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Introduction
In January 1947 some minor political and students organizations founded
in Indian exile joined under the name of Nepali Rastriya Congress (Nepali
National Congress) on the initiative of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala,
usually called B. P. Koirala. In March 1947, the party leaders had
their first great appearance in Nepal when they took the leadership in the
strike of the Biratnagar jute mill workers which before had been initiated
by the communist leader Man Mohan Adhikari.
A first split of the party already occurred in 1947 after dissent
between B. P. Koirala and Dilli Raman Regmi who had been elected
party president in July 1947 while B. P. was imprisoned by the Ranas
in Kathmandu. There existed two parties under the same name until B.P.’s
Nepali Rastriya Congress joined with the Nepali Prajatantrik Congress
(Nepali Democratic Congress) in April 1950 and further on called itself
simply Nepali Congress (NC).
The party used its Mukti Sena (Liberation Army) during the upheaval
against the Ranas in 1950/51 which finally brought Rana oligarchy to an
end. But the party leaders were hardly participated in the Delhi
compromise between King Tribhuvan and the Rana Prime Minister Mohan
Shamsher which bore the imprint of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Nevertheless, the NC joined the interim government of Mohan Shamsher.
After the breakdown of this government in November 1951, rifts and
splits appeared within the NC leadership, especially between B.P. and M.P.
(Matrika Prasad) Koirala. The latter split the Party in 1953 founding the
Rastriya Praja Party. King Tribhuvan used these inner party struggles to
strengthen his position favouring M.P. who served three times as Prime
Minister in the early 1950s.
Between 1952 and 1958, the NC was not included into the several
governments nominated by the Kings Tribhuvan respectively Mahendra. Three
leaders came to the forefront during this time besides B.P. Koirala:
Suvarna Shamsher J.B. Rana, Surya Prasad Upadhyaya, and Ganesh Man Singh
Shrestha. As the 1959 general elections approached, King Mahendra
nominated a multiparty coalition government with Suvarna Shamsher as
chairperson.
The NC won the first parliamentary elections of 1959 with an
overwhelming majority of 37.7% of the votes and 74 out of 109 seats. On 27
May 1959, the Nepali Congress government under Prime Minister B.P. Koirala
was sworn in. After only 18 months, King Mahendra overthrew this
government by a putsch, put almost all ministers and many other party
politicians into prison for years without trial and started to build up
his partyless Panchayat system.
The NC underground politics during the Panchayat period can be divided
into six phases:
- the phase of effective resistance, organized from India (1961-62)
- the phase of disillusionment, when India restricted NC activities
during times of Indo-Chinese conflict (1963-67)
- the short phase of loyal co-operation, when most of the party
leaders, among them B.P. Koirala and Ganesh Man Singh, were released
from prison (1968-69)
- the phase of renewed confrontation after B.P. went into Indian exile
(1969-75)
- the phase of national reconciliation after B.P. Koirala returned
from India (1976-89); B.P., perhaps, made one of his worst mistakes
when he rejected the offer of other parties to co-operate in the
national referendum of 1980; he died on 21 July 1982
- the phase of open confrontation, when, in cooperation with the
United Left Front, the Panchayat system was overturned by a democratic
system (1990-91)
The 1990s started with the glorious return of the NC, again winning the
parliamentary elections of 1991 with an absolute majority: 39.3% of the
votes and 110 out of 205 seats. Since interim Prime Minister Krishna
Prasad Bhattarai lost his constituency, Girija Prasad Koirala became Prime
Minister in May 1991.
After that, the NC lost itself more and more into inner party
struggles. On the one hand, the triumvirate of old leaders, G.P. Koirala,
K.P. Bhattarai and G.M. Singh, fought each other whenever they could. They
finally brought their own government down in 1994 and even lost majority
in parliament in the mid-term elections of November 1994. On the other
hand, there was a generation of younger leaders who tried to get power
transferred into their hands. Among them was Sher Bahadur Deuba who led
the first coalition government (Sept. 1995 – March 1997). His majority
in parliament depended on a single vote; this caused him to include up to
48 ministers in his cabinet making his government more or less
ineffective.
After some other coalition governments, Girija Prasad Koirala returned
to power on 15 April 1998 leading an NC minority government. It was later
joined by the newly formed CPN-ML. When this coalition broke down in
December 1998, the CPN-UML joined hands with Koirala forming a coalition
government with the only aim to hold general elections in May 1999.
With the nomination of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai as the leading
candidate of his party, Girija Prasad Koirala managed to unite his party
which obviously was on the eve of a split. In the 1999 elections, the NC
again lost votes compared to the left parties, but it nevertheless won an
absolute majority of seats thanks to the split of the CPN-UML.
After the elections, a new government under Prime Minister Krishna
Prasad Bhattarai was sworn in. But this government was brought down by
party president Girija Prasad Koirala after only nine months because of
its ineffectiveness. Koirala became Prime Minister of the new government
on 20 March 2000, which did not prove more effective than that of
his predecessor. On 19 July 2001, Girija Prasad Koirala finally stepped
down as prime minister and gave way to a younger generation of party
politicians. Sher Bahadur Deuba started his second term as prime minister
with a number of resolute steps opening the way for a dialogue with the
CPN (Maoist).
This dialogue abruptly ended on 23 November 2001 when
the Maoists brutally attact and raided army and police camps as well as
government offices at several places of the country. Deuba mobilized the
army and declared a state of emergency defunctioning numerous fundamental
rights. When there was a row over the extension of the state of emergency
in late May 2002, Deuba asked the king to dissolve parliament and to call
for new elections. This led to a split of the NC into two groups led by
Girija Prasad Koirala and Sher Bahadur Deuba respectively. Nepal's
traditional NC party lies in shambles with an uncertain future.
After the Election Commission finally
decided to recognise the group of Girija Prasad Koirala as the official
Nepali Congress, Sher Bahadur Deuba registered his group as a new party
under the name Nepali Congress (Democratic) on 22 September 2002. Both
groups reunited om September 25, 2007, to face the CA elections as a
united party. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai's resignation from the party one
day later because it turned to republicanism proved that the Nepali
Congress is still all but a unified party and still has a strong
affinity towards conservatism and traditional Hindu political thinking.
This and the Maoist fickleness together are most responsible for the
delay CA elections and crisis solution.
Press
articles (used
media abbreviations)
Purna Bahadur Khadka quits NC central body (ht 11/05/2008), Don’t join next govt: NC CWC members, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 11/05/2008) [This
is definitely not what those wanted who have elected this party! The NC
leaders continue their selfish politics to destroy Nepal!!]
Disgruntled NSU lot wants CC dissolved to hold convention (ht 11/05/2008)
'The Nepali Congress better change or it's finished', interview with Narahari Acharya (kp 05/05/2008) [You are totally right but I think most of the old leaders prefer the party's death!]
Parties urged to choose youth leaders (kp 03/05/2008), Sense and insensitivity in NC, by Monica Regmi (kp 03/05/2008)
NC and Narahari Acharya’s poll, by Abhi Subedi (kp 30/04/2008)
NC asks House panel to finalize PR list (kp 29/04/2008), NC may finalise PR candidates today (ht 30/04/2008)
NSU veep accuses leadership of tyranny (ht 28/04/2008), NSU activists call for national convention (nn 28/04/2008), NSU activists picket Nepali Congress leaders (ht 29/04/2008), NSU to prepare for convention (ht 30/04/2008)
Out of touch (kp 26/04/2008), 'NC won't give up govt's leadership unless Maoists dump weapons' (nn 26/04/2008) [Of
course do the Maoists have to give up militancy but what the NC claims
is a putsch against the democratic desicion of the sovereign people!!], NC meet put off yet again (ht 29/04/2008), NC CWC meeting deferred till Thursday (kp 30/04/2008)
Crucial NC CWC meet from today (ht 24/04/2008), NC to take stock of its electoral loss (nn 24/04/2008), NC leaders: Change of govt a non-issue, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 25/04/2008), Take time to decide, PM tells NC leaders (ht 25/05/2008), Koirala rejects NC acting president’s resignation (nn 27/04/2008) [Of course, the NC has to remain under the control of the Koirala family!!]
NC cadres want murder case withdrawn (kp 21/04/2008), 3 hurt as NPF, NC men clash (kp 23/04/2008), NC candidate, 3 others accused of blast (kp 23/04/2008)
NC should not join new govt, says Shekhar (ht 20/04/2008), NSU urges party to quit govt (kp 21/04/2008), NC leaders against joining new govt (kp 23/04/2008), NC split over joining Maoist-led govt (ht 23/04/2008), Pressure on NC not to join new govt (nn 23/04/2008)
Dr. Shashank remains the sole torch-bearer of Koirala clan in CA polls (nn 14/04/2008), NC mulling over whether to stay in the government or not (nn 15/04/2008), Party shouldn’t join new govt: NC leaders (kp 16/04/2008), NC to study poor poll performance, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 16/04/2008), Koirala’s crumbling house of cards!, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg 16/04/2008), Poll defeat will ‘prove costly’ for Koirala clan (ht 17/04/2008), NC calls CWC meet to review party's defeat in polls (nn 17/04/2008), NC to assess causes of poll defeat (kp 18/04/2008), NC accuses Maoists of terrorising people (ht 18/04/2008) [The ballot was secret! How can the Maoists know who voted for them and who did not?], NC candidate irked by partymen’s ‘treachery’ (kp 19/04/2008), Another NC bigwig loses election (nn 19/04/2008), NC units into introspection, by Binod Bhandari (kp 20/04/2008), Nepali Congress to discipline activists (ht 20/04/2008), 22 NC district units blame YCL terror for defeat (kp 21/04/2008) [When will you start to see your own bad politics, nepotism and non-inclusiveness as main reason??], NC blames YCL, leaders for defeat in Dhankuta (ht 21/04/200(, ‘Threats played a major role in the Maoist victory’, interview with Suprabha Ghimire (kp 21/04/2008), NC district committees claim Maoist atrocities for their poll defeat (nn 21/04/2008), No malpractices in voting process: Australia (nn 21/04/2008) [!!!], Maoist threat routed NC, report district units (ht 22/04/2008), NC Dhading dissolved (kp 23/04/2008)
Stung by defeat, NC starts introspection, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 14/04/2008)
Fall of giants taking its toll; Sushil Koirala announces resignation as NC acting prez (nn 12/04/2008)
Barking at the tree, by Ramesh Khatry (kp 03/04/2008)
Girija babu is making NC’s downfall imminent and pushing the country to a precipice, interview with Bipin Koirala (tg 26/03/2008)
Ticket-denied NC ‘royalists’ slam House decision (kp 25/03/2008), NC dissidents against federalism (ht 25/03/2008)
NC expels rebelling leaders, cadres (nn 20/03/2008)
I was excessively pressurized by Indian envoy: Koirala (tg 19/03/2008) [The
election candidates should be nominated by the local party basis in the
respective constituencies and not by the central party leaders! This is
not democracy!!]
Six hurt as NC, Tarun Dal cadres clash (ht 14/03/2008)
NC expels central member, five others (ht 14/03/2008), NC warns rebel candidates of action (kp 16/03/2008)
NC manifesto proposes ceremonial role to President, executive power to PM (nn 13/03/2008), NC for PM as executive head, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 14/03/2008), Manifesto mum on number, size of federal states (ht 14/03/2008)
NC’s revised closed list is inclusive; 168 male, 167 female candidates in polls fray, by Bishnu Budhathoki (ko 12/03/2008), NC makes its lists public formally (kp 16/03/2008)
NC standing weak in Morang, Sunsari (kp 09/03/2008)
NC candidates appeal for votes (kp 08/03/2008), NC candidates root for democratic statute (ht 08/03/2008)
Sayonara to king, Sujata croons in Delhi, by Anil Giri (ht 05/03/2008)
PM promises to pacify disgruntled NC leaders (ht 03/03/2008), Six Congress leaders quit party over candidacy row (nn 03/03/2008), Six NC MPs, one from RPP defect (kp 04/03/2008), NC leaders quit party to join MJF (ht 04/03/2008)
Pull out of poll fray, NSU tells rebel candidates (ht 02/03/2008)
Ambivalence of Nepali Congress, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 29/02/2008)
2,000 quit NC in Rautahat (ht 29/02/2008)
2 NC candidates to boycott poll (kp 27/02/2008)
Gachhadar, Bhandari not to contest election (nn 25/02/2008), NC replaces candidates (kp 26/02/2008)
NC starts distributing tickets for FPTP, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 24/02/2008), NC candidates’ list for 68 districts out (kp 24/02/2208), NC cadres vandalize own office (kp 24/02/2008), Congress lands in internal wrangling over candidate nomination (nn 24/02/2208)
Unpredictable Nepali Congress politics (tg 30/01/2008)
NC dissidents criticise party leadership for rubbing shoulders with communists (nn 17/01/2008), Congress dissidents criticise leadership (nn 27/01/2008), NC dissidents warn of disintegration, by Prem Nepali (kp 28/01/2008)
NC to deploy leaders nationwide (kp 15/01/2008)
PM nominates three NC MPs (nn 08/01/2008)
NC remained indifferent to Madhesis: Thakur (nn 08/01/2008)
NC forms mass meet organising committee (ht 06/01/2008)
Madhesi MPs urge NC to address tarai issues (kp 30/12/2007)
NC
to open Delhi liaison office (kp 28/12/2007)
Party
to take action against NC royalists (kp 22/12/2007)
NC leaders threaten to disobey the whip (nn 19/11/2007), Don’t give up party stance: NC leaders, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 19/11/2007)
Sujata accuses Sitaula of 'ambushing' NC and the country (nn 17/11/2007)
NC-D’s audit report out (kp 14/11/2007)
NC’s royal obsession, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 13/11/2007)
K.C. appointed NC spokesperson (nn 18/10/2007)
‘Republican campaign still relevant in NC’ (kp 13/10/2007)
NC members want general convention before CA election (kp 10/10/2007)
Congress CWC discusses party’s role in special House session (nn 08/10/2007)
NC panel to finalize CA poll candidates (kp 04/10/2007)
Seniority, contributions not the only criteria: NC (kp 02/10/2007)
Poudel appointed NC Veep (kp 29/09/2007)
Congress as a balancing factor, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 28/09/2007)
NC goes republican, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 27/09/2007), It’s official: NC turns republican (samn 27/09/2007)
Kishunji severs his relation with Congress (nn) [It's
a pity that this outstanding old politician sticks to the traditional
Tagadhari understanding of national reconciliation and does not
understand the necessity of an inclusive way of national
reconsiliation!!!] (nn 26/09/2007), ‘An Ominous Message’ (sp 28/09/2007) [The text of K.P.'s letter], Deuba says Kishunji's remarks won't affect Congress anymore (nn 28/09/2007), Kishunjee’s arrow, by Surendra R Devkota (kp 11/10/2007), Senility and the saviour syndrome: What is KP Bhattarai afraid of?, by CK Lal (nt 12/10/2007)
Congress mahasamiti today, to go for republic (kp 23/09/2007), Congress heading for titanic change (samn 23/09/2007), NC Mahasamiti to decide on republic; Kishunji writes to Koirala and Deuba (nn 23/09/2007), Koirala says NC is all for democratic republic (nn 23/09/2007), NC Mahasamiti meeting begins; republic main agenda (nn 23/09/2007), Mahasamiti all set to seal republic agenda, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 24/09/2007), Koirala hints ideological overhaul (samn 24/09/2007), NC, NC-D unification date likely to be announced today (nn 24/09/2007), Koirala, Deuba to fix unification date today (kp 24/09/2007), Formal announcement of Congress unification Tuesday (nn 24/09/2007), NC-D to hold inaugural session of its Mahasamiti (nn 24/09/2007), Mahasamiti & history (kp 24/09/2007), NC, NC-D to unite today, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 25/09/2007), Koirala, Deuba sign unification document (nn 25/09/2007), Nepali Congress is one again (nn 25/09/2007), Nepal's largest party to adopt resolution in favor of abolishing monarchy (iht 25/09/2007), Nepal PM buries hatchet with Deuba (wi 26/09/2007), Congress party unifies (samn 26/09/2007), Nepali Congress unites at last, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 26/09/2007), Unification synergy (kp 26/09/2007), Unified NC to endorse republican manifesto; against declaring republic by parliament (nn 26/09/2007), Nepali Congress decides to go for ‘federal democratic republic’ (nn 26/09/2007), Reluctant Republicanism? The adoption of a republican agenda by the unified Nepali Congress raises more questions than it answers, by Narayan Karki Chhettri (sp 28/09/2007), New phase (tc 28/09/2007)
Deuba furious over delay in unity, NC-D Mahasamiti meeting on Sep 25-26 (nn 19/09/2007), Deuba issues Sept 22 deadline on unification (kp 20/09/2007), GP to lead unified Congress (samn 21/09/2007) [When will he understand that the country needs new, younger and physically string leaders?]
Acharya and Thapa recommended as NC candidate (nn 16/09/2007)
PM urged to contest polls from Morang-4 (samn 14/09/2007), PM Koirala unlikely to contest CA polls (samn 22/09/2007)
Congress student wing to start election campaign (nn 08/09/2007)
NC Mahasamiti to decide on republic; NC-D wants unification as per ‘previous understanding’ (nn 06/09/2007), Decides to go for federal democratic republic: Nepali Congress takes a leap (kp 06/09/2007), Congress opts for republican setup (samn 06/09/2007), Nepal King loses his biggest prop (wi 06/09/2007), Historic move (kp 07/09/2007), NC can never go republican: Sujata (samn) [Thanks that Sujata is not the personification of the NC and that the party is also not the property of her family!!], Ceremonial monarchy, interview with NC leader Sujata Koirala (nt 14/09/2007, originally in Ghatana Ra Bichar, 12-18 September), Kishunji breaks his silence; expresses displeasure at NC’s drive for republic (nn 09/09/2007), Kishunji demurs on NC stand on republic (samn 10/09/2007), Talking about king waste of time: NC (samn 10/09/2007), Congress leaders dismiss Kishunji's views as outdated (nn 11/09/2007), Ramblings (kp 11/09/2007)Janasamparka Samiti elects Dr Devkota new chief (nn 05/09/2007)
All ready for unification: Deuba (kp 03/09/2007), NC, NC-D begin discussions on CA strategies, unification (nn 05/09/2007), NC CWC meet concludes; Koirala and Deuba to have final say on party unification (nn 06/09/2007), ‘Deuba-Koirala pact basis for unity’: NC-D calls for candidate names (kp 06/09/2007), Koirala and Deuba planning a crucial meet (nn 07/09/2007), NC awaits NC-D response on CWCs merger (kp 07/09/2007), Koirala-Deuba talks ends inconclusively (nn 07/09/2007), NC unification inches closer, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 08/09/2007), India shows interest in Congress unification; taskforce meeting inconclusive (nn 08/09/2007), NC-NC(D) unification to take more time (samn 09/09/2007), Congress unification 'just two days away' (nn 10/09/2007), Unification problems resolved: Deuba, by Shankar Acharya (kp 12/09/2007), Koirala, Deuba discuss unity (nn 12/09/2007)
NC manifesto by Sept 27 (samn 02/09/2007)
NC CWC criticises Maoist acts; Deuba says elements in NC delayed unification (nn 31/08/2007), NC CWC meet raps Maoists, government, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 01/09/2007)
NC forms committee to draft manifesto (nn 30/08/2007) [Before the much discussed unification??], NC starts polls preparation (kp 31/08/2007)
Yadav predicts Congress unification will materialise in two-three days (28/08/2007), PM Koirala and Deuba talk about expediting Congress unity (nn 29/08/2007), Pressure to unite mounts on Deuba (samn 29/08/2007)
PM asks NC leaders to gear up for polls (nn 26/08/2007)
NC veep says he will not stand in the way of Congress unification (nn 22/08/2007)
NC leaders complain against deferral of CWC meet (kp 19/08/2007)
Congress parties agree to make Sushil acting president and Deuba senior most leader (nn 13/08/2007) [Traditional intra party "democracy" in practice! Long live the Tagadhari elites!], Deuba says unity prospects have diminished (nn 15/08/2007), PM nonchalant on Congress merger: Deuba (samn 15/08/2007), Congress parties inch toward unification, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 15/08/2007), Congress unification process resumes (nn 18/08/2007)
PM holds talks with Deuba over Congress unity (nn 08/08/2007), Deuba tired of waiting for unity call (nn 10/08/2007), 'No Congress unity before polls' (samn 11/08/2007), Congress unification before polls may just be a pipedream (nn 11/08/2007), Deuba rules out Congress unification (samn)
Nepali Congress unification talks resume (nn 06/08/2007), NC unification exercise continues (kp 06/08/2007), PM vows to unify Congress soon (samn 06/08/2007), 'Some reasons are delaying NC unification', interview with Minendra Rijal (kp 06/08/2007)
Deuba disgruntled over delay in congress unification (nn 01/08/2007), NC’s merger bid frivolous: Deuba (kp 04/08/2007)
Tarun Dal to boycott Sitaula's function (samn 22/07/2007)
NC cadre killed in Panchthar (kp 18/07/2007)
Koirala, Deuba agree to expedite Congress unity (nn 18/07/2007), Congress unification necessary for successful CA polls: Koirala (nn 21/07/2007), Congress unity not making headway (samn 22/07/2007), Congress unification process may take some time (nn 22/07/2007), Unification demand marks BP memorial day (kp 23/07/2007), Congress unification in crucial phase (samn 26/07/2007), NC-NC(D) unity still elusive (kp 27/07/2007)
'Koirala is behind delay in party unification' (nn 17/07/2007)
Tarun Dal general convention begins in Chitwan (nn 15/07/2007), Yadav elected new Tarun Dal president (nn 20/07/2007)
Sushila Koirala is no more (nn 13/07/2007)
NSU convention to kick off in Nepalgunj (nn 10/07/2007), NSU convention hits a snag (nn 11/07/2007), NSU convention extended (kp 13/07/2007), NSU-D statute amended amid vandalism and protests (nn 14/07/2007), NSU-D convention continues amid vandalism, by Janak Nepal (kp 14/07/2007), Fistfights, vandalism spoil NSU election (nn 15/07/2007), NSU convention starts poll for new leadership (kp 16/07/2007), Kalyan Gurung elected NSU president (nn 16/07/2007), Kalyan Gurung new NSU-D prez (kp 17/07/2007)
NC meeting withheld after Chandra Shekhar's death (nn 08/07/2007), Poudel in Delhi to pay last respects (nn 09/07/2007)
NSU to make its statute more inclusive (samn 08/07/2007)
Koirala, Deuba discuss Congress unification (nn 07/07/2007), Congress unity talks fail to progress (samn 08/07/2007)
NC will go for republic: Acharya (samn 04/07/2007)
NC to unveil poll plans in right time (samn 29/06/2007) [Yes, it's absolutely unimportant why the people shall vote for the NC!!], Poudel says NC will raise agenda of democratic republic in CA (nn 29/06/2007), NC to push for republic in polls: Poudel (samn), NC launches CA poll campaign (kp 30/06/2007)
Student wing of NC-D prepares for convention (nn 28/06/2007)
Tarun Dal to campaign for democratic republic (nn 27/06/2007)
Congress unification within a month: KP Bhattarai (nn 16/06/2007)
‘Unifed NC may choose republic’, by DR PANT (kp 05/06/2007)
NSUs press for NC unification (kp 03/06/2007), Unified Congress in a month: KC (samn 03/06/2007), Congress unification will depend on Koirala’s behaviour: Deuba (nn 03/06/2007)
Koirala loses grip on student wing (samn 28/05/2007), Winds of change! by Niraj Aryal (tg 30/05/2007), NSU election and NC, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 31/05/2007), Loud feedback from NSU poll, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 01/06/2007)
The Koiralas’ Crown Compulsions, by Sanjay Upadhya (Scoop 22/05/2007)
Deuba says he does not vie for any post (nn 20/05/2007), NC (D) for ‘complete’ merger with NC (samn 20/05/2007), Koirala, Deuba discuss party unity, political issues (nn 21/05/2007), I don't see possibility of Congress unity soon, says Deuba (nn 22/05/2007), NC unification talks hit roadblock, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 22/05/2007), Deuba meets with Koirala and Bhattarai (nn 23/05/2007), PM forms panel for NC merger (samn 24/05/2007), The Prajatantrik party is over: Deuba will have to go his own way if he doesn’t unite with the NC, by CK Lal (nt 25/05/2007), NC constitutes task force, congress unification process starts (nn 29/05/2007)
NC will unite once CA date is announced, says PM (nn 15/05/2007), Bhattarai assures he will take initiative for Congress unity (nn 18/05/2007), PM makes ‘courtesy call’ on KP Bhattarai (kp 19/05/2007)
Reemergence of Moderation: After tilting too much towards extremism, there appears re-emergence of moderation in Nepali Congress, by Keshab Poudel (sp 11/05/2007), NC fights (nt 11/05/2007, originally in Naya Patrika, 10 May)
Can unified Congress survive 21st century Nepal? Political polarization, by Sumit Sharma (kp 05/05/2007)
NC calls district presidents' meet (kp 01/05/2007), NC district presidents’ meet begins; Koirala accuses UML and Maoists of dual role (nn 04/05/2007), NC district presidents urge clear position on monarchy (nn 06/05/2007), NC dist chiefs want decision on monarchy (samn 06/05/2007), NC district chiefs demand Mahasamitee meet (kp 07/05/2007)
"If We Follow The Populist Trend, Our Party Will Lose Its Identity", interview with Sunil Kumar Bhandari (sp 20/04/2007), Power: Politics Of Haves And Have Nots, by Keshab Poudel (sp 20/04/2007)
NC (D) registers at EC (kp 19/04/2007)
Congress to kick off campaign from Pokhara; unity to proceed after Deuba's return (nn 09/04/2007), Congress begins campaign for polls (samn 10/04/2007)
Nepali Congress registered at EC; Party unification before CA polls: Poudel (nn 08/04/2007), NC goes ahead solo to register itself at EC (ek 08/04/2007)
NC dissident group lobbies for monarchy (samn 05/04/2007)
Unification of NC, NC-D within a month: KC (nn 03/04/2007)
Congress to kick off campaign with rallies (nn 29/03/2007), NC to rally in 4 cities (kp 29/03/2007)
NC-Democratic makes its finances public (nn 26/03/2007)
NC not clear about republic: Acharya (nn 18/03/2007), 'NC not yet ready with its agenda' (samn 18/03/2007)
'NC cadres see monarchy as irrelevant' (kp 15/03/2007)
NC, NC (D) unification soon: Poudel (samn 07/03/2007)
Republic need of hour: Rijal (samn 02/03/2007)
Kishunji favors powerless monarchy (nn 28/02/2007), Constitutional monarchy still needed: Bhattarai (kp 01/03/2007) [... says the diehard who will never understand the problems excluded masses]
NC for republic: Sushil Koirala (samn 24/02/2007)
NC stance on king after arms lockup (samn 04/02/2007)
Nepal's most influential woman 'critically' ill (wi 28/01/2007), Nona Koirala passes away (nn 28/01/2007)
NC HQ guards without salary for 7 months (kp 28/01/2007)
Koirala re-elected as NC parliamentary leader (nn 23/01/2007)
Black flags greet Mahat in Nuwakot (kp 21/01/2007)
NC (D) CWC meet begins (samn 13/01/2007), Deuba's move to pick nominees draws flak (samn 14/01/2007)
NC to call special convention to formulate policy, programmes (nn 07/01/2007)
NC cadres instructed to be in villages by mid-Jan, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 05/01/2007)
Compelling political factors might bring liberals together soon (tg 03/01/2007) [The NC has never been a unified party and will not one in future!]
NC(D) to launch campaign nationwide (kp 28/12/2006)
Go to villages, Koirala directs NC men (nn 25/12/2006)
Youth leaders of NC start campaign for democratic republic set up (nn 11/12/2006)
Deuba blames NC for delay in unification (samn 10/12/2006)
NC and monarchy, by Ameet Dhakal (kp 08/12/2006)
NC to send its leaders to villages (nn 05/12/2006), NC to launch political campaign (kp 06/12/2006)
Resisting change, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 30/11/2006), NC and monarchy (kp 01/12/2006), NC under republican pressure, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 01/12/2006)
NC should lead republic movement: Acharya (kp 27/11/2006)
PM asks 2nd-rung to lead NC (kp 26/11/2006)
‘PM must alter stance on monarchy’ (samn 26/11/2006)
NC Coordination committee formed in US (nn 26/11/2006)
'Koirala preaching but not practising' (samn 25/11/2006)
Congress to fortify ties with Maoists (samn 23/11/2006)
NC-D leadership under pressure to adopt republican agenda (nn 15/11/2006), Deuba under pressure to unite party (kp 15/11/2006), NC (D) district presidents demand to go for democratic republic (nn 16/11/2006), 67 NC (D) prezs to stand for republic (kp 16/11/2006), NC (D) ready for dignified unity: Deuba (samn 16/11/2006), Workers press for Congress unity (samn 16/11/2006)
Revisiting the Nepali Congress, by Surendra R Devkota (kp 14/11/2006)
Congress establishment delaying party unification process: Deuba (nn 14/11/2006)
Divided House: A strong section of Nepali Congress is struggling to save its image as a centrist party (sp 10/11/2006)
NC leadership under pressure to clarify stance about monarchy (nn 02/11/2006), NC MPs seek special convention on monarchy, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 03/11/2006)
NC discusses contentious issues of summit talks (nn 31/10/2006)
I won’t attend House until NC reunification: Bhattarai, by Gopal Khanal & Girish Giri (kp 30/10/2006), Bhattarai seeks unification of congress (samn 30/10/2006)
Acharya terms Koirala's remarks on ceremonial monarchy as personal position (nn 28/10/2006), Acharya camp demands special convention in NC (nn 29/10/2006), ‘Republic impossible if NC fails to lead it’ (kp 29/10/2006), NC ready for republic if people so wish: PM, by Harsha Subba & Binod Bhandari (kp 29/10/2006)
NC not a monarchist party: Leaders (kp 28/10/2006) [But Girija is definitely a monarchist leader who claims that his opinion has to be that of the NC!]
Never give in (nt 20/10/2006)
Communist fear in NC: Narahari (kp 10/10/2006)
Deuba not yet ready for unity (nn 08/10/2006), Unity at once if Deuba accepts: Koirala (kp 08/10/2006)
PM Koirala discusses Congress unification with KP Bhattarai (nn 05/10/2006), Bhattarai, Koirala for expediting unification (kp 06/10/2006), GP, KP agree on party unification (samn 06/10/2006)
