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Nepal's Constitutional Bench to hear petitions against House dissolution

Nepal's Chief Justice has picked four justices of SC for the Constitutional Bench to hear the 30 writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives by the President

Oli loses majority after Prachanda faction pulls back official support

CPN-Maoist Center on Wednesday submitted letter informing the Parliament Secretariat that it no more part of the government led by Prime Minister Oli

Nepali Congress moves to oust Oli, to form govt under its leadership

Nepal's main opposition party Nepali Congress has initiated moves to topple Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and form an alternative government under its leadership with the support of the CPN-Maoist Centre and other parties. The Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) on Saturday decided to take initiative to form a new government under its leadership, according to party's senior leader Prakash Man Singh. The NC will ask Prime Minister Oli to step down and allow formation of a new government, said Singh. If he does not resign, the NC will move a no-trust motion against him in the House of Representatives and take initiative to form a new government under its leadership to save the democratic achievements of the past, he added. There is very much possibility of regression threatening the democratic republic system hard earned by the people through various movements, as Prime Minister Oli's unconstitutional move has posed a threat to democracy, he added. Being the main .

Nepal's SC quashes unification of PM Oli, rival Prachanda's parties

Nepal's Supreme Court on Sunday quashed the unification of the erstwhile Communist Party of Nepal (Unified MarxistLeninist) led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda'. The CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) merged in May 2018 to form a unified Nepal Communist Party following victory of their alliance in the 2017 general elections. On Sunday, an apex court bench of justices Kumar Regmi and Bam Kumar Shrestha issued the verdict giving authenticity of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to Rishiram Kattel, who had registered the party at the Election Commission (EC) in his name prior to the formation of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Oli and Prachanda, The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported. Kattel had challenged the Election Commission's decision to register Nepal Communist Party (NCP) under Oli and Prachanda in May 2018. The bench said that a new party cannot be registered with the Election Commission when i

NCP's Prachanda-led faction to stage general strike in Nepal on Thursday

The ruling Nepal Communist Party's splinter faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda' and Madhav Kumar Nepal has announced a country-wide general strike against K P Sharma Oli-led government.

US envoy meets Nepal's Prachanda to discuss Biden administration priorities

US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry on Monday met Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', the chairperson of the splinter faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP)

NCP's Prachanda-led faction expels PM Oli from party's general membership

The decision was taken after Oli failed to produce explanation to his recent moves as sought by party leadership, sources said

Himalayan chessboard: India fishes for advantage in unstable Nepal

What will increase Indian influence in Nepal is to recognise that it is a brother nation bound by unbreakable historic, cultural, religious, and linguistic ties

Himalayan failure: Why a communist merger failed to work in Nepal

The merger of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and the Maoist Centre two years ago has failed and Nepal is in danger precisely what it had vowed never to be - a guided democracy

Prachanda-led CPN removes Nepal PM Oli from party's chairman post

The Central Committee meeting of Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'-led faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party on Tuesday removed Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli from the post of chairman

Nepal PM K P Sharna Oli calls all-party meet on Covid-19, political unrest

KP Sharma Oli has called an all-party meeting to discuss contemporary national political issues, amid a tussle for power within the ruling Nepal Communist Party between the premier and Pushpa Dahal

Meeting of Nepal ruling party to solve political crisis ends inconclusively

Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's one-on-one meeting with the party's executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" failed to end the protracted political tussle between them

Much-awaited Nepal meeting ends in deadlock, PM Oli seeks more time

The next meeting of the Secretariat has been rescheduled for November 28

Nepal's ruling Communist Party resolves differences between Oli, Prachanda

Nepal's ruling Communist Party on Friday resolved the protracted differences between Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his opponent Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" by agreeing to a power-sharing deal

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, Pushpakamal Prachanda hold talks

Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and ruling Nepal Communist Party's executive chairman Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda held talks on Tuesday

Nepal: Prachanda convenes NCP meet sans PM Oli as intra-party rift deepens

Standing Committee members close to Oli did not attend the unilateral meeting convened by Prachanda

Nepal Communist Party's key meeting ends without any breakthrough

Nepal's ruling communist party's top decision-making body failed to achieve a breakthrough to end a power tussle between PM K P Sharma Oli and former premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'

PM Oli claims Lord Ram for Nepal, says India created 'fake' Ayodhya

Nepalese leader's statement comes at a time when the two countries are holding back-channel talks after Kathmandu claimed Indian territories of Lipulekh-Kalapani in a new map.

Nepal's ruling party may split as talks between PM Oli and Prachanda fail

Oli and Prachanda have held a series of meetings to iron out their differences, but both the factions appeared to have gone back to locking horns

Talks between Nepal PM Oli, NCP's Prachanda fail; to meet again on Monday

As both the leaders stick to their respective stands, the talk could not bear any fruit, said a source close to Prime Minister Oli.