Congress
lawmakers against backing Oli and rather for leading
new government : But with a formal proposal yet to be
made to the party and the Nepal Communist Party
besieged with legal complications, it is in no
hurry to make a decision, by Anil Giri (kp) [The problem here is not the NC
party, but its top politicians: Sher Bahadur Deuba,
who has already failed four times as PM, behaved in
2002 just as KP Oli does now, asking the then head of
state to dissolve parliament in order to prolong his
personal power, which heralded the end of the 1990
political system and the split of his party. In 2010,
Ram Chandra Poudel blocked the work of the first
Constituent Assembly for months simply because he
wanted to become PM, although he had no chance of
success. When will the political parties realise that
a younger and more open-minded generation is needed
immediately?], NC
leaders Deuba, Poudel and Shekhar not to run after
PM’s post (kh 06/03/2021)
NC
should join government: Shashanka Koirala (kh
03/03/2021), Deuba
says he is ready to shoulder the responsibility as a
PM (kh 03/03/2021) [It
cannot be a democratic solution if Deuba, who in 2002
putsched against the state and democracy in a similar
way as Oli did recently, is now to be made his
successor!]
Nepali
Congress mulls over at least four options amid rising
political uncertainty : Leaders say a deal with Oli
cannot be ruled out provided that he agrees to play
along, either to let the party lead the government or
create a situation for an early election, by Anil
Giri (kp 02/03/2021)
Congress
weighs options as both Oli and Dahal-Nepal factions
make overtures to it : The party has emerged as a
clear beneficiary but its leaders are hesitant
to make any move until a formal split of the Nepal
Communist Party, by Anil Giri (kp 25/02/2021), NC
calls its office-bearers' meeting to discuss evolving
situation after parliament restoration (rep
25/02/2021)
Congress
A Mute Spectator?, by Narayan Upadhyay (ht
23/02/2021)
Deuba
reluctant to organise protests against House
dissolution : Some Congress leaders suspect a tacit
understanding between Deuba and Oli could be the
reason, by Anil Giri (kp 21/02/2021) [Two autocratic opportunists show
their anti-democratic sentiments. For Deuba, too, it
is only about personal power, not about law and
constitution!]
Difficulty
of being Congress : The public expects much more from
the grand old party (kp 19/02/2021)
People
are fed up : Undemocratic practices have been the
hallmark of politicians across parties (kp
18/02/2021)
Congress
proposes August 23-26 for convention, but its
confusion persistsThe party continues to be divided
over whether it should make its strategy with
elections in focus, as Deuba wants, or strongly oppose
Oli’s move, as demanded by Poudel, by Anil Giri
(kp 18/02/2021)
Politics
of convenience of Nepali Congress : Nepali Congress is
putting its feet in two boats in its response to House
dissolution. In other words, Congress is playing a
politics of convenience but will it help?, by
Rajaram Bartaula (rep 09/02/2021)
HoR
dissolution: NC’s sister organizations demonstrating
across country today (kh 06/02/2021)
All
eyes on Nepali Congress for joint agitation, but it’s
not ready to commit : Parties opposed to Oli’s House
dissolution move are prodding the Congress to
jointly launch protests, but they are perplexed by
Deuba’s reluctance, by Anil Giri (kp 05/02/2021) [Sher Bahadur Deuba is keen to
become Prime Minister for a fifth time. So cooperating
with the coup leader Oli seems to be the quickest and
safest way. The unconstitutionality of Oli's actions
interests him, as it does Dahal and Madhav Kumar
Nepal, only marginally!], Nepali
Congress takes undemocratic road : Nepali Congress
leaders choose to undercut their own leadership,
undermine judicial independence and even hamper party
unity, by Kalyan Man Shrestha (ae 05/02/2021)
Appointments
to constitutional bodies receive widespread flak :
Questions raised over Nepali Congress’ role as party
supporters feature on list of appointees, by Anil
Giri (kp 04/02/2021)
Amid
political uncertainty, Congress seems to have
forgotten about its general convention : Deuba faces
charges within the party of putting excessive focus on
power games rather than holding the convention which
must be held by September if the House is restored,
by Anil Giri (kp 30/01/2021) [Deuba,
who has failed several times as prime minister, is
eager to become prime minister again. He does not need
a party convention that might elect a new party
president. In this context, it must be remembered that
Deuba's internal power struggles in 2002 made
Gyanendra's subsequent coup and the demolition of the
1990 constitution possible at all. Deuba acted in 2002
in a similar way to Oli today!]
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)]
NC
to stage nationwide demonstration against HoR
dissolution on Feb 12 (kh 26/01/2021), Nepali
Congress announces fresh round of protests against
dissolution of House : The party is to organise
large-scale protests at all district headquarters,
including the Capital, on February 12, by Anil
Giri (kp 27/01/2021)
Confusion
and dilemma in Nepali Congress continues, now with
eyes on leading government in provinces : Views
differed in the party over House dissolution. Now
there are questions whether it should join hands with
Oli or Dahal-Nepal faction in Bagmati and Province 1,
by Anil Giri (kp 23/01/2021) [It
is becoming clear that the feigned outrage over the
dissolution of parliament is sheer mockery. Oli's coup
is gladly accepted if it means that one can regain
power oneself. What rotten politicians!]
Deuba,
Poudel struggle to forge common stance on House
dissolution : Party needs to send message of unity,
maintain balance in ties with both factions of
communist party, they say, by Anil Giri (kp
20/01/2021)
Nepali
Congress to organize protest programs in all 6,743
wards against House dissolution on Thursday (rep
20/01/2021)
NC’s
Ambivalence Under Scrutiny, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
17/01/2021)
Congress
undecided regarding no-confidence motion filed against
Chief Minister Poudel : The Congress leaders are of
the opinion that the party is undecided, as the ruling
Nepal Communist Party is yet to be split officially,
by Subash Bidari (kp 17/01/2021)
NC
stages demonstration in all local levels (ht
17/01/2021)
Nepali
Congress will go for election if apex court does not
overturn govt decision: Deuba (rep 13/01/2021)
Why
the Congress is hemming and hawing, failing to make a
firm stance : The party that had been licking its
wounds after the 2017 electoral defeat is suddenly
licking its lips at the thought of returning to power
whichever way the situation unfolds, by Anil Giri
(kp 12/01/2021) [The answer is
quite simple: Just like the top politicians of the
NCP, those of the NC are only concerned with personal
power and access to coffers, not with the state and
the people, and certainly not with the rule of law!]
Congress
in driver’s seat as power play begins in provinces :
Both factions of Nepal Communist Party need backing of
opposition party to further their cause in the
provinces, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 09/01/2021) [Das bedeutet also Umverteilung der
Macht im Kreis der schon längst wiederholt
gescheiterten Politiker ohne Charisma und Moral, denen
am Land und seinen Bürgern nichts gelegen ist!]
NC
demonstrating in 330 provincial constituencies against
HoR dissolution today (kh 09/01/2021)
Deuba
eyes leading government as Oli hints at an
understanding : After holding one round of protest
against House dissolution, the Congress party has
decided not to go for joint agitation amid talks of a
power-sharing deal between Deuba and Oli, by Anil
Giri (kp 03/01/2021) [The two
most incompetent prime ministers in recent history
among the numerous power-hungry and self-serving
politicians at the helm of political parties are
poised to deal a death blow to democracy, the
Constitution, their parties, indeed the entire state!
Deuba must take note that Oli will never give up his
personal claim to power. For this he is ready for
everything!], NC
announces nation-wide protest against house
dissolution (rep 03/01/2021)
Nepali
Congress’ refusal to join protests raises eyebrows :
Dahal-Nepal faction reached out to it but Deuba wants
to wait for verdict on House dissolution before
deciding on protest, by Anil Giri (kp 02/01/2021)
[In the hope of coming to
power again as soon as possible, Deuba, who has failed
four times as PM, willingly accepts the destruction of
democracy and the constitution by KP Oli!]
Congress,
JSP-N rule out any : truck with Dahal-led NCP, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 31/12/2020)
Oli
govt is a terrorist govt: NC Prez Deuba (rep
28/12/2020), NC
leader Poudel upbeat about revival of House of
Representatives (rep 28/12/2020)
आश्चर्य,
कांग्रेसले दीपावली किन गरेन ! नेकपामा काँक्राचिरे ठाडो
विभाजन भएका बेला नेपाली कांग्रेस, जनता समाजवादी वा
आफूलाई वैकल्पिक शक्तिका रूपमा स्थापित गर्न कसरत
गरिरहेका राजनीतिक दलहरूका लागि अहिले निर्वाचन घोषणा
हुनु राजनीतिक चिट्ठा पर्नुसरह हो [Wonder why
Congress did not celebrate Diwali! For the Nepali
Congress, the Janata Samajwadi Party or the political
parties that are trying to establish themselves as an
alternative force at a time when there is a sharp
division in the NCP, the announcement of the election is
like a political lottery.], by Achyut Wagle (ka
28/12/2020)
Nepali
Congress organizing nationwide protests today (rep
28/12/2020)
Dissolution
of House exposes the fault lines in Nepali Congress :
Detractors accuse Deuba of being soft on Oli and say
only agitation can ensure timely polls if the House is
not restored, by Anil Giri (kp 25/12/2020), NC
leadership unanimous that PM's move is
unconstitutional and undemocratic: Deuba (rep
26/12/2020)
House
reinstatement or elections, Congress party divided
over future course of action : Some leaders are in
favour of using elections to party’s advantage as they
reckon ruling NCP is heading towards split, by
Anil Giri (kp 23/12/2020) [You
cannot win democratic elections by supporting the
destruction of the constitution and democracy! What
opposition performance can the NC show at all?],
Whether
to hit streets or not against HoR dissolution: NC in
Hamletian dilemma (kh 23/12/2020), Deuba,
Paudel differ on House dissolution (ht 24/12/2020)
Don’t
get tempted by power, dissolution of HoR
“unconstitutional”: NC (kh 22/12/2020)
As
Oli finds strong opposition in his own party, Congress
yet to realise it is the main opposition : A day after
agreeing to withdraw the ordinance, Oli called and
then cancelled the Constitutional Council meeting,
later refusing to even discuss it in the Cabinet. The
leadership’s failure is the reason behind Nepali
Congress’ floundering in performing the role of an
effective opposition in a democratic dispensation,
leaders and analysts say, by Anil Giri (kp)
18/12/2020)
NC
not to participate in CC meet: Leader KC (kh
16/12/2020)
Congress
holds mass rallies to proclaim it’s back in business.
But is it? : Analysts say it’s already too late for it
to focus on raising issues from the House and work as
an effective opposition party that can really hold the
government to account, by Anil Giri (kp
15/12/2020) [A
backward-looking party that advocates an exclusionary
and discriminatory Hindu state has no future in a
modern and inclusive multi-ethnic, multi-cultural,
multi-religious and multi-lingual state of Nepal! The
leadership of the NC also urgently needs to be
replaced by a younger and open-minded generation!]
Congress
awakening: Too little, too late—and misplaced,
analysts sayThe main opposition is holding rallies in
the midst of a pandemic to hold the government to
account. But many are questioning why it’s not
demanding the House session, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/12/2020) [In the eyes of
the top politicians of all parties, parliamentary
elections serve exclusively to procure a majority for
the personal power satisfaction of the top
politicians. They then behave like authoritarian
absolute rulers and negate the sovereignty of the
people. They do not understand that even after the
election they only have a few special rights, but a
lot of duties, even as opposition politicians!],
Main
opposition Nepali Congress stages massive
demonstration against government across the country
(rep 14/12/2020) [see photos],
Govt
could be tacitly supporting pro-monarchy protests: NC
President Deuba (rep 14/12/2020) [The
Oli government provokes the pro-monarchy protests
through its negative policies, but leading NC
politicians verbally support the movement in strong
form through their demand for a return to the Hindu
state!], NC
General Secretary Koirala bats for Hindu state (kh
14/12/2020) [This is an
affront to the numerous people who do not belong to
the Hindu way of life and to Nepali women, after all
more than 51% of the total population, who have been
regarded as inferior creatures in the Hindu-oriented
state for centuries! Nepal does not belong to the at
best 6% male Bahuns like Koirala!],
NC will get new leadership thru 14th general
convention: Koirala (kh 14/12/2020), Gagan
Thapa declares govt as most incompetent (kh
14/12/2020)
NC
President Deuba calls emergency CWC meeting (kh
12/12/2020)
NC
to launch agitation from Dec 14; Deuba to address in
Makawanpur (kh 11/12/2020) [Constructive
oppositional politics for the past three years would
have been better than street agitation in times of
pandemic!]
NC
directs cadres to stage nationwide protest against
govt (kh 10/12/2020)
NC
President Deuba walks out of all-party meeting (kh
08/12/2020), Monarchists
took to the streets due to govt’s incompetence: NC
(kh 08/12/2020) [The
incompetence of the oppositional NC should be
mentioned as well! A democratic system requires a
strong and active opposition and this has not been
provided by the NC!], NC's
'Flawed' Leadership, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
08/12/2020)
How
a rudderless Congress became an ally in communist
regime’s folly : When the Oli administration continued
to work against the system, the opposition failed to
rise to the occasion and remained a mute spectator,
observers and leaders say, by Anil Giri (kp
05/12/2020)
Nepali
Congress to stage protest against government across
the country on Dec 14 (rep 05/12/2020)
Senior
Congress leader Ram Chandar Poudel arrested in Tanahu
: Police say the leader was taken into custody for
violating prohibitory orders that were imposed after a
dispute in the district over the inauguration of a
bridge, by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 02/12/2020), Arrest
of NC leader Paudel is an indication of
totalitarianism: President Deuba (rep 02/12/2020),
Congress
decries its senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel’s
arrestPoudel, taken in custody for ‘violating
prohibitory orders’, was released after three hours,
by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 03/12/2020), Poudel
inaugurates bridge, a day after police detained him :
Congress cadres hold rallies protesting the leader’s
detention by Tanahun police, by Samjhana Rasaili
(kp 04/12/2020)
China,
Nepali Congress ramp up war of words on border
encroachment : NC sticks to its stance; China uses its
mouth-piece for allegations, by Amrit Raj Kaphle
(kh 30/11/2020)
NC
will stay in opposition: Singh (rep 24/11/2020)
कांग्रेस
र कम्युनिस्ट आत्महत्याको बाटोमा : नेकपाको लोभको
झगडालाई जतिसुकै सैद्धान्तिक आवरण दिए पनि त्यसको मूलमा
सांस्कृतिक र नैतिक विचलनको चिन्ता छैन [Congress
and communists on the path of suicide : No matter how
much ideological cover is given to the struggle of the
CPN (Maoist) for greed, there is no concern of cultural
and moral deviation at its root], by Puranjan Acharya
(np 22/11/2020)
District
presidents asked to send details of NC active
membership (kh 21/11/2020)
Political
gatherings being held despite pandemic (ht
20/11/2020)
Nepali
Congress General Convention likely to be postponed
until June (kh 18/11/2020)
Will
generational change in party leaderships be for the
better? Experts aren’t optimistic.Politicians have
made a career of politics rather than having the
intention to serve the people and therefore it is the
value system in politics that needs to change, they
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/11/2020)
Nepali
Congress general convention likely to be deferred, new
date yet to be fixed: With the central working
committee deciding to extend the deadline for active
membership distribution to mid-December, the
convention will be deferred, leaders say, by Anil
Giri (kp 14/11/2020)
What
is Nepali Congress thinking about China?, by
Mahabir Paudyal (rep 14/11/2020)
China
ramps up intimidation of border findings, sends letter
undiplomatically (With full text), by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 14/11/2020) [Whatever
the facts of the case, if Mr Shahi makes such claims,
then he is in the burden of proof, not China!]
NC
decides to appoint Sunil Bahadur Thapa as the party’s
Joint-General Secretary, by Sunil Bahadur Thapa
(rep 13/11/2020)
Nepali
Congress hands over the responsibility of resolving
internal dispute to its two general secretaries :
Issues concerning the 14th general convention to be
decided by the party’s Central Working Committee on
Thursday, by Anil Giri (kp 09/11/2020)
कांग्रेस
रूपान्तरणका अनिवार्य सर्त : समुन्नत नेपाल, सम्पन्न र
सम्मानित नेपालीको संकल्प साकार पार्न कांग्रेसले
आफूभित्रको नीतिगत संकट हटाउन जरुरी छ [Mandatory
conditions for the transformation of the Congress :In
order to realize the resolution of a prosperous Nepal, a
prosperous and respected Nepali, it is necessary for the
Congress to remove the policy crisis within itself], by
Sudarshan Acharya (np 08/11/2020)
NC
leaders make another bid to settle disputes (kh
07/11/2020)
कुम्भकर्ण
कांग्रेस : सरकारको खबरदारी गर्न र जनताको पक्षमा आवाज
उठाउन कांग्रेसले जनमत पाएको हो, तर सत्तामा हुँदा
निदाएको कांग्रेस प्रतिपक्ष भएको तीन वर्षसम्म पनि
जागेको छैन, by Prakash Dhaulakoti (np 06/11/2020)
Nepali
Congress CWC meeting postponed to Monday (kh
05/11/2020)
All
is not well inside country’s primary opposition party
too : A faction of the party led by senior leader
Ramchandra Poudel is dissatisfied with President Sher
Bahadur Deuba camp’s response to its demands related
to the general convention, by Anil Giri (kp
04/11/2020)
Nepali
Congress calls central committee meeting next Friday
(rep 29/10/2020)
NC
more as democratic farce : Clearly, younger pretenders
to the throne are no different from the corrupt oldies,
by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (kh 20/10/2020), I
will announce my candidacy for NC President: NC leader
Gurung (kh 20/10/2020) [interview]
NC
cadres clash with police in Sarlahi (ht
15/10/2020)
Nepali
Congress likely to defer its 14th general convention :
Party leaders cite Covid-19 pandemic, senior leader
Poudel’s demands for dissolving party departments and
non-distribution of active membership as the reasons,
by Anil Giri (kp 09/10/2020)
Oppn
lawmakers resort to vandalism as Province 5 Assembly
meeting deliberates on proposal to name the province
as Lumbini and make Dang its capital (rep
05/10/2020) [The destruction of public property
by office bearers must be punished severely!],
NCP
conflict plays out in Province 5, Congress jumps into
the fray : Provincial assembly members from the
opposition resort to vandalism amid dispute in the
ruling party over declaring name and capital of
the province, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/10/2020),
An
assembly of vandals : Nepali Congress must show that a
well-behaved opposition is paramount to democracy
(kp 07/10/2020) [These MPs
have disqualified themselves as representatives of the
people, now and for all future! That they personally
pay for the damage done is the least they must do!
Nepal must show that it is a democratic constitutional
state!]
Four
including NC leader Arjun Narasingha KC test COVID-19
positive (kh 03/10/2020), Gagan
Thapa among more than 60 NC leaders, cadres tested
positive for COVID-19 (rep 04/10/2020), NC
Headquarters closed for five days after leaders test
positive (kh 04/10/2020)
NC
office-bearers holding meeting at Sanepa (kh
03/10/2020)
Jumping
on the Hindutva bandwagon : Nepali Congress has
nothing to offer the electorate save its history,
by CK Lal (kp 30/09/2020)
NC
leadership barring women to take the lead: Arzoo Deuba
(kh 29/09/2020)
Nepali
Congress shadow cabinet fails in its purpose : When it
comes to criticising the government over public
hardships and bad governance, the main opposition is
unable to make its presence felt, by Anil Giri (kp
16/09/2020)
Thirty
months of poor governance and a weak opposition :
Despite a huge mandate, the ruling Nepal Communist
Party has failed to deliver on many fronts and the
main opposition Nepali Congress has been a mute
spectator, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 14/09/2020)
NC
preparing to postpone its 14th General Convention
(kh 11/09/2020), NC
National Convention likely to be deferred : COVID
pandemic, differences in some districts attributed to
delay (ht 13/09/2020)
Nepali
Congress rival camps trade barbs over 14th
general convention : Deuba’s rivals accuse him of
trying to postpone the event, allies defend him,
by Anil Giri (kp 07/09/2020)
Paudel
faction in bid to thwart Deuba’s ploy (ht
06/09/2020
Isn’t
it time for Nepali Congress to reinvent itself?,
by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 01/09/2020)
Oli
to focus on govt, Dahal on party affairs, states NCP
task force (ht 26/08/2020)
Despite
call for changes in Nepali Congress, old guard clings
on to power : With six months to go for the general
convention, alliances are being built, but younger
leaders are not ready to take over, by Anil Giri
(kp 23/08/2020) [The two major
parties do not differ at all in this respect. The
generation of failed, incompetent, authoritarian and
largely aging or sick politicians clings to power and
posts!]
NC
top brass brace for race to top party post, by Ram
Prasad Dahal (rn 20/08/2020)
12
Congress leaders urge Deuba to scrap decision to form
party departments: The party charter allows a maximum
of 50 members in one department. Deuba is preparing to
form seven more departments soon, according to
Congress leaders.(kp 12/08/2020) [Deuba is not
less authoritarian than Oli! Wjhat a shame for
democracy!!]
NC
Central Departments Get Full Shape (rn 10/08/2020)
Nepali
Congress lacks internal democratic culture, says Dr
Shekhar Koirala, interview by Govinda Luitel and
Ek Raj Bastola (kh 10/08/2020)
Nepali
Congress likely to postpone its 14th general
convention: While Covid-19 makes it difficult to host
the event, leaders say disputes within the party
compound the challenges, by Anil Giri (kp
09/08/2020)
NC
Should Uphold Democratic Values, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 06/08/2020)
Deuba’s
unilateral moves lead to polarisation in Congress as
party gears up for general convention: Despite
protests from the Poudel faction, the party president
says he will
continue
to form more committees as he reserves the right to do
so, by Anil Giri (kp 31/07/2020), Paudel,
Koirala ask Deuba to play fair (ht 31/07/2020)
Shashank
Koirala says he would contest for the party president
(kh 30/07/2020)
30
RPP leaders including Joint General Secy Thapa resign
en masse: Sources said Thapa plans to join NC soon
(rep 26/07/2020)
NC
expels its three leaders including Joshi on
disciplinary ground (rep 26/07/2020)
So
far seven vie for Nepali Congress top post: Convention
in February but federal structure of the party yet to
be formed , by Anil Giri (kp 24/07/2020) [All politicians mentioned as
candidates for the top party post belong to the
generation of failed party leaders!!]
No
Option But To Vote For Nepali Congress (NC)?, by
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 22/07/2020)
Deuba
concedes meeting emissaries of PM Oli and Prachanda
(kh 05/07/2020) [Neither Oli
nor Dahal nor Deuba nor any other so-called top
leaders of the CPN and NC should play a role in the
election of a new PM and government. They all failed
miserably often enough, proving their incompetence and
disinterest in policies that are oriented towards the
interests and welfare of the state and its people.]
Congress
to stand against seven-year provision for naturalised
citizenship, by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/07/2020) [The NC should do more to combat
the fundamental unequal treatment of women in Nepalese
citizenship law. But the party does not do this,
because its leaders are similarly patriarchal and
backward-looking as the politicians of all parties in
the country!]
Nepali
Congress calls Central Working Committee meeting to
reschedule local-level conventions: The party has not
decided whether to postpone the general convention,
by Anil Giri (kp 29/06/2020)
Congress
vows to take to the streets alongside politically
unaffiliated youths: While the youths have largely
remained politically unaffiliated so far, the
involvement of the Congress is likely to bring the
movement under a political flag, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 16/06/2020) [This
movement would be better left in the hands of civil
society, as it directly addresses the concerns and
needs of the people. For decades, all political
parties, especially the Nepali Congress, have put the
needs of the multi-ethnic and multicultural population
behind personal power aspirations and interests!]
In
a symbolic gesture to Madhes, Congress registers its
own constitution amendment bill: The bill is the same
one that was registered by then government led by
party President Deuba in 2017, by Anil Giri (kp
03/06/2020) [In reality, even
the NC has no understanding for the concerns of the
Janajati and Madheshi. The present non-inclusive
constitution was passed in 2015 under the then NC
Chairman and PM, late Sushil Koirala!]
Nepali
Congress central committee directs lawmakers to vote
in favour of constitution amendment: The government
has registered a constitution amendment proposal to
update the country’s map that includes Kalapani,
Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, by Binod Ghimire (kp
31/05/2020)
Nepali
Congress to support constitution amendment, but with
conditions: While a group of leaders rally support for
the proposal, others want the government to commit to
meaning diplomatic dialogue with India, by Anil
Giri (kp 30/05/2020)
Covid-19
crisis fails to unite Nepali Congress leaders: Rank
and file of the opposition receive different messages
from top leadership and are confused about the
official stance of the party, insiders say, by
Anil Giri (kp 07/04/2020)
After
a brief calm, conflict returns to the Nepali Congress:
The rival faction has taken exception to some recent
appointments by President Deuba, saying it’s against
the party charter and code of conduct, by Anil
Giri (kp 05/03/2020), NC
dissidents to 'fight back' against Deuba's unilateral
moves (rep 05/03/2020)
NC
Prez Deuba forms 13 departments amid boycott by rival
faction (rep 01/03/2020)
Congress
shadow government to probe corruption but not many are
optimistic: The party’s failure to act as an effective
opposition stems from their fears that their criticism
of the government could boomerang on them, say
analysts, by Anil Giri (kp 25/02/2020) [In
the past, many leaders of this party have been part of
the corruption system as well!]
NC
general secy calls on UP CM Yogi Adityanath (ht
14/02/2020) [Renewed Hindu
state ambitions within NC???]
Congress
objection to anti-graft body’s move may be right, but
the means is wrong, analysts say: Instead of raising
its voice against systemic problems and corruption in
Parliament strongly, the main opposition is resorting
to House obstruction, by Anil Giri (kp
10/02/2020), NC
obstructs House for third day in a row (ht
10/02/2020), NC
ends Parliament obstruction after three days (ht
12/02/2020)
Nepali
Congress accuses anti-graft body of witch-hunt in
Lalita Niwas land scam: Why were Madhav Nepal and
Bishnu Poudel spared, but Gachhadar charged,
opposition asks, by Anil Giri (kp 07/02/2020)
Dhungana
appointed NSU president (rep 31/01/2020)
Internal
dispute in Nepali Congress’ student wing hinders Free
Student Union election: Infighting in the Congress
party has tricked down to its student wing, by
Bijnod Ghimire (kp 30/01/2020)
Thaw
in Congress party allows for February 19-22 as dates
for its general convention: Despite a punch up among
its student leaders in the afternoon, the Nepali
Congress appears to have temporarily put its
factionalism aside, by Anil Giri (kp 28/01/2020)
NC
rival factions bury hatchet after month-long disputes
(rep 25/01/2020)
Pressure
mounts on Sher Bahadur Deuba as rival faction ups the
ante: Ram Chandra Poudel group, which has backing of a
host of senior leaders, wants to hold ‘decisive talks’
with party president today, by Anil Giri (kp
24/01/2020)
Poudel-led
NC faction captures Deuba’s liaison office (rep
21/01/2020)
Nepali
Congress, Unite (rep 16/01/2020)
‘NC
leadership will change after 14th convention’ (ht
15/01/2020)
Faced
with factionalism, a beleaguered Congress still can’t
get its house in order: At a time when the party
should be acting as a check on the Oli administration,
it is too busy dealing with factional infighting,
by Anil Giri (kp 07/01/2020), NC
district chiefs lambast party leadership, by
Rishan S. Nepal (ht 07/01/2020)
Gender
insensitivity and Nepali Congress: The party elite,
and Congress itself, think that women cannot be
effective political actors, by Prabha Poudyal (kp
07/01/2020)
NC
leadership decisions to influence national convention,
interview with Ram Sharan Mahat (ht 06/01/2020)
Paudel
camp to boycott today’s CWC (ht 02/01/2020), Abide
by party decision, says NC Prez Deuba (ht
02/01/2020) [Both Deuba and
Paudel should go for the sake of the party's future!
The NC needs a youger and more democratic leadership!!]
A
weak opposition is only emboldening the ruling party:
The Nepali Congress never recovered from its 2017
electoral loss and, analysts say, amid infighting, it
has largely failed to act as a proper check on the
ruling party, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 31/12/2019)
NC
extends Deuba’s tenure as party prez: Paudel faction
miffed at central working committee decision (ht
28/12/2019) [Both of them must
go if the party shall have a democratic future!],
NC
to hold 14th general convention in Feb 2021 (rep
28/12/2019), Paudel
faction rejects decision to extend leadership’s
tenure: ‘Deuba’s unilateral move has put party in
crisis’ (ht 29/12/2019), NC
rival faction to boycott all meetings of the party
until unilateral decisions revoked (rep
29/12/2019), NC
leader Nidhi urges Paudel to attend next CWC meeting
(ht 31/12/2019)
Opposition
politics revisited: Nepali Congress has an opportunity
to make its presence felt by addressing popular
issues, but it is being hampered by internal
differences, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 24/12/2019)
Deuba’s
bid to woo Paudel fails, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
15/12/2019), Deuba
fails to take Paudel on board (ht 16/12/2019), Deuba
under pressure to fix party’s general convention date
(rep 16/12/2019), Deuba
faction proposes 14th general convention by the third
week of February 2021: An unconvinced Poudel camp
takes issue with one-year term extension of elected
bodies and the possibility of appointing loyalists by
the establishment, by Anil Giri (kp 17/12/2019), The
opposition counts in a democracy, but the present
political outlook for Nepali Congress looks dire:
Should the party keep dithering, the danger is that
national politics could become shallow and prolonged
with the continued dominance of one party (kp
17/12/2019), NC
warring factions inch closer to pact: CWC term to be
extended: by one year till mid-March 2021, by
Roshan S. Nepal(ht 17/12/2019), NC
factions ‘agree’ to hold 14th convention by mid-March,
2021 (rep 18/12/2019), NC
CWC deferred: Talks stalled over number of NSU office
bearersd (ht 19/12/2019)
NC’s
national convention to be postponed (ht
10/12/2019) [???], Paudel
camp boycotts NC CWC meet, by Roshan S.Nepal (ht
13/12/2019) [It's high time
for the NC to get rid of its ld and failed leaders
like Deuba, Paudel and some others!]
NC
likely to lose 7 seats in upper house, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 10/12/2019)
Nepali
Congress is in decline because its leaders are
corrupt: Revitalising the party would threaten the
interests of these leaders and dismantle the
mechanisms through which they accumulate power and
money, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 09/12/2019)
Intra-party
betrayal behind by-election loss: Deuba (ht
08/12/2019)
NC
registers historic victory in Dharan (ht
03/12/2019)
Deuba’s
statements on Kalapani ‘aggressive and
ultra-nationalist’, party leaders say: Leaders from
the Congress have criticised Deuba’s recent statement
alleging that New Delhi published India’s new
political map after consulting with KP Sharma Oli,
by Anil Giri (kp 29/11/2019)
Nepali
Congress, govt in Catch-21 situation: NC catches govt
going wrong way 21 times in 21 months (ht
20/11/2019)
NC
opposes any move to deny pension to retired civil
servants, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 18/11/2019)
Party
cannot afford to lose, says NC leader (ht
16/11/2019)
General
strike hits life in Banke (ht 16/11/2019)
NC
veep says party has got rid of factionalism (ht
08/11/2019) [Since its
foundation in Indian exile in the late 1940s, the NC
has always been affected by factionalism. This party
will never change!]
NC
struggles to finalise candidates (ht 06/11/2019),
Congress
fields Paudel from Kaski (ht 07/11/2019)
Tarun
Dal Banke says its leader was framed (ht
02/11/2019)
The
crimes Alam has been accused of are grave, but his
party has little to say: Nepali Congress leaders
continue to insist that an individual’s crimes do not
reflect on the party, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/10/2019) [The cover of
criminals in their ranks has system in many Nepali
parties!]
Deuba
tells PM Oli to end CC majoritarianism (ht
23/10/2019)
Congress
lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam arrested in relation to
2008 Rautahat blast: The politician faces charges of
burning those injured in the explosion alive in a
brick kiln, by Shiva Puri (kp 14/10/2019)
Congress’
shadow cabinet has largely failed to check on
government activities: Since its formation five months
ago, the shadow government of the main opposition
party has yet to hold a single meeting, by Anil
Giri (kp 01/10/2019)
Gachchhadar
faction may emerge as ‘powerful’ in NC (rep
01/10/2019)
A
strong government needs a stronger opposition: Nepali
Congress should snap out of its trance and do its job
in Parliament (kp 24/09/2019)
Banke
attack prompts NC to obstruct both houses, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/09/2019), Congress
obstructs Parliament for second day over Banke
incident, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 17/09/2019), Nepali
Congress ends House obstruction (ht 19/09/2019)
With
the anniversary of constitution promulgation
approaching, Congress proposes amendments: Nepali
Congress, under whose leadership the constitution was
promulgated, has said it will make amendment one of
its protest agendas, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
09/09/2019) [The NC was in
government when this constitution was passed. Later,
its current chairman, Sher Bahadur Deuba, was PM. But
he and all the male Bahuns at the top of the party
were against a constitutional amendment. Obviously,
they are calling for such a change now in order to
stage themselves, knowing full well that they lack the
necessary two-thirds majority!]
NC
to launch second phase of campaign to expose
government (ht 06/09/2019)
NC
against restoring Hindu state: Nidhi, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 06/09/2019) [Many
in your party have a different opinion, especially the
leading Bahuns!]
Deuba
vents ire against gov't for dissolving Dalit
Development Committee, by Kamal Subedi (rep
06/09/2019)
NC
CWC agrees on 14 agendas (ht 04/09/2019)
Ahead
of general convention, Congress leaders ask if the
event will upend status quo: Second-rung leaders from
two major factions are preparing to challenge the
current leadership (kp 03/09/2019)
‘On
citizenship, NC should stick to provisions of 2007
statute’ (ht 31/08/2019) [Shekhar
Koirala once again calls for a return to Hindu state!]
NC
brass under fire for failure to make its presence felt,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 28/08/2019), Wake
up Nepali Congress (rep 29/08/2019)
Deuba
blames intra-party rift for his dismal performance
(ht 24/08/2019) [He should be
grabbing his own nose!]
Leadership
Challenges Of NC, by Mukti Rijal (rn 22/08/2019)
Prohibiting
competition, NC to form 7,991 interim structures
through consensus: The party is yet to take a decision
on forming interim structures in seven provinces and
giving continuity to the present central working
committee, by Anil Giri (kp 13/08/2019) [The
NC, as well, is not democratic but it is controlled by
high-caste male ethnic elites, similar to the NCP!]
Congress
leaders clear decks for party’s 14th General
Convention: Party will publish a timetable for the
convention after the drafting panel submits a new
directive on forming interim party structures, party
Vice President Bimalendra Nidhi says, by Anil Giri
(kp 06/08/2019)
All
NC interim structures to be in place 'via consensus'
by mid-Dec (rep 04/08/2019)
Congress
indecisive on interim party structure and general
convention as dispute deepens: Deuba is seeking a term
extension by one year. The Poudel faction opposes the
plan, by Anil Giri (kp 02/08/2019) [Both
these failed old leaders must quit immediately!],
Rift
in NC over general convention date (rep
02/08/2019)
NC's
14th national convention: Paudel camp holds meet after
CWC fails to decide (ht 31/07/2019)
Gagan
Thapa: The young people of today can’t connect with
Congress: The Nepali Congress leader talks about
institutions, his party, and the ministry he’d like to
lead next time, by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp
28/07/2019)
NC
factions divided on forming interim structures (ht
28/07/2019)
Congress,
the party that stood for democracy, attempts to
control its own members: Party members say use of
restrictive measures by the leadership to stifle
opinions is cause for concern, by Anil Giri (kp
22/07/2019), NC
takes disciplinary action against rebel candidates,
their supporters (rep 23/07/2019)
A
Congress lawmaker’s support for ruling party’s motion
puts main opposition in dilemma: Amresh Kumar Singh
goes against his own party which has been raising
voice against the government in Parliament, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 21/07/2019)
Congress
at a crossroads: The oldest political organisation in
the country is frantically searching for its footing,
by P. Kharel (kp 15/07/2019)
Deuba
faction in favour of putting off general convention
date (ht 14/07/2019), There’s
no reason for delaying national convention,
interview with Gagan Kumar Thapa (ht 15/07/2019)
NC,
RJPN join hands against govt (rep 11/07/2019)
Chart
the road ahead: Only a strong opposition can
keep the ruling party on its toes (kp
09/07/2019)
NC
begins homework to form interim committees, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 09/07/2019)
Pressure
mounts on Deuba to hold Congress general convention:
Facing opposition in the party, Deuba finally agrees
to table an agenda to hold the party’s 14th General
Convention by mid-March, by Anil Giri (kp
08/07/2019)
NC
rival faction presses for timely general convention,
establishment seeks to defer it (rep 03/07/2019)
Congress’
awareness campaign fails to enthuse party members who
say problem lies with top leadership: Factional feud,
ad hoc attitude and reluctance to embrace change are
the bane of the country’s oldest party, leaders say,
by Anil Giri (kp 16/06/2019)
arun
Dal condemns gangster Bhandari's arrest (rep
09/06/2019) [Just as other
Nepali parties, the NC is close to criminal elements!]
NC
forms shadow government, by Roshan S Nepal (ht
21/05/2019), Shadow
and substance: The shadow government needs to
know its purpose to be effective (kp 23/05/2019)
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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