they did not become active when their party was in government!]

Opposition is rising: Government should heed the issues raised by the opposition party and work to fulfil the promises made to the people and the country, by Shankar Tiwari (rep 09/01/2019), Shadow govt under Deuba on cards, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 09/01/2019) [A four times failed PM is not the right person! He has highest responsiblity for state failure himself!]

NC to pressure govt to punish wide-body scam guilty (rep 09/01/2019)

NC grows offensive against govt as its main oppn role criticized within party (rep 08/01/2019)

Saffronization of Congress: The liberals, moderates and youth leaders in Congress must safeguard their party against the communal, sectarian allure of right wing Hindutva ideology, by Chhering Yonzon (rep 07/01/2019)

Nepali Congress preparing to execute amended statute (ht 07/01/2019), Onus of uniting NC rests on party president, says Paudel (ht 07/01/2019) [Neither Deuba nor Paudel are the right persons to unite this party!]

General convention on time, says Deuba (kp 05/01/2019)

Trying to rise: Until Congress gets multidimensional, changeable and dynamic actors in  leadership position, the party won’t be able to come out of the blind alley, by Shankar Tiwari (rep 26/12/2018))

Congress to have 14 office bearers, by Anil Giri (kp 22/12/2018) [There cannot be enough positions for power greedy politicians! This is typical for Nepal's big parties and proves non-democratic structures and interests!!], 14-member office-bearer body, 8 joint general sec’ys for NC: Mahasamiti meeting to conclude today (rep 22/12/2018) [With all the failed leaders remaining in top positions, the NC has once again missed the much needed rejuvenation!], District heads against naming central leaders to General Convention (rep 23/12/2018), Congress leaders put up united face, endorse statute, by Sanjeeb Phuyal (kp 24/12/2018), NC jamboree ends on a positive note, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 24/12/2018) [There is nothing to be called positive: The failed old leaders are having themselves celebrates once again. There is no rejuvenation. The number of superfluous leadership positiona has been extended. Most of all: Many party leaders distance themselves from past democratic ideals and call for a return to the Hindu state! The NC has missed the chance to become a constructiuve, democratic and inclusive opposition party!]

RPP to cooperate if NC ‘carries’ agenda of Hindu-state: Thapa, by Rishi Ram Baral (ht 22/12/2018) [???!!!]

Nepali Congress Mahasamiti meet extends as leaders remain at odds, by Anil Giri (kp 21/12/2018), Factional disputes prolong Congress Mahasamiti, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 21/12/2018), Rival NC factions fail to forge consensus: The main agenda on Thursday was the number of office bearers and their election or selection (ht 21/12/2018)

Defining Moment for NC, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 21/12/2018)

NC leaders in fix as calls for Hindu state grow (rep 18/12/2018) [Such a party would no longer be entitled to represent the people of multi-ethnic and multi-religious Nepal!]

Nepali Congress must reinvent (rep 17/12/2018), Grand lost partyThe Mahasamiti shouldn’t turn into a missed opportunity to regroup (kp 18/12/2018)

Congress Mahasamiti to discuss pressing issues, by Anil Giri (kp 15/12/2018), NC Mahasamiti meet set to begin today: Around 1,600 representatives from across Nepal and beyond are participating in the four-day event (rep 15/12/2018), NC factions in bid to iron out differences (ht 15/12/2018), Congress leaders lash out at government: Former vice-president Singh says the Mahasamiti meeting is a good  opportunity for the party  to correct its mistakes (kp 16/12/2018), Nepali Congress torn over draft charter, by Anil Giri (kp 17/12/2018), Call for restoration of hindu state (kp 17/12/2018) [NC showing its true anti-secular face by denying Nepal's multiethnic, multreligious and multicultural identity], NC likely to get additional veep, joint general secretary (rep 17/12/2018), NC’s policy departure: Perhaps for the first time in its political history, NC places India on equal footing with China in its foreign policy agenda, by Suresh C. Chalise (rep 17/12/2018), Leaders whip up frenzy over factionalism, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 17/12/2018), Congress struggles to end charter impasse, by Anil Giri and Sailendra Adhikari (kp 18/12/2018), Leaders scrambling to break gridlock over party statute (ht 18/12/2018), 7 office bearers, 161 CWC members in NC, by Anil Giri and Sanjay Lama (kp 19/12/2018), NC general convention to elect all office bearers but treasurer, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 19/12/2018), NC agrees on eight office bearers, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 19/12/2018)

NC Maha Samiti meet a formality? Real reason for increasing number of office bearers is to strengthen factions, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 14/12/2018)

Oli government on the path to  authoritarianism: Congress, by Anil Giri (kp 12/12/2018)

Nepali Congress approves policy to ‘lift country’s economic status’, by Anil Giri (kp 11/12/2018)

Congress agrees to expand office bearers and CWC: If the Mahasamiti meeting approves the agreement, the party will have two vice-presidents, three general secretaries and four joint general  secretaries and a treasurer from the next general convention, by Anil Giri (kp 10/12/2018) [There cannot be enough positions for male Tagadhari leaders in this party!]

Congress braces for hostile top panel meet: Koirala-backed Poudel faction says draft statute favours Deuba camp, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 29/11/2018)

Deuba, rival camps hold separate meets (ht 29/11/2018)

Mahasamiti meet may be early run at new Congress leadership, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 28/11/2018)

NSU announces to hold its general convention on January 12 (rep 28/11/2018)

Need an opposition: The Nepali Congress must unite to keep the government on its toes (kp 27/11/2018) [The party will not be able for this under its old failed leaders!]

Congress proposes more central members in its draft statute, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 26/11/2018) [This is the wrong way: The party leadership needs a rejuvenation. All the failed old leaders must go!], NC draft statute proposes barring leaders from holding two positions (rep 26/11/2018)

Nepali Congress hold crucial meeting today, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 25/11/2018)

Nepali Congress launches attack on government, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 23/11/2018)

Congress student wing panel gets new term, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 19/11/2018)

NC divided over student wing leadership (kp 18/11/2018), Fracas at NC office: Student wing groups fight over NSU statute amendment, general convention date, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 18/11/2018)

Congress youth leaders push for party revamp: Plan to present new strategy to Mahasamiti and Central Working Committee, by Anil Giri (kp 16/11/2018), NC’s new course: Statute amendment, by Shobhakar Parajuli (ht 16/11/2018)

Deuba under fire from rival faction leaders (kp 13/11/2018), Deuba fails to play effective opposition role, says Poudel (kp 14/11/2018)

NC nominates Gachhadar as vice president: Ram Chandra Paudel  faction denounces the decision saying it was steamrolled by party President Deuba without securing sufficient consensus, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 07/11/2018) [In a democratic party, all positions should be filled by election, not by nomination!], NC suspends party rules to appoint Gachchhadar as vice-president (rep 07/11/2018), Gachhadar named NC VP ‘flouting party statute’, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 07/11/2018), Gachchhadar's nomination sparks intra-party fued in NC: Rival faction fear Deuba's hold (rep 11/11/2018)

NC set to postpone Maha Samiti meet (ht 06/11/2018) [??], Congress Mahasamiti meet postponed to December (kp 07/11/2018)

Will retire only after restoring party: Deuba (kp 04/11/2018) [The NC needs a new beginning with a young generation of leaders and not the restoration of failed politics and personalities!!]

Youth Leadership In NC, by Mukti Rijal (rn 25/10/2018)

NC has three options with regard to selection of office bearers (ht 25/10/2018)

Poudel, Koirala close ranks against Deuba, by Anil Giri (kp 16/10/2018) [All the failed NC leaders continue the destruction of this old party!], NC’s Paudel camp holds meeting (ht 16/10/2018)

Time For Compromise Than Conflict, by D.M. Thapa (rn 13/10/2018)

Congress defers central working panel meeting indefinitely: Party does not cite reason, but observers believe the widening rift between rival factions is the cause (kp 11/10/2018)

Congress meeting put off over charter row (kp 06/10/2018)

Rival Congress camps join forces to rein in Deuba’s power ambition: The draft statute of Nepali Congress offers leeway  to the party president to expand his power (kp 05/10/2018)

Congress deploys six teams for feedback on draft charter: Nepali Congress General Secretary Khadka-led panel circulates new 12-page draft (kp 25/09/2018)

Koirala will lead Congress: Shashank (kp 24/09/2018) [???], Koirala family will take over NC leadership: Shashank Koirala, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 24/09/2018) [Why? The NC needs younger leaders, especially non-Tagadharis, most of all women!]

Nepali Congress statute amendment: Preliminary draft proposes more power to president (kp 23/09/2018) [??? NC on the way to selfdestruction?]

Nepali Congress plots its revival (kp 11/09/2018)

Four types of membership proposed in NC (rep 10/09/2018)

Nepali Congress statute amendment: Charter drafting panel to submit report by October 1 (ht 03/09/2018)

NC told to amend statute to ensure 33pc seats for women (kp 28/08/2018)

Nepali Congress party poised for epochal meet, by Anil Giri (kp 23/08/2018), Nepali Congress In The Throes, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 24/08/2018), Congress forms panel to amend party charter (kp 24/08/2018), Faction-ridden Nepali Congress forms 11-member statute drafting committee: Different factions differ on when to hold Maha Samiti meeting, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 24/08/2018), Congress defers apex body meeting (kp 26/08/2018), NC Maha Samiti meeting on Nov 21-25 (rep 26/08/2018)

Factionalism will plunge party into crisis, says NC General Secretary Koirala (ht 23/08/2018) [It already has! The NC has been succesfully practising it for decades!]

Congress leaders quietly campaigning for party presidency (rep 21/08/2018) [Please not again someone from this old generation of failed male leaders! The party needs a completely new beginning!]

NC to discuss ways to lower tax rates: The party is in favour of tax rates that average people can pay, says NC spokesperson, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20708/2018)

Revisiting BP’s socialism: Most Nepali Congress leaders use BP’s ideas when they speak, but they do not always practice or implement it when they are in power, by Ambika P. Adhikari (rep 14/08/2018)

Deuba’s absence delays CC meeting for a week (kp 08/08/2018)

Road to recovery: Had Nepali Congress honored its ideological principles, the party would not have plunged so low as it now finds itself in, by P. Kharel (rep 06/08/2018)

Blessing in disguise: Nepali Congress may have become weak but it still remains an effective deterrent against possible communist hegemony, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 05/08/2018)

Cultivating Better Opposition Culture, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 04/08/2018)

NC’s Role in Parliament, by Narayan Upadhyay (kp 18/07/2018)

Congress must rise: What Congress leaders would have us believe as authoritarianism is actually hubris, arrogance and total disregard to public concerns which every party has displayed while in power, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 11/07/2018)

Gachhadar threatens to quit NC (ht 10/07/2018)

Questions for Congress: Questions for Congress; Why should Congress leave Socialist International with which it has long and intimate relation and join Progressive Alliance?, by Suresh Chalise (rep 08/07/2018)

Be Careful, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 05/07/2018)

NC to oppose govt’s ‘unpopular moves’ (kp 04/07/2018)

Mahat urges Congress leaders to unite and tackle problems (kp 24/06/2018)

Nepali Congress district presidents’ conclave: NC factions spar over convention, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 21/06/2018), NC district presidents for reorganizing party structure, by Ashok Sujan Shrestha (rep 21/06/2018), NC district presidents want unity (ht 21/06/2018), Govt making totalitarian moves: NC district chiefs (kp 23/06/2018), Ruling parties out to push Nepal into fresh round of instability: NC (rep 23/06/2018), NC accuses govt of totalitarian tilt (ht 23/06/2018)

Deuba pledges to free NC of betrayers (ht 19/06/2018) [??]

Congress clash: Sister wing polls suggest Deuba losing grip, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/06/2018), Deuba faction faces humiliating defeat in Trade Union Congress (rep 17/06/2018), Koirala duo meet as dissident NC leaders regroup against Deuba (rep 17/06/2018)

The old party’s new test: NC continues to disappoint those who like to see it act up as a robust opposition (kp 15/06/2018)

Congress dissidents close in on Deuba, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 12/06/2018), ‘Timely general convention needed for NC unity’ (ht 12/06/2018)

NC forms shadow governments in Khotang local units (12/06/2018)

Leaders rue NC’s ‘poor’ performance (kp 08/06/2018)

Congress has ‘golden chance’ to mend ways (kp 03/06/2018)

‘Congress will fight any attempts to suppress democracy, free press’ (kp 28/05/2018)

No one can ask me to get out, says Nepali Congress President Deuba (ht 28/05/2018) [Yes, you are the best guarantee for NC's further decline!!]

Koirala vows to end group feuds within congress to boost unity (kp 17/05/2018)

Congress conundrum: Though party leaders claim otherwise, the Nepali Congress’ electoral defeat was not mainly due to the formation of the left alliance, by Asmita Verma (kp 17/05/2018)

NSU factions to hold parallel events (kp 09/05/2018)

Many NC leaders leave Deuba as rift grows (rep 07/05/2018)

Deuba appoints office bearers to key posts amid factional feud: Rival leaders Poudel and Sitaula are left fuming after NC President Deuba appointed his loyalists to key posts in the party (kp 05/05/2018)

Deuba begins parleys with rival faction (rep 03/05/2018)

Nepali Congress In Turmoil, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 02/05/2018)

Row puts off NC meet (kp 01/05/2018)

Cong Mahasamiti to meet in four months: CWC takes responsibility for poll defeat; Poudel objects to decisions (kp 30/04/2018) [Poudel must be aware that he is part of the failed generation of NC leaders!], Left alliance main reason for defeat: NC; The party decided to dissolve parliamentary board, central work execution committee (ht 30/04/2018)

Reviving Congress: Nepali Congress needs to reach out to common people. Policies and programs need to be modified as per the needs of the society, by Ganesh Mandal (rep 29/04/2018)

Those close to Deuba defend leadership at NC meet (rep 26/04/2018), Gachhadar, Shrestha defend Nepali Congress leadership (ht 27/04/2018), Poudel slams Deuba at NC’s CWC meeting (kp 28/04/2018), NC Central Working Committee meeting to conclude today (ht 28/04/2018), Deuba struggles over party office-bearer picks: Gachchhadar stakes claim to vice prez (rep 28/04/2018)

Youth leaders press for early party convention: Seven youth leaders submit paper to party leaders explaining reasons for the poor election results (kp 25/04/2018), NC second-rung leaders demand early general convention (rep 25/04/2018)

NC leaders demand change in leadership (rep 24/04/2018)

NC leader Gurung withdraws support to party President Deuba (kp 23/04/2018), NC's KB Gurung withdraws support to Deuba, demands general convention (rep 23/04/2018)

‘Intra-party rift behind NC’s poll debacle’ (ht 17/04/2018)

Koirala's bid to bring disgruntled leaders together (rep 15/04/2018)

Congress CWC panel convenes next week (kp 11/04/2018)

Two NC leaders divided over outcome of PM’s India visit (kp 10/04/2018)

NC top leaders assemble in Nuwakot and press for unity (kp 22/03/2018), Congress poll review meeting begins today: NC President Deuba faces tough fight at CWC from rival factions (kp 23/03/2018), Run party as per its statute: Nepali Congress treasurers (ht 23/03/2018), Singh, Sitaula seek early convention (kp 24/03/2018), ‘End factions and rebuild party’ (kp 25/03/2018), NC CWC reviews party’s election defeat (kp 25/03/2018), Congress factions gear up for change in party leadership (kp 26/03/2018), NC continues discussion on poll debacle (ht 27/03/2018), Failure to call blockade a blockade caused poll defeat: Dr Koirala (rep 27/03/2018), NC leaders raise issue of ‘poll ticket sales’ (ht 28/03/2018), NC CWC meeting postponed (ht 01/04/2018)

Deuba hastens naming party office bearers: Rival Nepali Congress groups keen to defer appointments to negate party president’s power (kp 21/03/2018) [The failed old leaders are conrtinuing to destry this grand old party!]

Grand old party: The party of BP Koirala, the Nepali Congress, urgently needs to reimagine and reinvent itself (kp 19/03/2018)

Sitaula faction meets to press for NC reforms (kp 17/03/2018)

Top NC leaders ask partymen for effective role in HoR (kp 15/03/2018)

Nepali Cong CWC meeting on March 23 to review poll debacle, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/03/2018)

Deuba is NC PP leader: Appoints newcomer Gachhadar as his deputy (kp 06/03/2018) [Continued lack of perspective and intra party struggles are guaranteed!!]

NC In Doldrums, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 04/03/2018)

Singh versus Deuba likely in NC PP leader election, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 28/02/2018), Deuba under pressure to pull out of PP race: Poudel says party president should give chance to new leaders (kp 01/03/2018) [But new, not old leaders please! Not only Deuba has failed!], I will become PP leader: Deuba (ht 01/03/2018), Poudel faction ‘trying to weaken Congress’ (kp 03/03/2018), Prospects of consensus parliament leader fade as Congress blocs spar (kp 04/03/2018), Deuba and Singh to run for parliamentary leader’s post (kp 05/03/2018)

NC youth leader Joshi launches campaign to revive party's lost glory (rep 28/02/2018) [At the age of 54, he should not be called a youth leader!]

NC prez Deuba responsible for election debacle: Poudel (kp 26/02/2018), Paudel slams Deuba’s handling of party affairs (ht 26/02/2018)

Shashank Koirala says ready to be NC PP leader (ht 21/02/2018), Race for Congress PP leader begins: Deuba pushes for leader by consensus; Koirala and Singh eye hot seat (kp 22/02/2018) [In the interest of the party's future, the position should be given to the younger generation!], Congress postpones CWEC meeting (ht 22/02/2018), NC CWC to expedite PP leader election (ht 23/02/2018), Deuba faces steep  pressure to resign: Prakash Man Singh lays claim to PP leader’s post (kp 24/02/2018), Deuba, Singh all set for PP leader race (kp 25/02/2018), NC meet okays draft PP statute; party to form shadow government (ht 25/02/2018), NC passes federal parliamentary party statute (rep 25/02/2018)

Congress youth vow to revive party (kp 20/02/2018), Youth leaders to put Deuba under pressure to reform Nepali Congress, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 20/02/2018)

Singh to challenge Deuba's bid for parliamentary leader (rep 19/02/2018)

Nepali Congress to play role of responsible oppn, strengthen party (kp 18/02/2018)

Congress plans to rebuild party after poll rout (kp 17/02/2018)

NC repeats old faces under PR category (rep 14/02/2018)

Congress approves statutes (kp 10/02/2018)

Congress deputes leaders to oversee provincial works (kp 04/02/2018)

Polish and politics: Nepali Congress cannot rise from the ashes of the election defeat by evoking such simple mantras as boot polish, by Abhi Subedi (kp 04/02/2018)

NC task force to lay groundwork to pick PP leader (kp 02/02/2018)

Delays hit Congress’ provincial activities (kp 31/01/2018)

Congress leaders shine shoes to showcase servanthood, by Anup Ojha (kp 31/01/2018) [??]

Congress a divided house over PP leader (kp 29/01/2018)

Deuba faces ire in party over govt decisions: Leaders fear NC will suffer long due to wrong moves; After the elections, the government is not  mandated to decide on long-term policy matters, says leader Gagan Thapa, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 28/01/2018)

Khand calls for reform in Nepali Congress (ht 27/01/2018)

Nepali Congress: A Divided House?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 24/01/2018), After the fall: When country watched Dhanaraj Gurung break into sobs in front of television camera while explaining how the party shunned him, people had decided, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 24/01/2018)

‘Election loss due to NC’s own weaknesses’ (kp 24/01/2018)

NA poll: Province 7 NC women leaders make a pitch for Arzoo (kp 23/01/2018)

Congress seeks written report on poll debacle (kp 21/01/2018), Pressure mounts on Deuba to review election debacle (kp 23/01/2018)

Deuba under fire in party meet (kp 19/01/2018), NC leaders oppose govt decision on state HQs, guvs (kp 19/01/2018), Time for introspection, say NC CWC members (ht 19/01/2018), NC CWC members rap Deuba over poll debacle (rep 19/01/2018)

Koiralas in bid to ‘revive’ Congress (kp 17/01/2018)

NC CWC to meet tomorrow: To discuss National Assembly election, review loss in polls, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 17/01/2018)

Deuba urged to dissolve NC panels ‘formed against charter’: Poudel requests Deuba to get rid of Parliamentary Board and Central Executive Committee and start revamping the party (kp 16/01/2018)

Congress CWC to discuss poll debacle: Spokesman Sharma: Says medicine for the party, in the given circumstances, would be ‘retirement’ of leaders above 70 years (kp 15/01/2018) [The future NC leaders should be in their 40s or maybe 50s!]

Opposition the best option: By staying away from power, NC has the opportunity resolve internal issues and regain its lost glory, by Prawash Gautam (kp 14/01/2018)

What’s next for the Nepali Congress? The Pradip Giri and Gagan Thapa duo can rejuvenate Nepal’s founding democratic party, by Puranjan Acharya (nt 12/01/2018)

Bishwa Prakash Sharma picked NC spokesman (kp 10/01/2018), NC CWC to take some time to convene (ht 11/01/2018)

NC group begins consultations for party reform (kp 09/01/2018), ‘NC leadership not abiding by party statute’ (ht 09/01/2018)

NC factions in blame game over poll loss (kp 08/01/2018)

Nepali Congress Maha Samiti meet likely in April, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 07/01/2018)

Leadership Transfer in Nepali Congress, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 06/01/2018), Poudel faction presses for change in NC leadership: A factional meet to devise strategy tomorrow (kp 07/01/2018) [Yes, Deuba, Poudel and some others must go and transfer responsibility to a younger generation!!]

NC and Reconciliation, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 05/01/2018)

I’ve politically matured to lead party: Shekhar (kp 04/01/2018) [And bring the judiciary under the control of parliament??]

Deuba defiant despite debacle: Blames ‘internal reasons’ for poll loss; Chides leaders asking him to resign (kp 01/01/2018), NC Mahasamiti not to discuss leadership change (kp 02/01/2018) [RIP!], NC’s electoral setback: All party members need to introspect to figure out what went wrong and where, by Arjun Narsingha KC (kp 02/01/2018), Nepali Congress youth leaders slam party leadership, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 02/01/2018), Youths in NC demand Mahasamiti meet (rep 02/01/2017)

Rival NSU factions mark the Day with separate functions (rep 01/01/2018)

NC’s Electoral Debacle, by Mukti Rijal (rn 28/12/2017)

NC bigwigs say no to change of leadership: Second-rung leaders, meanwhile, fear losing their grip on the party if they backed the youth leaders’ call for leadership change (kp 27/12/2017), Congress youth leaders intensify intra-party consultations (kp 27/12/2017)

Picking up the pieces: The restoration of political centrism is critical for the Nepali Congress and its future, by Suresh Chalise (kp 26/12/2017)

Failure Of NC Leadership, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 25/12/2017), Saving the tree BP planted: The NC must demonstrate that it is bound by principles of public service and high ethical standards, by Naresh Koirala (kp 25/12/2017)

NC soul searching after poll debacle (rep 24/12/2017)

Rising from the ashes: If the Nepali Congress doesn’t overhaul its leadership, it will soon be extinct, by Dinkar Nepal (nt 22/12/2017)

NC youth leaders meet to discuss party rebuilding (kp 21/12/2017)

Nepali Congress In The Opposition, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 20/12/2017), Rout to revival: NC’s political manoeuvrability in national politics has hit its lowest point ever, by Achyut Wagle (kp 20/12/2017), Evaluating NC’s ‘loss’: Judging by the popular votes this time for Nepali Congress, communist victory appears nothing more than an outcome of political match-fixing, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 20/12/2017)

Youth leaders press NC brass for  reforms in party: Senior Congress leaders, however, maintain that all the leaders should be  held responsible for the party’s poor showing (kp 20/12/2017)

Public confessions: NC will have to reform its political direction and keep  Oli’s authoritarian populist behaviour in check, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 19/12/2017)

Post-poll prospects: Hill voters accused Congress of not speaking strongly against the blockade while Madhesis were disenchanted with its inadequate support for statute amendment, by Pramod Jaiswal (rep 19/12/2017)

NC to call CWC, Mahasamiti meetings shortly (kp 18/12/2017)

‘Left alliance formation led to NC’s loss’: Congress leaders say PR vote results suggest people’s faith in the party remains intact (ht 17/12/2017)

NC fails to retain strongholds in Province 4, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 16/12/2017)

Intra-party rift to blame for poll debacle: District commit-tees asked to submit details (kp 14/12/2017) [Please don't make it that easy! A complete exchange of the old and failed leadership abd a return to the social roots and ideals is necessary], Failure to read nationalistic wave cost Cong dearly: Bhandari (kp 14/12/2017), The party is over: If the scale and depth of the current defeat doesn’t wake up the NC, what will (kp 14/12/2017), NC CWC meeting to introspect poll lossAlso on top of the agenda is making the party cadre-based, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 14/12/2017), Leadership change not a solution: Koirala (ht 14/12/2017) [But a precondition! Politicians who want to bring the judiciary under the control of parliament are also not qualified for leadership!]

Unraveling Nepali Congress’s defeat, by Pratik Rimal and Dilip Prakash Karki (rep 13/12/2017)

Congress should do some soul-searching, say leaders: Calls get louder for holding special general convention immediately, by Manish Gautam (kp 11/12/2017), Top NC leaders fail to rescue party, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/12/2017) [They are the main reason for the NC defeat!!], Weak link with common people blamed for Nidhi’s unexpected loss, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp 11/12/2017), Internal feud blamed for NC’s defeat (kp 12/12/2017), Time NC top brass opted for graceful exit: Youth leaders, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 12/12/2017), Deuba ‘in no mood’ to resign as NC chief: Yet to make public statement on the party’s worst electoral debacle ever; Voices in the party have grown for immediate reforms, including change in leadership, following  the NC’s worst performance in polls (kp 13/12/2017), NC Tanahun seeks action against Joshi (ht 13/12/2017)

An agitated NC mulling over quiet introspection: Senior NC leader Ram Chandra Poudel says the party will discuss the  possible reasons behind poor performance, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 09/12/2017)

NC unveils five-year development roadmap (ht 05/12/2017)

The Congress conundrum: If not for its self-defeating ways, the NC would have been a natural  choice for a majority of those believing in liberal democracy, by Mohan Guragain (kp 21/11/2017)

Gagan to head NC’s poll publicity wing (kp 09//11/2017)

Women candidates few and far between in NC: Party leadership struggles to quell charges of nepotism and favouritism, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/11/2017)

NC unveils election manifesto (kp 012/11/2017), NC advocates for wealth redistribution, social insurance (kp 01/11/2017)

Cong factions play favourites as party selects candidates: Deuba flexing his muscles in ticket distribution; Poudel not happy, Sitaula camp in a tight spot, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 29/10/2017) [Really a democratic party with dictators at its top!], Deuba urges all to vote for democracy (kp 29/10/2017) [See link before!]

Congress discusses changes to Proportional Representation list (ht 29/10/2017)

NC not keen on democratic alliance, allege FSF-N, RJP-N, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 28/10/2017)

NC decides constituencies for top leaders (kp 27/10/2017)

Former RJP-N gen secy joins Congress (kp 24/10/2017)

Bhattarai-led Nepali Congress (BP) formed (ht 21/10/2017)

NC-NDF unification to address Madhes issues: DPM Gachchhadar (ht 21/10/2017) [You claimed the same when you left the NC in 2007!]

Federal and provincial polls: NC working to finalise candidates for 1st phase (kp 20/10/2017)

To ally or not to ally: Congress needs Madhesbadi parties for its very survival while these parties can do without such an alliance with NC, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 18/10/2017)

A homecoming for Gachhadar: NLF, NC merge to ‘stop rise of authoritarianism, save democracy and ensure broader acceptance of statute’ (kp 17/10/2017), NDF merges with NC (ht 17/10/2017)

Madhes parties, NC to join forces against left bloc (kp 17/10/2017)

88kg gold smuggling: Congress PR candidate arrested; Police: Those held earlier named Man Bahadur Tamang as point person, by Manish Gautam (kp 17/10/2017)

Akhanda Party merges with NC: NC President Deuba welcomes Akhanda Party Chairman Kumar Khadka and other leaders (kp 16/10/2017)

Deuba expands NC Parliamentary Board (kp 15/10/2017)

NC forms board to pick election candidates: Deuba ‘violates’ party charter, includes graft convict Khadka (kp 12/10/2017), NC forms parliamentary board to finalise poll candidates (ht 12/10/2017), Chaos in Cong over candidates (kp 13/10/2017)

NDF likely to merge with Nepali Congress (ht 10/10/2017) [Everything forgiven and forgotten that has been so important in 2007??], NDF prepared to merge with Congress (ht 14/10/2017), Congress, NLF to seal unification deal today (kp 16/10/2017), NDF’s merger with NC postponed at the last minute (ht 16/10/2017)

Nepali Congress recommends poll candidates in Ramechhap (ht 08/10/2017)

Congress not to repeat PR quota lawmakers (kp 07/10/2017) [??]

NC facing hard time picking election candidates in Province 7: As many as 62 persons have been recommended from Doti alone (ht 06/10/2017)

Left electoral alliance leaves NC in tight spot: Leaders say party to discuss its future strategy at today’s CWC meeting; Some Congress leaders are of the view that the  Maoist Centre has lost moral and political  ground to stay in government (kp 06/10/2017)

NC joins forces with five parties for poll alliance: Parties decide to form a seven-member taskforce to finalise details of ‘democratic’ bloc (kp 05/10/2017)

Poudel faction calls for CWC meeting: Leaders of the faction demand immediate formation of the parliamentary committee to finalise candidates  for the federal and provincial elections (kp 27/09/2017)

Shekhar accuses Deuba of violating party system (kp 30/08/2017)

30 NC leaders resign en masse (ht 11/08/2017)

Shining light: If NC fails to dissect some of its controversial decisions, it may again fall to second place in future elections, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 01/08/2017)

NC begins poll campaign in Province 2 (kp 30/07/2017)

Dispute within NC further delays cabinet expansion (rep 26/07/2017)

Factionalism is a curse to NC: Sujata Koirala (kp 25/07/2017)

‘Distribute party tickets thru district committees’ (ht 24/07/2017)

Let’s pave the way for new generation, Paudel tells PM (ht 23/07/2017), Grand aging party: NC Vice President Poudel has rightly said, his party needs more vitality at the leadership level (kp 24/07/2017)

In NC meeting, Poudel, Deuba trade barbs over poll outcome: Party president promises to initiate action against ‘saboteurs’ (kp 21/07/2017) [This is exactly what ails the party: Reckless power struggles among failed leaders leike Deuba and Poudel and no understanding of the needs of people and country!!], ‘NC ticket to likely winners in third phase of local elections’ (ht 21/07/2017), Backstabbing main reason behind poll defeat: NC leaders (rep 21/07/2017), Poudel faction blames Deuba for UML’s poll gains (rep 23/07/2017)

Leaders from Koirala family unite again to challenge NC leadership (rep 20/07/2017)

Dismal poll showing set to top Congress’ CWC agenda (kp 20/07/2017)

Congress Must Learn From Mistakes, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 19/07/2017)

Nepali Congress to hear from Province 2 leaders ahead of polls: Party to assess its position in the eight Tarai districts to devise a strategy for the third phase of local polls (kp 14/07/2017)

Congress in need of soul searching, says Paudel (kp 10/07/2017) [Yes, please send the whole generation of old leaders into retirement!!]

Ministerial portfolio sharing triggers rift within ruling NC, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 06/07/2017) [Typical NC behaviour!!], The gulf between first and second rung leaders in Congress is growing, interview with Gagan Thapa (rep 06/07/2017)

Deuba struggles to expand Cabinet: PM on a tightrope with too many ministerial aspirants within his party (kp 05/07/2017)

Congress ‘weakened’ in Deuba’s home district, by DR Panta and Mohan Budhair (kp 03/07/2017)

Madhes and Nepali Congress: Forgotten roots; BP and his Congress party prevailed in the 1959 general election, winning 72 of 109 seats. Congress won nearly all its seats in Madhes, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 28/06/2017)

NC decides to send central representatives to 35 districts for poll (rep 20/06/2017)

Factionalism blamed for NC’s loss in Ramechhap (ht 18/06/2017)

The country is watching: NC’s decline can be arrested if Deuba changes his course and party members rise to the challenge, by Naresh Koirala (kp 16/06/2017)

NC’s KMC defeat due to party disunity: Singh; Party central committee member Nabindra Raj Joshi says time has come for the Congress leadership to review the party’s defeat (kp 13/06/2017)

NC and UML more worried about intra-party conflict (rep 11/06/2017)

Leaders’ absence affects NC’s election campaign in Kailali (ht 07/06/2017)

NC cadre on protest to fight ‘unfair’ nomination (kp 29/05/2017), NC leader on fast-unto-death (ht 31/05/2017)

NC to finalize poll candidates by Saturday (reop 26/05/2017)

Congress Can Bounce Back, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 24/05/2017)

Congress committed blunder, says Koirala (kp 23/05/2017)

Congress defends electoral alliance with ruling Maoists (kp 06/05/2017), Honour poll alliance: NC, Maoist leaders, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 07/05/2017)

Dissatisfaction in NC over new poll alliance, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 05/05/2017)

Lady Justice (nt 05/05/2017)

Factionalism rears ugly head in Congress (kp 03/05/2017)

NC unveiling poll manifesto today (kp 25/04/2017) [Local elections require locally different programs, not national standards ordered by the central party elite!], Nepali Congress takes a dig at rival parties, by Anil Giri (kp 26/04/2017), NC election manifesto for local polls puts focus on economic prosperity, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 26/04/2017)

Congress conundrum: Despite Deuba’s potential to be an icon of integrity, his image is gradually turning to that of a ruthless politician, by Achyut Wagle (kp 11/04/2017)

‘Judiciary should be overseen by legislature’ (kp 09/04/2017) [NC General Secretary demands removal of separation of powers!!!], Koirala backtracks on criticism of court (kp 10/04/2017) [Nevertheless he has shown his true mind!], Undemocratic democracy: Proof of how far we have fallen is a senior leader demanding that the judiciary should be kept under parliament, by Dinkar Nepal (nt 14/04/2017)

NC divided over polls in one go or two phases: Majority of lawmakers and CWC leaders are for voting in one go but party chief has hinted at possibility of two-phase elections (kp 08/04/2017), NC for putting amendment bill to vote: Open to holding polls in two phases if UDMF takes part (ht 08/04/2017)

NC manifesto drafting panel in full shape (kp 02/04/2017)

NC Objection To SC Verdict: Mocks Independence Of Judiciary, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 02/04/2017), Contempt case registered against NC president (kp 03/04/2017)

NC to hold mass rallies in all seven provinces (rep 01/04/2017)

‘NC should bridge UML, UDMF rift’ (ht 28/03/2017)

Ensure participation of Madhes parties in May polls: NC leaders (kp 27/03/2017)

Khadka calls for referendum (kp 27/03/2017) [There has already been referendums in form of Jana Andolan II and the CA elections!!], Khadka seeks referendum for Hindu state (rep 27/03/2017)

NC lawmakers from Tarai pressure party for amendment (ht 18/03/2017), Pressure in Congress to approve amendment bill before May vote (kp 19/03/2017)

Some NC leaders want local polls after amending statute (ht 12/03/2017), A section of NC asks leadership to act (kp 15/03/2017)

NC Paudel faction demands CWC meeting: NC lawmakers from Madhes want judicial commission to probe Saptari incident (kp 08/03/2017)

Poudel faction ups the ante against Deuba (kp 26/02/2017), Paudel faction unhappy with Deuba’s ways, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 26/02/2017), Paudel faction wants CWC, PP meet as rift widens in NC (rep 27/02/2017), NC rival faction criticises Deuba, prime minister (kp 07/03/2017)

2 Cong MPs say will vote against amendments (kp 15/01/2017)

Nepali Congress: A Lost Legacy, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 30/12/2016)

NC brass pressed to put charter revision on hold: Office bearers for announcing date for local elections immediately (kp 26/12/2016)

Deuba urges NC cadres to prepare for local polls: The NC president also expresses hope the main opposition UML will come to consensus on  the statute amendment bill (kp 14/12/2016)

NC initiates campaign to widen support base: NC leaders will visit their allocated districts to  study about party’s grip  at the grassroots for  a month, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 12/12/2016)

Foresight and handshake: It is the first real indication of Deuba rising above partisan politics within the Nepali Congress, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 22/11/2016)

NC leaders drumming up support in Tarai (kp 21/11/2016)

Constitution amendment: Congress divided over way forward, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 19/11/2016)

Deuba working on key nominations, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 18/11/2016)

‘No discussion in party on statute amendment’ (kp 11/11/2016)

NC municipal heads for local polls in March-April (kp 11/11/2016)

Tarun Dal conclave uncertain yet again (kp 09/11/2016), Tarun Dal conclave begins today (kp 12/11/2016), NC leaders ask cadres to get focused on polls (kp 14/11/2016), Bid for unanimous Tarun Dal team, by Sarin Ghimire  (kp 16/11/2016), Basnet likely Tarun Dal head, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 16/11/2016), Tarun Dal office bearers picked on consensus, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 17/11/2016), Jitjung Basnet elected Nepal Tarun Dal President (ht 17/11/2016)

Dispute surfaces over NC order of precedence (kp 07/11/2016)

In NC, ‘dither and delay’ is the order of the day, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 26/10/2016), Flip-Flopping NC, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 30/10/2016)

Factionalism Gets NC Nowhere, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 16/10/2016) [The NC has been ridden by factionalism since its earliest days!]

All eyes on Deuba as CWC meets shortly, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 15/10/2016)

Shashanka Koirala demands referendum on Hindu state (ht 15/10/2016) [The statement by the NC General Secretary reflects the staunch conservative and anti-inclusive minding of many NC politicians!!], Shashank for referendum to decide on Hindu state, by Shiva Puri (kp 16/10/2016)

Deuba unlikely to fill vacant party posts before Chhath, by Ashok Dahal (rep 08/10/2016)

Divide and rule: Nepali Congress and its manifold intraparty feuds, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 17/09/2016)

3rd NWA general convention today, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 14/09/2016), NWA convention begins: Leaders remember late Mangala Devi, say women empowerment key to successful democracy, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 15/09/2016)

NC nominations before Dashain, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 09/08/2016) [Which year?], NC fails to fill vacant posts of office bearers, by Ashokm Dahal (rep 08/09/2016)

Tarun Dal convention likely to be postponed (kp 05/09/2016), Tarun Dal conclave postponed till Sept 19 (kp 12/09/2016)

Youth leaders of NC concerned about their roles: After NSU committee members were barred from standing for elections, held almost after a decade, youth leaders say they might have no roles in the party (kp 02/09/2016) [a non-inclusive party controlled by failed old male Tagadharis!]

Children under 16 years of age barred from NSU membership (ht 01/09/2016)

Tarun Dal gears up for conclave: NC Youth wing to hold general convention on Sept 9-11, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 31/08/2016)

NC leaders unsure of Deuba’s deputy: Congress President Deuba left for Singapore on Friday for a checkup of his digestive problems, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 29/08/2016)

Heavy suits: The successful conclusion of the NSU election was a litmus test for NC’s commitment to holding local, provincial and state elections by 2017, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 27/08/2016)

NC district chiefs to talk local body restructuring (kp 21/08/2016)

Young force: A silent battle continues among political parties to divert the potency of student unions to their advantage, by Abhi Subedi (kp 21/08/2016)

Politics and the young: The stereotypical image of youth politicians as violent goons needs to change, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 10/08/2016)

Nine NSU cadres file candidacy for gen secy (ht 04/08/2016) [Thank god, all of them are Tagadharis, predominantly Bahuns, among them even one women! This reflects the NC understanding of inclusion even under its younger generation!], NSU steps up preparations for national general convention (ht 05/08/2016), NSU gen convention set to start tomorrow: Nepali Congress student wing is holding its general convention after a decade-long gap, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 06/08/2016), Age bar set for candidates competing for NSU posts (ht 06/08/2016), Student politics: The youth of today are the vehicles of change for a better tomorrow, by Asmita Verma (kp 07/08/2016), NSU conclave begins after a decade, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 08/08/2016), Cloud of uncertainty hangs over Nepal Students’ Union election, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 09/08/2016), NSU closed session today: The convention hits a snag following a dispute regarding representatives in some districts which resulted in the postponement of the closed session on Monday (kp 10/08/2016), Union likely to elect new leadership on Saturday, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 11/08/2016), Disputes delay NSU election (ht 12/08/2016), Election panel to take out voter list today: Nain Mahar and Manoj Acharya likely to battle it out, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 13/08/2016), Deep division dampens NSU election: NC leaders say names of ministers only after the conclave, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 15/08/2016), NSU prez aspirants file nominations: Mahar chosen from the establishment side, Poudel faction undecided over its candidates, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 16/08/2016), NSU to elect its new leadership today, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 17/08/2016), NSU voting continues till late night (ht 18/08/2016), Mahar lands NSU top post
after victory in tight race, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 19/08/2016), Mahar elected NSU president, by Kokila KC (ht 19/08/2016)

NSU cadres seek to resolve disputes before national convention (ht 23/07/2016)

Row over representatives continues to rankle NSU (kp 18/07/2016)

Poudel urges Deuba to act in agreement, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 18/07/2016)

NC’s Khadka reminds Deuba ‘of his pledges’: Khum Bahadur seeks ‘due respect and nomination for Congress vice-president in return for help to Deuba' (kp 08/07/2016) [Convicted criminals should never play any role in a democratic party!!]

NC’s Role Under Scrutiny, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 03/07/2016)

NC president, senior leaders irked by Sujata’s ‘treatment’, by Remain absent from GP memorial event after PM Oli made chief guest, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 02/07/2016)

Congress picks focal persons to watch over House committees (kp 24/06/2016)

NC demands specifics on reconstruction delay, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/06/2016) [This may be reasonable but the question remains why this party as well did nothing when it was leading the government!!]

5 more join Cong PP body (kp 23/06/2016)

Picking deputy a tough call for NC President Deuba: As per the party statute,  all the nominations  were supposed to be made  within two months of the general convention that concluded on March 7, by Satin Ghimire (kp 22/06/2016)

Student leaders sceptical about NSU holding polls: Factionalism, high number of aspirants, student leaders say, could postpone  the poll date  once again, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 21/06/2016)

‘NSU convention should not be delayed’ (kp 10/06/2016)

NSU meeting to fix convention date (kp 07/06/2016)

Nepali Congress to hold pending polls (ht 05/06/2016)

Deuba names four members to PP working committee (kp 03/06/2016)

NC begins consultations on local bodies’ polls (ht 26/05/2016)

NC student union working to hold convention from Sept 19 (kp 22/05/2016)

Has NC Lost Ideological Compass?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 22/05/2016)

Deuba under fire for delaying nominations, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 20/05/2016)

Deuba yet to fill NC positions, by Prakash Acharya (ht 15/05/2016)

Leaders criticise Deuba for ‘immature’ move: Half a dozen leaders close to Poudel meet the NC chief to convey that his failed bid at toppling government had ‘tarnished’ the party’s image, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 07/05/2016), NC MPs rap Deuba over 'failed attempt' to oust Oli (rep 07/05/2016), Proposal for Dahal-led govt not from NC: Nidhi (ht 07/05/2016), Shekhar defends NC’s failed bid to change govt (kp 08/05/2016)

NSU to hold its conclave in June (kp 02/05/2016)

NC sister wings prepare for conclaves (kp 21/04/2016)

Will Congress Join Government?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 20/04/2016)

Deuba in Delhi for wife’s care: Informal preparations going on for meetings with top Indian officials (kp 19/04/2016)

NC will not join Oli-led govt: Koirala (ht 17/04/2016)

Opportunities, Challenges Before NC, by Tribhuvan Chandra Wagle (rn 16/04/2016)

Tarun Dal convention in September (ht 15/04/2016)

The litmus test: Deuba has rightly stressed resolving Madhes standoff is high on his agenda (kp 11/04/2016)

Deuba sets eyes on completing his team: New Congress president will have to nominate three office bearers—vicepresident, general secretary and joint general secretary—and 11 central committee members (kp 08/04/2016)

42 lawmakers in fray for NC PP election (ht 08/04/2016), Deuba loyalists make Congress PC majority (kp 09/04/2016), Deuba panel sweeps
NC PP members poll (ht 09/04/2016), Deuba panel sweeps parliamentary party also (rep 09/04/2016)

Deuba trounces Poudel to become NC PP leader: Cements control over party with second big win, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 07/04/2016), Deuba elected NC Parliamentary Party leader, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 07/04/2016), Deuba wins with 139 votes against Paudel's 67, by Ashok Dahal (rep 07/04/2016)

Nepal Tarun Dal gears up for convention (ht 05/04/2016)

NC PP statute revision ready: Endorsement of rules will lead to PP leader poll (kp 03/04/2016), Congress amends its PP statute (kp 05/04/2016), NC amends parliamentary party statute (ht 05/04/2016), Nepali Congress PP meeting sees heated debate (rep 05/04/2016), Deuba, Poudel in race: 206 Cong Members of Parliament set to vote today (kp 06/04/2016)

Sitaula-led panel to support Deuba for PP leader, by Ashok Dahal (rep 02/04/2016), Supporters ask Poudel out of PP leader race: Koiralas advise him to back Deuba in return for key roles, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 04/04/2016)

Congress president to delay appointments: Deuba faces tough job giving a semblance of unity, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 23/03/2016), Paudel tells Deuba to implement ‘one man one post’ in Congress (ht 24/03/2016), Deuba, Poudel in a tight race for PP leadership (kp 25/03/2016), Deuba asked to support Paudel as PP leader (ht 25/03/2016), NC to decide PP leader poll date today (kp 26/03/2016), Poudel supporters want PP vote deferred (kp 27/03/2016), Poudel backers at odds over going to PP poll, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 28/03/2016), Poudel panel puts pressure on Deuba to defer PP election: Calls on NC chief to hold the poll only after amendment of the statute (kp 29/03/2016), PP poll likely after statute amendment (kp 31/03/2016), NC settles row over PP statute amendment (ht 31/03/2016)

NC gears up for PP leader vote: Deuba in bid to be unanimous Parliamentary Party leader; President Deuba, senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel and Prakash Man Singh to compete for the position (kp 22/03/2016), NC preparing for parliamentary party leader election (ht 23/03/2016)

Cong ‘to take lead’ to end political standoff, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/03/2016)

Can Kangress Reclaim Its Soul?, by Dipak Gyawali (sp 18/03/2016)

Deuba takes up NC mantle, vows unity: Ram Chandra Poudel likely to be given the position of senior leader, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/03/2016), Deuba nominates seven CWC members: To pick 14 more after vote on parliamentary party leader, by Prakash Acharya (ht 17/03/2016), Lead from the front: Deuba should stay firm on commitment to federalism, republicanism, secularism (kp 17/03/2016), Deuba assumes office as NC president: Picks Paudel, Sitaula, KC, Yadav, Acharya, Thapa, Chaudhary as CWC members (rep 17/03/2016)

NC in no hurry to form or join govt: Deuba (ht 16/03/2016)

Congress puts marginalised communities on the margins, by Dewan Rai (kp 15/03/2016) [NC has missed the chance to turn into a progressive and inclusive party with clean and non-corrupt politicians that is no longer dominated by male Tagadharis as it is needed by the country!]

Early Congress Mahasamiti meeting likely (kp 14/03/2016)

Victory Of Deuba Over Poudel, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 13/03/2016)

Anti-federal, pro-Hindu could surround Deuba in NC nucleus, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/03/2016) [including corrupt elements like Khum Bahadur Khadka], Chief: Congress’ll take lead in constitution implementation (kp 11/03/2016) [anti-federal and anti-secular??], Old faces maintain lead (kp 11/03/2016), A glass half-full: The NC, the oldest democratic party of our country, is most undemocratic in its practices, by Amma Raj Joshi (kp 11/03/2016), NC CWC vote counting goes on at snail’s pace (rep 11/03/2016), Shekhar Koirala on top in NC CWC vote count (ht 12/03/2016), Deuba headed for CWC majority (kp 13/03/2016), 21 members elected to Congress CWC (ht 13/03/2016), Nepali Congress vote counting to conclude today: Deuba on the safe side with comfortable majority in the Central Working Committee in sight (kp 14/03/2016), Deuba panel takes comfortable lead in CWC positions (rep 14/03/2016), Deuba panel holds sway over apex body: Of the 64 directly elected CWC members, 36 are said to be close to him, by Kamal Dev Bhattrai (kp 15/03/2016), Deuba panel has comfortable majority in Congress CWC (ht 15/03/2016), 13 new faces elected to NC central committee: 15 old faces lose, by Ashok Dahal (rep 15/03/2016)

NC CWC election: Majority of old faces; Deuba supporters have the upper hand so far (kp 10/03/2016) [Including a corrupt criminal in top position! And predominantly male persons! Obviously, this party will never change!], Nepali Congress vote counting on (ht 10/03/2016), A lot on his plate: Election results offer NC, Deuba another opportunity to improve on mixed record (kp 10/03/2016), Back again: There are many reasons why Deuba will be much more than a footnote in Nepal’s political history, by Deepak Thapa (kp 10/03/2016), Thapa to continue efforts for Congress transformation (ht 10/03/2016), Mixed poll result may move Deuba to strive for party unity, by Ashok Dahal (rep 10/03/2016), A new dawn, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 11/03/2016)

Factionalism in faction ‘led’ to Poudel’s defeat: Loss likely to throw the camp into further disarray, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 09/03/2016), Shashank new gen secy on back of BP’s legacy: Sita Devi Yadav edges Chitra Lekha Yadav by eight votes to claim party’s treasurer post, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/03/2016), Shashanka elected NC general secretary: Sita Devi wins treasurer’s post with  a narrow margin of just eight votes, by Prakash Acharya (ht 09/03/2016)

Now the hard part: People hope to see structural changes in the Nepali Congress following Deuba’s win, by Artindra Dahal (kp 09/03/2016) [How this? He is already the most often failed NC politician and represents the old factionalism! Only a younger generation can bring structural changes!], Will Deuba impact national politics right away?, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 09/03/2016)

Deuba defeats Poudel: Eighth Nepali Congress president takes party leadership out of the Koirala family after two decades, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 08/03/2016), New Congress chief has his task cut out, by Anil Giri (kp 08/03/2016), Roaring win for Sher Bahadur Deuba: Elected NC president after defeating Paudel by 526 votes, by Prakash Acharya and Tika R. Pradhan (ht 08/03/2016), NC 13th general convention: Deuba romps home (rep 08/03/2016)

NC votes for top posts: 1,348 ballots cast; Delayed by storm, row, counting starts at 2:00am (kp 07/03/2016), Cong talks EVMs, takes water tanks (kp 07/03/2016), No major policy, structural changes (kp 07/03/2016), To new NC leadership: Resolution to key issues will lead to stability and growth, which in turn leads to long-term stability (kp 07/03/2016), NC leaders could not differentiate between BP’s ideals and his tactics, interview with Puranjan Acharya (kp 07/03/2016), NC General Convention: New Generation Should Emerge, by Mukti Rijal (rn 07/03/2016), Poll for NC CWC over, result delayed, by Prakash Acharya and Tika R. Pradhan (ht 07/03/2016), Vote for NC president inconclusive, runoff from 2-5 pm today, by Thira L. Bhusal and Ashok Dahal (rep 07/03/2016)

Congress set to elect new party prez, CWC: 315 contenders in fray for 64 positions, including three office bearers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/03/2016), NC endorses policy and programmes; voting for new leadership today, by Prakash Acharya (ht 06/03/2016), Ballot puts leadership acumen to test in NC, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp 06/03/2016), Jamboree in full swing on last day of campaigning, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 06/03/2016), We are working to end factionalism in party, interview with Nabindra Raj Joshi (kp 06/03/2016) [??], Concerns raised over low participation of women (kp 06/03/2016) [!!]

3-way toss-up as NC race hots up, by Anil Giri (kp 05/03/2016), Amid election heat, policy debate put on back burner, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 05/03/2016) [!!], ‘Transforming party my goal’, interview with Gagan Thapa (kp 05/03/2016), ‘We’ll end factionalism’, interview with Arjun Narsingh KC (kp 05/03/2016) [Yes, this is proved by the current escalation of factionalism within the party leadership!!], The Con(g)-race!: It really doesn’t  matter who becomes the next NC President; All the three  candidates will do nothing to transform the party, nor will they find middle ground and bring all the Kangaroos together, by Guffadi (kp 05/03/2016) [satirical but very true!], NC promises another constitutional amendment (ht 05/03/2016), 375 in fray for 64 NC CWC posts, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 05/03/2016)

NC General Convention: New Generation Should Emerge, by Mukti Rijal (rn 03/03/2016)

Busy establishment side throws leaders into tizzy: Faction split into three camps with Poudel, Sitaula and Sujata deciding to enter the fray, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 03/03/2016), Deuba announces his candidacy for top job: Picks KC as general secretary, Yadav as treasurer (kp 04/03/2016), 4-day Cong General Convention begins: All three party presidential hopefuls claim they are a cut above others, by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/03/2016), Koirala clan on Poudel’s side: Poudel reached Shashank’s residence to court support of the Koiralas, widely considered to be the establishment, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 04/03/2016), Youths pushed to the margins (kp 04/03/2016) [!!], Food for thought: NC plenum has seen an astonishing lack of ideas to keep nation hopeful (kp 04/03/2016)

Congress full of equations, likely to see 3-way contest: Two leaders from establishment may vie for top job unless there is last-minute agreement (kp 02/03/2016), Deuba vows to lead party ‘differently’, by Kamal Dev Bjhattarai (kp 02/03/2016), In-laws of equilibrium (kp 02/03/2016)

NC likely to squander opportunity to evolve, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 01/03/2016), Establishment camp struggles to choose candidate for top job (kp 01/03/2016), NC dissidents refuse to budge: Paudel offers to make Sitaula the leader of parliamentary party and assures Sujata DPM’s post in the next government, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 01/03/2016) [Power and positions for the old privileged elite, but what does the party offer to people and country?], Aspirants for NC prez find finalizing panels tough going (rep 01/03/2016)

NC not adopting federal structure in party for now, by Ashok Dahal (rep 29/02/2016) [Is this a hint that the NC is going to distance itself from the idea of federal state?]

Madhes ‘key’ for party presidential hopefuls, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 28/02/2016), For Poudel, it depends on what he offers to leaders: Sujata Koirala announces she will also enter the fray (kp 28/02/2016), Tough negotiations under way in NC: Four aspirants of the establishment side continue to stay as rigid as ever about contesting the party presidency (ht 28/02/2016), NC factions watch rival moves on candidates: Deuba wants to take leaders left out on other side; Uphill task for Poudel to keep establishment united, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 29/02/2016), I haven’t come this far just because my father was a big leader, interview with Prakash Man Singh (kp 29/02/2016) [Why else?], NC not to increase office bearers: Paudel, Deuba and Sitaula likely to contest for post of party president, by Prakash Acharya (ht 29/02/2016)

Biennial NSU gen convention not held even once in decade: General convention of the student union has been deferred six times in the last five years (kp 28/02/2016) [!!]

Rival factions in final bid to pick candidates: Deuba camp in ‘comfortable position’; Establishment side in a fix, by Anil Giri (kp 27/02/2016) [Unchanged fight for power and positions among failed leaders! No understanding of the need of the hour!!], NC establishment to field Paudel for party prez (ht) [The one who prevented the work of CA-I for more than eights months only because he wanted be become PM?? May god save Nepal!], NC polls now in hands of kingmakers, by Ashok Dahal (rep 27/02/2016)

Indian spooks: Without conviction-driven politicians like BP, people suspect the loyalty of Congress leaders who are known to kowtow before their Indian masters, by Biswas Baral (rep 25/02/2016), Debunking myths: By no means does economic liberalisation that the NC adopted in the 1990s contradict BP’s idea of socialism, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 26/02/2016), Internal Democracy Within Nepali Congress, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn 26/02/2016)

NC draft policy, programme document offers broad strokes: Fails to impress even insiders, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 24/02/2016), No more factions: Koirala’s demise has left a void in the Congress but also an opportunity for it to unite, by Prem Raj Joshi (kp 24/02/2016), Rival NC factions differ on number of office bearers: Deuba camp to oppose establishment side’s proposal to increase official posts in the party, by Prakash Acharya (ht 24/02/2016) [This old generation of failed leaders will never change and should be kicked out for the sake of party and Nepal!], NC establishment carries on bid to find common candidate, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 25/02/2016), ‘Policy draft unacceptable’ (kp 25/02/2016), Nepali Congress factions hoping to garner last-minute support (ht 25/02/2016) [Still no understanding of the necessity of fundamental changes in persons as well as in programs!!], NC split over Office Bearers size: Agreement on increasing quota for marginalised groups to meet constitutional requirements, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 26/02/2016), NC leadership urged to review party’s NGC document (ht), NC leadership urged to review party’s NGC document: CC leaders say its policy and programmes do not address post- constitution challenges (ht 26/02/2016), Congress to revise party policy and program (rep 26/02/2016)

Congress CWC members call for probe into Koirala’s death, by Manish Gautam (kp 24/02/2016)

Koiralas will stick together no matter who we support as party president, interview with Shekhar Koirala (kp 22/02/2016), Koirala clan counts for Cong candidates: Poudel, Deuba, Singh and Sitaula reach out for help, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 23/02/2016), Shashanka Koirala prescribes pills for party unity (ht 23/02/2016)

Establishment divided over prez candidate: The Koiralas stand for a unanimous presidential candidate who could end factionalism in the party (kp 21/02/2016), Nepali Congress factions preparing to finalise names for office bearers’ positions, by Prakash Acharya (ht 21/02/2016) [Besides Gagan Thapa only failed old leaders ad extremely corrupt criminals, all of them male and predominantly Thagadari!!]

Deuba rolls the dice, but move cuts no ice: Poudel says not keen to swallow parliamentary party leader post bait, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 19/02/2016), Aspirants for party prez intensify bids to line up support (rep 19/02/2016) [Please save party and country from this failed, undemocratic and incompetent generation of politicians!!]

44 Congress district presidents elected (kp 19/02/2016)

Statute, Madhes to top agenda (kp 17/02/2016)

Youth leaders for overhauling NC ideology, organisation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/02/2016)

Deuba eyes NC leadership as establishment side fragments, by Prakash Acharya (ht 16/02/2016) [Deuba has been the most often failed PM of Nepal! With him, the party has no future!]

Let the party begin There’s a whole lot of things the Congress  needs to do after its general convention, by Nabin dra Raj Joshi (kp 16/02/2016)

Cong opens talks in a bid to close ranks, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 14/02/2016), Passing the torch: It will be interesting to see if the Koirala dynasty becomes history or makes history, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 14/02/2016), NC establishment faction in bid to forge unity, by Prakash Acharya (ht 14/02/2016), Establishment struggles to decide key candidates: Deuba-led camp appears united in looming elections (kp 15/02/2016), Managing aspirants for top posts tough job for Deuba: Wooing key leaders from establishment faction also, by Ashok Dahal (rep 15/02/2016)

Bad timing: The Congress should have read the mood in Madhes before scheduling its convention, by Randhir Chaudhary (kp 12/02/2016)

Congress after Koirala: Leadership void feared, by Anil Giri (kp 10/02/2016) [Ideal occasion to hand leadership over to a younger and more inclusive generation! Else, the decline of the party will continue (39 percent of the votes in 1991, only 25 percent in 2013)!!], Nepali Congress puts off programmes for 13 days (ht 10/02/2016), Congress first family faces uncertain future: Will factional politics end? Or will it further deepen? (kp 11/02/2016), Death sparks leadership debate in Koirala faction, by Ashok Dahal (rep 11/02/2016)

Narahari Acharya suffers stroke, condition stable, by Arjun Poudel (rep 10/02/2016), Narahari Acharya’s condition stable (ht 11/02/2016), 'Narahari Acharya neurologically more alert' (rep 11/02/2016), Acharya ‘critical but stable’ (kp 12/02/2016)

On the death of Sushil Koirala: Ex-PM, Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala passes away (ht 09/02/2016), Sushil Koirala’s demise poses potential problems for Nepal (ht 09/02/2016), Sushil Koirala’s final rites on Wednesday (ht 09/02/2016), “I’ve already understood…,” said Sushil Koirala before breathing his last (ht 09/02/2016), Indian delegation pays tribute to Koirala; to return today after meeting Oli, Thapa (ht 09/02/2016), Adieu Sushil Da (photo feature) (kp 09/02/2016), Nation wakes up to shockFormer PM and NC President Sushil Koirala, who led constitution-drafting to its conclusion, dies at 78 (kp 10/02/2016), Adios Sushil Da (1939-2016): Man of few words but many strengths, by Kamal Dev Bahattarai (kp 10/02/2016), Koirala’s home district in outpouring of grief, by Janak Nepal (kp 10/02/2016), Was Koirala’s illness ‘kept in dark’ for political expediency?, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/02/2016), Nepal’s friends send words of comfort in hour of grief (kp 10/02/2016), Women politicians hail late leader’s role (kp 10/02/2016), Rest in peace: Known for his simplicity, Koirala leaves behind a mixed legacy as leader (kp 10/02/2016), Former PM Sushil Koirala passes away (ht 10/02/2016), Was to be admitted to TUTH on Mon (ht 10/02/2016), Condolences pour in for Koirala (ht 10/02/2016), Foreign leaders hail former PM’s simplicity, by Lekhanath Pandey (kp 10/02/2016), Koirala family mourns in Nepalgunj (ht 10/02/2016), Madhes shocked at former PM’s demise (ht 10/02/2016), Homage to Koirala: If leaders benefit from his virtues and become wiser from his mistakes and weaknesses, it will be the best homage they will be paying to their departed leader (ht 10/02/2016), Remembering late former PM Sushil Koirala: Those who worked closely with him recall him as having an innate characteristic of doing what he considered was right for the nation, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 10/02/2016), Constitution promulgation, Koirala's biggest achievement, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 10/02/2016), Multiple complications led to sudden death: Dr Yogi (rep 10/02/2016), Adieu, Sushil da, by Swarnim Wagle (rep 10/02/2016), Ex-PM Koirala's sudden demise takes country aback, by Ashok Dahal (rep 10/02/2016), True achiever: If Sushil Koirala had been close to India he would not have been the only Nepali prime minister who was not invited by India on assuming office, by Prateek Pradhan (rep 10/02/2016)

Congress leaders underline need to revamp party (ht 09/02/2016)

Youth leaders should be given key positions within the party, interview with Gagan Thapa (kp 08/02/2016)

NC Rukum regional convention uncertain (ht 08/02/2016), Elections in 65 districts today (rep 08/02/2016), NC conventions over in 62 dists (kp 09/02/2016), NC convention held in Gandaki, Dhaulagiri (ht 09/02/2016), Voting in Kailali called off on account of dispute (ht 09/02/2016), KC, Pangeni and Ghale win NC regional polls (ht 10/02/2016)

Koirala, Deuba locked in tight race for delegates (kp 07/02/2016) [Hopefully, the delegates understand that these failed leaders have been responsible for the continued decline of the party! The NC got 39 percent of the votes in 1991 but only 25 percent in 2013! The party is not able to reflect the needs of the hour!], Both NC camps claim to have emerged stronger (ht 07/02/2016), Clash erupts between Koirala and Deuba factions (ht 08/02/2016), NC rival factions locked in tight race in western region (rep 08/02/2016), Paudel seeks support from party bosses (ht 08/02/2016), I’ll resolve Madhes issue if elected party chief: Deuba (kp 09/02/2016) [Just as you solved the Maoist insurgency in 2001 without having any agenda??]

Congress constituency conventions convened (kp 06/02/2016)

Tarai protests affect NC local conventions, by Ashok Dahal (rep 06/02/2016)

Nepali Congress And Dalits, by Tribhuvan Chandra Wagle (rn 06/02/2016) [Dalits have never played any role in the traditional hierarchical thinking of the NC leaders! See candidate selections for all parliamentary elections after 1990!!]

No party for young men: With the 13th General Convention of Nepali Congress around the bend, youth leaders are hoping to break the glass ceiling, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 06/02/2016)

Run-off voting may decide new NC prez, by Prakash Acharya (ht 05/02/2016)

Koirala, Poudel hard-pressed to make peace: The idea of both standing for party president does not sit well with leaders of establishment faction (kp 03/02/2016)

SLMM cadres attack NC leaders’ homes, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 02/02/2016), NC warns of retaliation if SLmm ‘attack’ continues, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 03/02/2016) [Retaliation of crime by crime?? What about rule of law?]

‘Tourist leaders’ routed in NC local convention, by Tekendra Deuba (ht 01/02/2016), Influential NC leaders defeated in local conventions (rep 01/02/2016)

NC needs to do lot more to promote internal democracy, by Prakash Acharya (kp 31/01/2016)

NC holds local conventions run-up to cong jamboree, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/01/2016)

Will Koirala clan retain NC leadership? Members of the Koirala family have led the 69-year-old party directly or indirectly for six decades so far, by Ashok Dahal (rep 30/01/2016), Koirala camp infighting could give Deuba edge (kp 31/01/2016)

NC working to amend its statute (ht 28/01/2016)

No enthusiasm in Madhes ahead of NC general convention (rep 28/01/2016), NC ready for conventions despite possible disruption (kp 29/01/2016), NC’s Madhes leaders concerned about possible disturbances by UDMF cadres (ht 30/01/2016)

Paudel says he will contest for NC presidency (ht 28/01/2016)

NC urges parties to end blockade (kp 26/01/2016)

Koirala begins exercise to consolidate his strength, by Prakash Acharya (ht 26/01/2016)

General convention: NC appoints district election officers (kp 24/01/2016)

Deuba stakes claim to NC’s top post (ht 24/01/2016)

Other party supporters listed as NC members (kp 22/01/2016)

Agitating parties plan to disturb NC village, municipal conference (ht 22/01/2016)

NC proposes 4-tier party structure (kp 21/01/2016)

Sujata Koirala vying for post of Congress prez (ht 21/01/2016)

Time to revive BP’s democratic socialism, interview with Ram Chandra Poudel (rep 21/01/2016)

Sushil Koirala should not vie for top party post: Sujata (kp 18/01/2016)

NC leadership urged to connect with Tarai: Youth leaders say stands taken by Prime Minister KP Oli and Sadbhawana Party Chair Rajendra Mahato on Madhes are inappropriate (kp 17/01/2016), Report on Tarai stir submitted (ht 17/01/2016)

Congress debating internal democracy, by Prakash Acharya (ht 17/01/2016)

Team mobilised to gauge Deuba’s support base (kp 15/01/2016)

Deuba doubts NC’s strength (ht 15/01/2016)

Factional dispute in NC over party charter revision: Increasing office bearers’ number bone of contention, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 13/01/2016)

Nepali Congress In Doldrums, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 13/01/2016)

Koirala in ‘wait and see’ mode on NC presidency, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 12/01/2016), Poudel hopeful Koirala will back his presidential bid (kp 12/01/2016)

NC membership decision short-lived: Renewed row threatens preparations for party’s 13th general convention scheduled to be held in March (kp 11/01/2016)

Party is over: Parties should revise charters to permit senior office holders for a fixed period (kp 11/01/2016)

Poudel: Will vie for NC prez, by Binod Bhandari (kp 09/01/2016), Campaigns of Deuba, Poudel rile Koirala (kp 10/01/2016), NC needs change of leadership, says Sitaula (ht 10/01/2016)

Congress organisation structure to be attuned to federal shape: Leaders say party restructuring will begin during the upcoming general convention while the next summit will complete the mission, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 06/01/2016)

NC Veep Poudel to visit India (kp 04/01/2016)

NC leaders in race for party presidency step up campaigns, by Prakash Acharya (ht 31/12/2015)

New dust-up in Congress just as dust was settling: Rival camps led by Sushil Koirala and Sher Bahadur Deuba dispute over increasing key party positions, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 30/12/2015)

Congress settles active membership row (kp 29/12/2015)

Kingmakers in Cong: It’s quid pro quo: Personal ambitions of key second-rung leaders likely to swing the leadership contest, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 27/12/2015) [These so-called kingmakers are failed politicians themselves, partly even criminals found guilty like Khum Bahadur Khadka!!!]

Congress membership row rages (kp 25/12/2015)

Congress youth leaders claim seat in apex body, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 22/12/2015)

Panel set to finalise NC membership list: The panel is asked to submit a report to party prez within three days (kp 21/12/2015), NC probe panel gets three days to settle membership dispute (ht 21/12/2015)

Poudel firm on running for NC chief despite odds, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 20/12/2015)

Main oppn Congress grappling with dispute over membership: Some Central Working Committee members are against a report presented by the Narahari Acharya-led committee (kp 17/12/2015), Nepali Congress CWC divided over report on active membership (ht 18/12/2015)

Convention fever grips NC brass: Three-man race likely for party president’s post, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 14/12/2015) [This race of old failed politicians proves that the NC does not understand the need of the hour! In this way it's a party without future!!], Deuba to make desperate bid for party president, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 16/12/2015) [Only to remember: This politician already badly failed in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002 and 2004-5!!]

Now Congress begins statute publicity drive (kp 09/12/2015)

Sujata to vie for top job at Nepali Congress (ht 23/11/2015)

NC lawmakers tell party to take initiative to resolve Tarai unrest, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/11/2015), NC in bid to form major forces’ common stance: Holds meeting with ruling parties on Madhes stir (kp 22/11/2015), Divided NC seeks unity among Big 3, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 22/11/2015), Get serious about crisis, NC tells govt (ht 22/11/2015)

NC to press govt to pass reconstruction bill at earliest (ht 17/11/2015) [It should have been passed already five months ago when the NC was heading the government!!]

NC gearing up for 13th NGC, by Prakash Acharya (ht 15/11/2015)

Poudel: Ready to vie for NC president (kp 11/11/2015) [Please not another one of the generation of failed leaders!]

Congress reveals reason behind PM, prez polls: Says differences with UML on Tarai, NRA issues prompted into races (kp 06/11/2015), Differences led to split in NC-UML alliance: Koirala, by Prakash Acharya (ht 06/11/2015)

NC demands NRA chief exec post: Refuses to join govt talks team, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 05/11/2015)

NC feels urgency to redeem image: Some leaders urge the party leadership to reach out to the agitating Madhes-centric parties to resolve the Tarai crisis (kp 04/11/2015) [But the NC leaders have highest responsibility for the unconstitutional procedure of writing a non-inclusive constitution!?], Young turks urge NC old guard to clear way: Advise Koirala, Deuba and Paudel to take lead role in resolving crisis, by Prakash Acharya (ht 04/11/2015), Koirala asked to hand over Nepali Congress leadership: NC leaders tell him to take recent criticisms in stride, by Prakash Acharya (ht 05/11/2015)

Koirala under pressure to quit as PP leader: Central members rue party’s failure to get any of major state positions, by Anil Giri (kp 02/11/2015), Top Congress leaders grilled at CWC meeting, by Prakash Acharya (ht 02/11/2015), NC leaders come down on party brass (kp 03/11/2015), NC top leaders engage in blame game, by Prakash Acharya (ht 03/11/2015)

NC Central Working Committee meeting today (kp 24/10/2015), NC CWC meet to disucuss Prez, Veep elections today (rep 24/10/2015), CWC meet entrusts NC office-bearers to pick prez, veep candidates (rep 25/10/2015)

Presidential election: NC to pick candidate after Dashain (kp 20/10/2015)

NC reviews defeat in PM election (ht 15/10/2015)

NC to hold convention within next six months (kp 22/09/2015)

15 NC leaders, including lawmakers resign (ht 08/09/2015)

NC to postpone convention thru CWC meeting, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 29/09/2015), NC calls CWC meet for convention deferral (kp 31/08/2015), NC plans to hold convention by March (rep 01/09/2015), Congress defers gen convention, by Anil Giri (kp 02/09/2015)

Cong seeks clarification from Singh (kp 27/08/2015)

NC Kaski urges cadres to remain united (ht 24/08/2015)

NC party office padlocked (ht 21/08/2015)

NC General Convention hangs in the balance (kp 17/08/2015)

NC general convention: Preparations get under way (ht 12/08/2015)

NC lawmaker Karna assaulted (ht 15/07/2015)

NC general convention deferred by a week (kp 11/07/2015), NC reschedules its general convention for Sept 19-22 (ht 11/07/2015)

Stick to democratic values: NC leaders (kp 08/07/2015)

Parliamentary Party meeting: NC brass draws flak for ‘giving in to leftist agenda’; Members warn of flouting party whip and disowning constitution without the names, demarcation of states , by Anil Giri (kp 03/07/2015)

NC district presidents for invigorating party (ht 03/07/2015)

NC cadres on warpath (ht 24/04/2015)

NC factional feud: 14 districts yet to submit party membership forms (kp 17/04/2015), Conclaves of NC wings ‘unlikely’ before September: There are slim chances of holding conventions of sister organisations before the general convention due to the factional feud (kp 19/04/2015)

Sujata says she will vie for party presidency (ht 05/04/2015)

Congress factional animosity worsens, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 26/03/2015), Nepali Congress general convention: Deuba faction intensifying preparations (ht 26/03/2015)

Sashank to contest for Congress president (ht 16/03/2015)

Deuba faction lashes PM for ‘govt, party failures’: Disciplinary charges against Sujata and 182 others revoked (kp 24/02/2015), Koirala’s ‘inability’ slammed in NC CWC (ht 24/02/2015) [This fact was well-known long before he was made party chairman and PM!!!]

NC CWC tells party leadership to be more flexible: Leaders suggest putting questionnaire panel’s proceedings on hold for dialogue with opposition (ht 23/02/2015)

13th NC general convention in Sept, by Anil Giri (kp 19/02/2015), NC general convention in September, by Prakash Acharya (ht 19/02/2015)

CWC seeks to rein in NC leaders, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 12/12/2014), NC CC members criticise party leadership: Castigate it for poor handling and backtracking on constitutional and governance issues, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 12/12/2014), NC leadership asked to pull out all stops for statute, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 13/12/2014), NC leaders against sending disputed issues back to CPDCC, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 13/12/2014), Koirala tasked with forging consensus (ht 13/12/2014)

Rukum Tarun Dal splits (ht 14/11/2014)

Cadres say autocracy reigns over NSU (ht 11/11/2014), NSU directed to form 121-member CWC (kp 12/11/2014), NSU coclave put off, again (kp 14/11/2014), NSU general convention postponed: Feud in NC results in deferral of scheduled jamboree for the fifth time: Feud in NC results in deferral of scheduled jamboree for the fifth time (kp 14/11/2014), NSU demands resignation of union prez: Students close to two factions blame each other for convention postponement (ht 17/11/2014), NSU cadres hold mock election (kp 18/11/2014)

Speak up: NC and secularism (rep 11/11/2014)

NC unfazed by campaign for Hindu state: NC Spokesman Dilendra Badu says that the party leaders and cadres are free to advocate for any religious ideology, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/11/2014) [The problem is not the religious ideology but its identification with state ideology, Mr Badu!!!]

Corruption tainted Khadka forms committee to revive Hindu state (kp 01/11/2014), NC leaders pitch for Hindu state status: 25-member committee to launch ‘mega campaign’ (ht 01/11/2014) [There is no reason to treat them different from C.K. Raut!!!]

NSU agrees for 151-member CC (kp 30/10/2014)

The punished have chance to appeal: It’s a conspiracy against me: Sujata Koirala (kp 25/09/2014)

NC CWC struggles to meet quorum (kp 22/09/2014), NC CWC urges leadership to activate party organisation (ht 22/09/2014)

NC CWC to meet today after Feb 4: NC prez to face heat for decisions taken without committee’s consent, by Prakash Acharya (ht 15/09/2014), NC calls CWC meeting after 7 months (rep 15/09/2014), NC’s elected bodies get one-year term extension: Govt functioning, Koirala’s party mgmt face criticism, by Anil Giri (kp 16/09/2014), PM draws flak from own party men, by Prakash Acharya (ht 16/09/2014), NC defers its general convention for a year (rep 16/09/2014)

NC bodies’ term to be extended (kp 15/09/2014)

NC wraps up BP Bichar Yatra (kp 10/09/2014)

NSU decides 60:40 rep ratio (kp 10/09/2014), Rep selection row puts off NSU convention; Establishment side postponed event for fear of losing: Deuba camp, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/09/2014), NSU convention postponed again (ht 14/09/2014), NSU convention put off due to student leaders (ht 15/09/2014), Protesting student leaders’ health deteriorating (ht 17/09/2014), NSU general convention in Nov (ht 22/09/2014) [which year??], New date set for NSU gen convention (kp 22/09/2014)

Koirala dresses down Congress colleagues (kp 09/09/2014), Koirala cautions Nepali Congress leaders against factionalism (ht 09/09/2014), NC intra-party rift resurfaces, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 09/09/2014)

Tarun Dal shuts Pyuthan (ht 09/09/2014)

Seven leaders line up for NSU leadership (kp 03/09/2014), Student leaders call for fair election (ht 04/09/2014)

The unmet goal: BP had an ambitious economic plan for Nepal; But he was ousted in coup before he could implement it, by Pradip Prasad Koirala (rep 25/08/2014)

NC discusses federalism, governance (ht 20/08/2014)

NSU convention faces another postponement (kp 12/08/2014), NSU’s district conventions yet to be completed (ht 21/08/2014)

Call CWC meeting soon, 24 NC leaders ask Koirala (kp 09/08/2014), 24 NC CC members want CWC meet (ht 09/08/2014), It’s been six months since Congress CWC met, by Prakash Acharya (ht 11/08/2014)

NSU general convention: Campus units, district chapters asked to gear up (ht 07/08/2014)

Khanal follows Koirala, dismisses PA (kp 07/08/2014), PM’s aide objects to his dismissal: Khanal’s personal secy goes easy with his removal (ht 07/08/2014)

With power, comes responsibility: The NC, as the largest party in the CA, must take the lead in reaching out to parties on contentious issues, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 22/07/2014)

Congress to promote ‘BP Democracy Trail’ (kp 18/07/2014), NC to spread BPKoirala’s ideology (kp 18/07/2014)

Hold conclave in September: NC tells NSU (kp 09/07/2014), NSU general conventionon September 14-16 (ht 09/07/2014)

NC may extend CWC term, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 06/07/2014), NC in bid to fix things up in party in Koirala’s absence (ht 06/07/2014), NC to extend CWC tenure till September 2015, by Prakash Acharya (ht 07/07/2014)

NC recommends Rs 50m CDP for 240 constituencies, by Anil Giri (kp 05/07/2014), Cong demands Rs 5 crore foreach lawmaker (ht 05/07/2014), NC all for Rs 50 million constituency fund, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 05/07/2014)

NC one-member stronger in Constituent Assembly (kp 24/06/2014), NC wins three, UML one (ht 24/06/2014), NC breaches UML bastion in Kathmandu-2, by Santosh Ghimire (rep 24/06/2014), CPN-UML’s bastion falls (ht 24/06/2014)

Three hurt as NC, UML cadres clash in Kailali, by Tekendra Deuja (ht 22/06/2014)

NC proposes improved parliamentary system, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 18/06/2014)

NSU general meet put off (kp 09/06/2014), NSU members demand general convention (ht 10/06/2014), NSU proposes new datefor general convention (ht 17/06/2014)

Minister Rijal fears UML will outperform NC in next polls (ht 27/05/2014)

Third panel sought in Congress (ht 22/05/2014)

NC calls for by-election candidates (ht 20/05/2014)

NC cadres rub party boss Koirala the wrong way (ht 22/04/2014), PM flays his own party cadres for criticizing govt, by Ajit Tiwari (rep 22/04/2014), NC leaders rap govt, party brass (ht 24/04/2014)

NC starts second phase of Mechi-Mahakali campaign (rep 20/04/2014)

Congress Has No Liberty To Whine, Complain And Point Fingers At Others, interview with Gagan Thapa (rep 17/04/2014)

Poudel unhappy as Koirala fails to give him charge (kp 07/04/2014)

Deuba criticises Koirala’s ‘unilateral’ moves (ht 01/04/2014)

NSU general convention in June (kp 31/03/2014)

Deuba seeks fair share of party positions (ht 31/03/2014)

Strange bedfellows: It is likely that NC and UML will spend months, perhaps years bickering over power sharing yet again, pushing the constitution making to the backburner, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 30/03/2014)

NC leader Joshi taken ill, docs suggest treatment in India (kp 26/03/2014)

NC PP working committee election: 32 candidates file their names (nn 26/03/2014), NC PP working committee election postponed (nn 26/03/2014), NC defers PP committee poll (kp 27/03/2014)

NC to collect levy from its lawmakers (ht 24/03/2014)

NC PP meet to be critical of govt acts (kp 23/03/2014), NC calls PP meeting today (kp 23/03/2014), NC joint meeting: Lawmakers express discontent with govt (nn 23/03/2014), In PP meet, Koirala takes a lot of flak: Almost a dozen NC  parliamentarians who spoke on the occasion criticised the PM on a range of issues, by Anil Giri (kp 24/03/2014), NC lawmakers chide PM, ministers, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 24/03/2014), NC lawmakers  grind axe against own govt, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 24/03/2014), Govt bypassed House in passing agenda: UML MPs, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 24/03/2014)

NC asks its ministers to visit HQ regularly (kp 22/03/2014), Nepali Congress to start grievance hearing session (ht 22/03/2014), Arrangement for NC cadres to meet their ministers at party office (rep 22/03/2014)

Frustration mounts inside NC over CMP, by Anil Giri (kp 20/03/2014)

NC appoints party whips (kp 19/04/2014)

Students press hard for NSU leaders’ release (kp 10/03/2014), NSU calls government for release of its leaders (ht 10/03/2014), SC quashes plea seeking release of NSU leaders (kp 11/03/2014), Armed to the teeth: Why students leaders were travelling so heavily armed must be answered (kp 11/03/2014), NSU to assist in weapons seizure case: Wants truth established; Probe report made public (ht 12/03/2014)

Congress plans nationwide move targeting local polls (kp 07/03/2014), Congress campaign delayed (kp 16/03/2014)

Schism in NC lawyers’ body (ht 03/03/2014)

Sujata criticizes NC of failing to ensure 'inclusive cabinet' (nn 01/03/2014), ‘Include UCPN-Maoist in govt’ (ht 01/03/2014)

Lessons unlearned: Despite widening rifts, there is still time for the Congress to consolidate and maintain its unity, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 07/02/2014)

Congress CWC meet to focus on govt formation (kp 04/02/2014), NC summons CWC as Prez calls for majority govt (rep 04/02/2014), Cong working on broader guideline for power sharing (ht 04/02/2014), Koirala’s challenges, by Rajendra Pokharel (nn 04/02/2014), NC pushes Koirala as PM, fixes Cabinet set-up terms, by Anil Giri (kp 05/02/2014), NC swings into high gear to form govt: Wants inclusive Cabinet with as many parties as possible, by Prakash Acharya (ht 05/02/2014), NC urged to keep all options open for forming new govt, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 05/02/2014)

Deuba miffed at prez role in PP leader election (rep 01/02/2014)

NC could go for coalition govt (kp 31/01/2014), Parties push for majority govt (kp 31/01/2014), Time to go for majority govt: Leaders, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 31/01/2014), UML task force holds talks with Congress (kp 31/01/2014), NC in no mood to compromise on prez poll (ht 31/01/2014), Stuck with you: Sushil Koirala may become the next Prime Minister, but he is already a lame duck, by Anurag Acharya (nt 31/01/2014), Consensus, power-sharing a tall order for Congress, by Anil Giri (kp 01/02/2014)

Power sharing deal: NC seeks UML support: The two largest parties in CA‘agree’ on forming consensus government (kp 28/01/2014), NC starts formal talks on govt formation (rep 28/01/2014), NC bids to bring all under unity govt: Calls on all 30 political parties in Constituent Assembly to support it, by Prakash Acharya (ht 28/01/2014), All-party meet for formation of new govt kicks off (nn 28/01/2014)

Deuba wants NC reins if Koirala is up for PP leader (kp 25/01/2014), EVMs to elect PP leader (kp 25/01/2014), NC PP leadership issue still unresolved, by Prakash Acharya (ht 25/01/2014), Koirala seeks Deuba backing to be PM: Promises to return favor after new statute, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 25/01/2014), Divided NC goes to vote today: Koirala and Deuba to contest poll after Poudel joins hands with the party president, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Binod Ghimire (kp 26/01/2014), Koirala, Deuba in NC PP leadership fray: Paudel throws his weight behind NC prez; Consensus bid between the two sides still on (ht 26/01/2014), Koirala, Deuba fail to strike a deal: Leaders to continue consensus efforts until Sunday morning (rep 26/01/2014), Koirala elected NC's Parliamentary Party leader (nn 26/01/2014), Koirala elected NC PP leader: Congress president defeats Deuba by 16 votes, sets to become country’s next PM, by Anil Giri (kp 27/01/2014), Koirala to head parliamentary party (ht 27/01/2014), Koirala defeats Deuba to become NC PP leader: Both sides emphasize on cooperation (rep 27/01/2014), Devoted to democracy (kp 27/01/2014) [on Sushil Koirala], Double vision: NC PP leader election (rep 27/01/2014), Past one hurdle: Koirala should reach out to the Deuba faction by offering them seats in govt (kp 27/01/2014) [Such procedure would guarantee another oversized government!], Koirala and Deuba have equal strengths in party, interview with Ramesh Lekhak (rep 30/01/2014)

Five-member Congress panel recommends three committees (ht 24/01/2014) [It would be better to let the elected members of CA discuss the suggestions that were presented by the committes of CA-I until early 2010! Such discussion had been prevented by the failed party leaders at that time!]

Electing PP leader tricky for Big 3: NC election for Parliamentary Party leader on Sunday (kp 23/01/2014), Congress sets January 26 date to elect PP leader (ht 23/01/2014), NC leaders step up lobbying to pick PP leader: Paudel bloc to be decisive (rep), Koirala, Deuba call separate meets (kp), NC's top three guns stress on resolving internal disputes (nn 24/01/2014)

NC trio intensify bid for PP leadership: At the same time they’re also working on consensus deal for prime ministership (ht 21/01/2014), Koirala fails to convince Paudel (ht 22/01/2014)

NC urges CA members to present themselves as competent leaders (kp 20/01/2014) [This would mean that they must differ completely from their party's top leaders!!]

Transforming Nepal’s grand old party: The Nepali Congress’ days of glory are a thing of the past; it needs change, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 19/01/2014)

Something's gotta give: The NC’s undemocratic internal politics is at odds with its electoral victory, by Anurag Acharya (nt 17/01/2014)

Koirala fails to woo Deuba, Paudel: Three agree to form poll panel in CC (ht 17/01/2014), Koirala sees vote as last resort (rep 17/01/2014), NC yet to reach deal on internal power sharing: Calls CWC meet for Saturday (kp 17/01/2014), Deuba to run for PP leadership, by Anil Giri (kp 18/01/2014), Deuba weighing options for next move (ht 18/01/2014), NC to decide prime ministerial candidate through election (nn 18/01/2014), NC to elect PM candidate (ht 19/01/2014)

NC readying to elect PP leader (ht 16/01/2014)

Govt formation: NC locked in three-horse race for premiership (kp 16/01/2014) [Always the same! And none of them is qualified!!], Prime concern: Nepali Congress PM row (rep 16/01/2014) [The people should have known that they will never change!!], Vying for the PM’s chair (nn 16/01/2014)

Top Congress leaders working on power sharing (ht 15/01/2014), Voting to decide issue if consensus eludes, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 15/01/2014)

NC's 'troika' to bury hatchets, discuss govt formation (nn 14/01/2014), 'NC-led government to be formed soon by incorporating other parties' (nn 14/01/2014)

The three stooges, by Guffadi (kp 11/01/2014) [satirical], Decision-making days ahead for Koirala: Likely to offer ‘powerless’acting presidency to Paudel, by Prakash Acharya (ht 11/01/2014)

Cong panel for ‘political dialogue committee’ in CA: Suggestions for reducing the number of committees in the CA so that debate and discourse will be confined to the full House (kp 10/01/2014) [Such discussions should have started in early 2010 after the committees of CA-I presented their suggestions; but they were hindered by the top leaders of NC, CPN-UML and UCPN-M!!], Just 3 thematic panels for CA: NC; Political Dialogue Committee proposed for thorny issues (rep 10/01/2014)

NC directs its lawmakers to submit suggestions (nn 09/01/2014)

Koirala, Deuba, Paudel stake claim to PP leader, by Prakash Acharya (ht 09/01/2014), Koirala finds wooing Deuba, Paudel over PM bid hard: All three leaders vying for PM berth, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 09/01/2014)

For PMship, Koirala to be PP leader first, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/01/2014)

Congress offices vandalised (ht 02/01/2014)

Koirala admits Congress is mired in indiscipline, anarchy: Says all weaknesses must be fixed pronto (ht 01/01/2014), Congress offices padlocked (ht 01/01/2014)

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