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31/12/2013: PR
lists
submitted amid resentments (kp), Dozen
NC
central leaders object (kp), Nepali
Congress
PR lawmakers (list) (kp), NC
submits
PR list (ht), Cong
submits
PR list with 67 new faces, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), NC
picks
91 PR names amid note of dissent, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), Dahal
hands
in names despite deputies’ dissent (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
PR list (kp), UCPN-M
gives
candidates’ names to EC: Bhattarai, Shrestha
express dissatisfaction, boycott meeting, by
Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Maoist
top
brass divided as PR final list submitted, by
Ashok Dahal (rep), Spouses,
aides
in Madhes PR lists (kp), Wives
of
3 party chiefs in Madhesi parties' PR lists
(rep), RPP-N
splits
over seat row, by Binod Ghimire (kp), RPP-N
splits
over PR seats dispute, by Jivesh Jha (rep),
Post-poll
euphoria
fizzles out as RPP-Nepal splits (ht), Ashok
Rai
party gives EC deadline a miss (kp), CA
inauguration
row persists (ht), Sit
on
it: Regmi govt would be wise to leave divisive
decisions to elected Parliament (kp), In
defense
of bandas: General strikes embody elements of
peaceful social disobedience that can still be a
model for protest, by Ben Conner (kp), Constitution
first:
If the intent was to give everyone a voice in
constitution writing, why was it necessary to go
through the election process at all?, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep), Hear
us
too: Youth account to 42 percent of the
population but they constitute only eight
percent of FPTP winners, by Dipendra K.C.
(rep)
30/12/2013: Voices
of
dissent resound in UML (kp), Deadline
to
submit PR list today, only 19 submit so far
(nn), UCPN-M
central
office to pick proportional representation
candidates (ht), Maoists
take
forced nod from CC on PR list: 'We were treated
like rubber stamps at the meeting', by Ashok
Dahal (rep) [Typical for
non-democratic procedures of male high caste
party leaders!!], Nepali
Congress
still undecided (ht), NC
set
to finalize PR list today: Koirala, Deuba to
share PR seats in 60:40 ratio (rep) [The PR seats are meant for
inclusion of social groups not for internal
power games of the parties!!], Nepali
Congress
submits PR list of 91 CA members (nn), FSPN
panel
to ready PR list (kp), Hard
choices:
Finalizing the PR lists (rep), RPP-Nepal
splits
over PR recommendation row (nn), PR
candidates
selection: Madhesi parties under pressure to
change criteria (ht), 'Women
have
no say in Madhesi parties', by Jivesh Jha
(rep) [This is true
for all political parties!!], Struggle
in
House: Dahal (kp), Democracy
with
development: Political leaders have fought for
democracy but now, their ability to govern will
determine their relevance, by Siddhartha
Thapa (kp) [Extended
non-inclusion cannot be called democracy!!],
Secularism
a
conspiracy between foreign powers, far left,
interview with the anti-inclusion Hindu
fundamentalist and monarchist hardliner Kamal
Thapa (kp), 4-Point
Agreement
Eases Confrontation, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
29/12/2013: 15
groups
may be excluded from C: Parties’ closed PR lists
don’t have 15 communities including Jirel,
Majhi, Kusunda, Raji, Kuswadiya, Baregunle,
Tingaunle, Bote, Baram and Larke (kp), NC
sets
4 criteria for selection (kp), NC
still
struggling to finalize PR list, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), UML's
PR
list ignites ire in party rank and file: Entire
Solukhumbu chapter offers resignation, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), UML
submits
PR list to EC: Some dissatisfied voices aired
despite unanimity in candidates’ choice
(ht), Oli’s
sway
as UML files PR list (kp) [The UML further turns
towards conservatism and Bahunbad!!], On
PR
list, Maoists to favour new faces (kp), UCPN
(M)
preps for trade-off with NC: Maoist party ready
to support NC-led govt in exchange for plum
posts (kp), Maoists
warn
against PLA gate demolition (ht), A
Marriage Of Inconvenience, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn), The
way
forward: Why don't Madheshis vote for Madheshi
parties like they should?, by Ananda Jha
(rep), Interesting
times:
In both India and Nepal people have ousted the
largest incumbent parties, by Namrata Sharma
(rep)
28/12/2013: Cabinet-prez
tussle
lands in court: Govt’s CA meet plan challenged
(kp), Intra-party
talks
on to finalise PR candidates: UML picks 56 of
84; NC decision on Monday; UCPN-M list by
tomorrow (ht), UML
readies
PR name list (kp), UML
finalizes
list of PR candidates for CA, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), 14
parties
submit final PR list to EC (rep), RPP
finalises
PR list (kp), RPP-Nepal
leader
drags party into court: Seeks legal remedies of
anomalies in selection of names of PR candidates
(ht), 35,000
officials
refuse to file property details, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Madhesi
parties
in unification talks, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Maoists
blame
'internal weakness' for poll defeat: 'Leaders
lost touch with masses' (rep), Ex-combatants
going
abroad for employment, by Rajendra Nath
(kp), CPN-Maoist
demands
CA dissolution, by Dil Bahadur Chhantyal
(rep), Squatters
pin
their hopes on newly elected representatives,
by Nirjana Sharma (rep), Lifeline
Of
Local Democracy, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), The
Power
Game, by Gyan Basnet (rn)
27/12/2013: Ordinance
moved
to convene House: Cabinet puts another on hold,
barring transfer of right to call CA meeting
from PM to President, by Anil Giri (kp), NC
out
to form govt with most number of parties: Tough
negotiations expected with UML over key
portfolios (rep), UCPN
(Maoist)
in policy review bid: Chunwang decisions termed
‘flawed’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Word
to
assist NC divides UCPN (M) (kp), Talks
to
continue today to select PR candidates (nn),
To
do list: After breaking the political deadlock
this week, the main parties need to move swiftly
on their checklist (nt), Madhes
parties
in fresh unity talks (kp), Krishna
Adhikari
murder case: NHRC urges govt to expedite
investigation (ht), New
Year
expectations For Political Vision, by D. M.
Thapa (rn), Stubbornness
to
reinvent, by Prashaant Singh (rep), PR
for
PR: Proportional Representation was supposed to
give marginalised and underprivileged Nepalis a
say, but the new CA will be more exclusive,
by Trishna Rana (nt), Think
Nepali
democracy in 2014, by Surya B. Prasai (nn),
Politics:
As
Uncertainty Plays, by Keshab Poudel (sp), KUSL:
Debate
on Elections Results (sp), Post
Poll
Scenario, by Tilak Rawal (sp), "President
does
not need fresh mandate", interview with
Rajendra Mahato (sp), "Everybody
needs
fresh mandate", interview with Subhash
Chandra Nembang (sp), Can
One
More Election Help Nepal To Be Stable?, by
Dhruba Hari Adhikary (sp)
26/12/2013: EC
extends
deadline by 5 days (kp), EC
extends
deadline, for third time, till Dec 30 (ht),
CA
control
of political committees sought: 2nd rung leaders
against 'infringement', by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep) [Stop these
lawless politicians! Only the elected members of
the CA have to write the constitution, not any
unconstitutional comitees of male highcaste
politicians!!], Pact
brings
NC, Maoists ‘closer’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Madhesi
leaders
upbeat over 4-pt deal, by Jivesh Jha (rep),
NC
starts
post-poll talks with parties (kp), Koirala
consults
fringe parties (ht 26/12/2013), Pun
says
UCPN-M ready to back NC from outside to form
govt (ht), UML
gets
to closed-door PR list work (kp), Inter-party
competition
stalls NC’s PR nominations (nn), Madhes
parties
scramble to finalise PR name lists, by
Pranab Kharel (kp), CPN-ML
finalizes
PR list (nn), The
long
view: Parties must approach imminent
political disputes with flexibility and
pragmatism (kp), Local
leaders
feel left behind in lack of elections, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (rep), Laws
on
inheritance: Women still fighting for equal
rights, by Weena Pun (kp), Gendered
woods:
Reforms need to be made to Nepal’s highly
undemocratic and androcentric conservation
sector, by Sangita Thapa (kp), Constitution
To
Be Promulgated From Smoke-filled Room?, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn), Weave
your
illusions: It is very hard to say what will
happen tomorrow, much less foresee how a whole
year leading to the parties' self-imposed
deadline for new constitution will pan out,
by Biswas Baral (rep), New
political
body part of CA, interview with Ram Sharan
Mahat (rep), Let
Congress
and UML not be the Cause of National Crisis in
Nepal, by Dirgha Raj Prasai (International News)
25/12/2013: PR
list submission: Third deadline extension likely
today (kp), EC
extends
PR deadline by five days (nn), When
will
CA come into effect (ht), Parties
confirm
4-pt agreement, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp),
Parties
pen
four-point pact on Christmas eve: Commit to
preparing the draft of a new constitution within
six months of the first CA meeting, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Four-point
deal
opens way for convening CA, new govt: HLPC asks
EC to extend deadline for submitting PR lists
for five more days, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep), Bid
to
form govt comprising top three (ht), UCPN
(M)
sets criteria for PR candidates, by Ashok
Dahal (rep), Bid
to
form govtCall to save Adhikari couple’s life
(kp), Friends
and
neighbours: Madhesi dissatisfaction with India
has been growing since the November 19 election,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), Movement
for
securing Madhesis’ rights: TMNC (ht), Gupta
blames
splits for defeat of Madhesi parties (rep),
Sole
PR
seat for party chief or better half, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), New
Issues
Push Statute Drafting To Back Burner, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Rising
through
party ranks tougher for women, by Anjali
Subedi (rep)
24/12/2013: Big
three
in HLPC deadlock: Big three in HLPC
deadlock NC, UML against Maoist proposal to go
for fresh polls in 9 months after statute in
place (kp), Ugly
side
of partisan politics comes to fore (ht), Draft
deal
among big parties near: Oli, Pokharel oppose
mechanism outside CA (rep), UML
to
submit PR list tomorrow (ht), UCPN-M
may
miss deadline (ht), FSPN,
MPRF-N
stall PR list to demand vote probe, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), Gagan
Thapa
defends poll win (ht), TMLP
keen
to forge Madhes alliance (kp), CPN-M
revives
conflict era structures (kp), EC
for
local polls by mid-April (rep), Striking
a
balance: Dialogue and engagement with all
parties is the only way towards long-term
political stability, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Unearned
victory:
If GPK's protégés make a comeback we can be
pretty sure the Maoists and ethnic entrepreneurs
will have the last laugh, by Hari Bansha
Dulal (rep)
23/12/2013: Get
going (ht), Power-sharing
negotiation
only after CA formation (kp), NC
stakes
claim over govt, offers fresh talks, by
Binod Ghimire (kp), PR
selection
still undecided (kp), NC,
UML
for submitting PR list by Wednesday (rep), ‘Don’t
use
TRC as a bargaining chip’ (kp), Diminishing
differences:
Serious discussions on power-sharing could
prevent NC-UML differences from worsening
(kp), UCPN-M
for
fresh polls in two years: Nepali Congress,
CPN-UML non-committal; HLPC may take final
decision, by Prakash Acharya (ht) [There is nothing to decide
by an unconstitutional body! This election has
only been for constitution writing! The date for
the first parliamentary elections has to be
decided by the CA and it has to be mentioned in
the new constitution!!!], Madhes
parties
mull alliance for stronger presence in CA,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), ‘CA
can
meet sans UCPN-M’: Maoists say their demands
must first be addressed (ht), CPN-UML
fails
to woo UCPN-Maoist (ht), NC
vows
to produce statute within a year, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), Constitution
will
be written within a year or not at all,
interview with Narayan Kaji Shrestha (kp), Will
Parties
Deliver Constitution In 11 Months?, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn), The
Chinese
onion: Unfolding of diplomatic maneuvers to
manage CA II promises to be even more
captivating than power plays of the previous
assembly, by C.K. Lal (rep), Dangerous
game:
The Maoist demand of review of election process
outside established norms is a strategy to
undermine rule of law, by Naresh Koirala
(rep)
22/12/2013: Dangerous
delay:
The first sitting of the CA (rep), Parliament's
agenda
may initially eclipse CA's work: 20 ordinances
await endorsement, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep),
Parties
in
talks to form mechanism: Panel to facilitate
statue-drafting, dispute resolution, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Stalemate
as
NC-UML chasm widens, by Bhadra Sharma (kp),
Congress,
UML
to discuss power sharing (ht), No
negotiations
yet on power-sharing: Dr Mahat, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), Prakashman
says
NC for inclusive government (ht), UML
leaders
press party to form CA soon (kp), UML,
UCPN
(M) talks fail to break impasse (nn), UCPN-M
will
join CA, not govt: Sapkota (ht), 33-party
bloc
to stay out of CA (kp) [What else? They did not want to be part of
CA-II!], 33-party
alliance
calls for all-sector renewed political agreement
(ht), 13pc
CA
seats for Dalits ‘unlikely’ (kp), Students
remove
poll campaign materials, by Raj Kumar Karki
(kp) [This is unpaid
child labour! Students should study. Nepal needs
a law that binds the political parties to remove
poll campaign materials until a special date
after elections under penalty of severe fines!!], NC
and
CPN-UML to meet PR list deadline (nn), UCPN
(Maoist)
working on final PR list, by Ashok Dahal
(rep), RPP-N
brass
rules out change in PR list, by Kivesh Jha
(rep), No
need
to elect new prez now, say legal eagles (ht)
[???], Radical
solutions:
Elevating Mohan Baidya to President could
placate the dissenting parties, by Khagendra
N. Sharma (kp), Votes
and
prayers: Hindus have to be tolerant to other
religions and at the same time, fight for a
secular state, by Shreya Paudel (kp), Look
inwards:
The habit of blaming others has become a
quintessential part of our national character,
by Chandra Mani Bimoli (kp), NC,
UML
Must Go Together, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Shoddy
treatment
riles capital's lower-class Madhesis:
Discriminated by hill people, the lower-class
Madhesis have no hope from Madhesi leaders,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), Freedom
and
democracy, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep)
21/12/2013: Confusion
over
1st CA meet call: Both Prez office and govt want
to call first meeting, by Anil Giri and
Pranab Kharel (kp) [Article
69 of the Interim Constitution only mentions the
PM, not the head of state!!], Defining
real
business of CA II a tough task: Leaders,
officials unclear what to own from CA I, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), UCPN-M
sought
extension to join Constituent Assembly: Sapkota
(ht), Cong
leaders
stress on ties with UML: Say alliance with
Maoists will be against people’s mandate, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), NC-led
govt
will take shape soon, says Sitaula; UML leader
against Congress dictatorship (ht), Power-sharing
with
UML divides NC CWC leaders (kp), Khanal
bats
for unity government (kp), NC
overtures
fail to attract Madhes parties, by Jivesh
Jha (rep), Interpreting
interpretations:
It is impossible to define the mandate as a
one-dimensional will of people and predict from
the results the future political trends, by
Dinkar Nepal (rep)
20/12/2013: One
month
on, parties yet to give full shape to CA, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), [They
have been elected to write a new constitution,
but they see it as legitimation for continued
power games and the maintainance of
non-inclusive interests!!], Wrong
mechanism:
Nothing has changed after the elections: the
four-party syndicate is repeating history as a
farce (nt), Ordinances
await
parliament’s nod, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), CA
polls,
vote counting credible: Carter Center (kp),
Ai
urges
leaders to draft statute, end transition
(rep), Ai
tells
UML to learn from UCPN (Maoist) flaws, by
Anil Giri (kp), Include
major
forces in statute writing, China advises NC, UML
(ht), Call
in
FSPN to fight on CA, street fronts (kp), Koirala's
'secret'
meetings stirs NC: 'I won't infringe on party
interests', by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Fractured
Mandate
Requires Soul Searching, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn), Ball
Now
In Court Of Political Parties, by D. M.
Thapa (rn), The
moment
of truth: The newly elected legislature offers
another opportunity for the country to confront
the dirty truths of the conflict, by Anurag
Acharya (rep)
19/12/2013: Rank
and
file: Future elections must require the
submission of ranked PR lists (kp) [Yes, and please make the
inclusive selection of FPTP candidates
binding!!!], NC
CWC
meet: Members press for priority to new faces in
PR list, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Madhes-based
parties
to submit PR list, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Not
end
of the road for Madheshi parties, interview
with Bimalendra Nidhi, NC (rep), Singha
Durbar
slows down, by Anil Giri (kp), Maoists
urged
to play positive role: China asks Dahal,Baidhya
to join statute-writing process, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht), China
wants
to see stability: Ai; Meets Dahal and Baidya;
Discusses mutual issues (kp), UML
likely
to agree on Prez Yadav’s continuity, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp) [Then
please elect him again! It's a constitutional
necessity!], NC
objects
to idea of electing new prez, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), FSP
probe
finds CA polls rigged (ht), Parents
of
blast victim worry about their child's future,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Doramba
emerges
from war-ravaged past, by Dhruba Dangal
(rep), The
wisdom
of the common man: There are lessons for the
UCPN (Maoist) in the Aam Aadmi Party’s
performance in the Delhi election, by Deepak
Thapa (kp), Old
Habits
Die Hard, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Nepali
Mandela?
The wistful desire for demi-god like individuals
hurts Nepal's progress, by Mukesh Khanal
(rep)
18/12/2013: CA
unlikely
to have 33 per cent women’s representation
(ht), Parties
doing
little to meet deadline (kp) [For the party leaders,
legitimation through the elections was for power
fighting, not for writing a new constitution!!],
Final
PR
list delayed to mollify Maoists: NC brass
(rep), NC
leaders
ask brass to take mandated steps only, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Congress
leaders
censure party leadership, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), UCPN
(M)
kick-starts PR candidates' selection process
(nn), 'UCPN
(M)
will play a constructive role in constitution
drafting process by staying in the opposition'
(nn), Federal
Socialist
Party decides to join CA (nn), No
constitution
through Constituent Assembly: Baidya (nn), Leader
Gurung
says major parties violating peace accord
(nn), Will
new
lawmakers shun foreign junkets this time? Too
many trips made earlier ‘to learn about
constitution’, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), YCL
to
retaliate if arrests continue (ht), Despite
poor
show in polls, Madhesi parties' voters remain
intact, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Challenges
to
the sanctity of Parliament: Attitudinal change
essential, by Suresh Prasad Acharya (ht), Parties
Must
Respect People's Mandate, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn), Doesn't
add
up: Increase in the number of persons of any one
community or gender does not necessarily
represent that segment, by Nir Bahadur Karki
(rep)
17/12/2013: Parties
get
until Dec 25 to submit their PR lists:
Parties hopeful of convincing UCPN (M) to
join CA by the new deadline (kp), EC
extends
deadline till December 25: UCPN-Maoist on its
way to CA? (ht), EC
extends
PR list deadline another week: Parties cite
negotiations for consensus (rep), Deadline
extensions
dampen hope of timely statute, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), Murder
accused
candidate held, by Bhushan Yadav (kp), UCPN-M
PR
candidate arrested for Kashi Tiwari murder
(ht), 12-pt
accord,
CPA obsolete obsolete: CPN-M; Says country has
reverted to the post-1990 scenario, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), Peace
pacts
have lost significance: Baidhya, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), CPN-Maoist
to
fight for CA dissolution (rep), Dahal
rejects
election fraud allegations (kp), Do
it
anyway: Negotiating with CPN-Maoist (rep), Going
too
far (ht), Dahal
defends
win in Siraha Constituency No 5: Says
allegations against him were created with the
intention of giving him bad publicity (ht), We're
for
right to local resources: Madhesi leaders,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), Concerns
growing
for early local elections (ht), No
time
to waste: Continuing with the old CA’s work will
help the new one produce a constitution within a
year, by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp), Appeal
to
reason: UCPN (Maoist) must play the role of a
responsible opposition and Maoist) must play the
role of a responsible opposibecome part of the
constitution-writing process, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Two
to
tango: Looking at election results we find
convincing proof that Nepali voters have finally
decided to move towards a two-party democratic
system, by Sukhdev Shah (rep), The
President
Must Resign, by Gyan Basnet (nn)
16/12/2013: PR
list
submission: Parties to seek another extension,
by Prakash Acharya (ht) [On
the inauguration session of CA-II, i.e. probably
in late 2014, you should make CA elections every
four years a regular term! Then you have time
until 2017 to decide necessary constitutional
and legal changes!!], Parties
request
second extension on PR deadline (nn), CEC
expresses
unwillingness to extend PR deadline (nn), EC
grants
seven days’ extension to submit PR list
(nn), UCPN
(M)
seeks extension for submission of PR deadline:
Parties agree to retain HLPC till first CA
meeting, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), HLPC
show
must go on for now: Parties, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Civil
society
wants HLPC dissolved (ht), Talk
it
out: The HLPC could function as a venue to
accommodate dissenting parties (kp), UCPN
(M)
rider to join CA (kp), UCPN-M
puts
rigging probe on back burner: Wants to include
CPN-M in constitution-drafting process, by
Tika R. Pradhan (ht), CPN-M
announces
three-month long protest (nn), CA
Court
summons elected candidates (ht), 45
NC
women leaders likely in CA, by Binod Ghimire
(kp) [Anything else
would have been anti-constitutional! But 45 out
of 91 ist once again less than 50%!!], CA
members
to be trained on constitution-drafting (ht)
[In CA-I, the party
leaders claimed that only they had the right to
decide on the constitution! So, why training the
CA members??], Madhesi
parties
divided over cause of poll defeat, by Jivesh
Jha (rep), NEFIN
protests
view against ethnic state (kp), Come
together:
The formation of a grand coalition is necessary
to guide the country towards political stability,
by Jagannath Adhikari (kp),
Constitution through consensus is our main
agenda, interview with Krishna Prasad
Sitaula (kp), Mulling
people’s
right to reject: The Nepali context, by
Umesh K. Bhattarai (ht)
15/12/2013: Final
list
of lawmakers by dec 23 (kp), Election
panel
plans to submit victors’ lists to Prez by Dec 23,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Save
UML,
all bat for HLPC: UML argues HLPC’s relevance
and legitimacy has been over after successful CA
polls (kp), Deal
likely
today to end 'political stagnation': HLPC to get
new lease of life, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep), Reinvent
thyself:
The relevance of HLPC (rep), No
consensus
on giving continuity to HLPC: Congress,
UCPN-Maoist want it till govt is formed; CPN-UML
says it’s no longer relevant after polls
(ht), NC,
UML
agree to call CA meeting at the earliest
(nn), Maoist
internal
review sparks blame game (kp), Maoist
rank
and file for introspection on poll defeat:
Suggest a constructive role of opposition
(rep), Dissatisfied
parties
firm on demand for a probe committee (nn), NC,
Maoists
used cash to contain UML: Gyawali (kp), CPN-M
to
stay out of CA, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), CPN-M
charts
course of ‘people’s revolt’ (ht), Sadbhawana
decides
to join CA (kp), SP
says
street movement now: Claims parliamentary fight
not in possible given situation (ht), Citizenship
requirement
led to our defeat: SP (rep), New
Nepal
or Old Nepal: It is important to resist any
attempts at stereotyping, which results in
prejudice, followed by discrimination, by
Pramod Bhagat (kp)
14/12/2013: Big
parties
eye CA settlement, by Pranab Kharel and
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Most
leaders
for continuing HLPC (rep), HLPC
meet
ends inconclusively as major parties differ on
issue of forming probe commission (nn), Move
afoot
to keep Cong out of govt?, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), 18-party
alliance
refuses to give up its stance on CA polls
(ht), UML
leader
demands probe into ‘vote rigging’ (kp), Limbuwan
warns
of agitation (ht), NC
leader
dares UML to impeach President (nn), CA
dissolution
a grave mistake, says Bhattarai (rep), Not
declaring
emergency was a mistake: Bhattarai (kp), Bhattarai
regrets
not imposing emergency (ht), SC
seeks
Bhagat Singh arrest ground (kp), Women
leaders
demand greater representation (kp), Save
Adhikari
couple’s lives, urges AHRC: Says their condition
is deteriorating; Points to state inaction and
political intervention (ht), Construction
of
Republic Tower hangs in limbo, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep) [Make
the republic work before you build towers!],
Time
for
change: The parties can decide before the first
sitting of CA who gets what; there need not be
another dragged-out process for election of the
president, by Biswas Baral (rep)
13/12/2013: Seats
under
PR poll system: EC asks parties to list 50pc
women, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), NC
PR
hopefuls face loyalty test (kp), NC
open
to new deal: Sitaula; Commitment to federalism,
republicanism, secularism to stay (kp) [And what about inclusion?
Federalism does not bring inclusion as long as
it is based on male Tagadhari domination!!]],
Blast
victims
wait for govt succour, by Abiral Gautam (kp)
[And those responsible
for this crime are even wooed to take part in
the CA, the boycott of which had been the
intention of this crime!!], Sadbhawana’s
Sah
proposes shunning CA (kp), SP
vice-chair
urges party to boycott CA (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
blaming self for poor election result: Leaders
say public self-criticism of false moves likely
(kp), UCPN-Maoist
to
prepare PR list after December 14, by Tika
R. Pradhan (ht), After
CA
polls, people want local elections, by Benup
Raj Bhattarai (rep), Crime
and
punishment: Baburam Bhattarai's challenge to the
government to arrest him for war crimes must be
taken seriously, by Shyam K.C. (kp), Ending
the
transition: Our politics has unduly focused on
process and position when it should be
concentrated on substance, by Hemant R. Ojha
(kp), (Mis)
interpreting
the mandate: The losers in the polls are asking
the winners to ignore the results and accept the
agenda that was rejected by a majority of
Nepalis, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), Dahal’s
political
harakiri: Pushpa Kamal Dahal is digging a big
hole for himself by rejecting the election
outcome, by Muma Ram Khanal (nt), Confusion
Amid
Consensus, by D. M. Thapa (rn), A
Nepali Nelson: The wait for our own Madiba is
going to be a long and grueling one, by
Trishna Rana (nt), The
roots
of democracy: The people have understood the
link between grassroots democracy and
development, most politicians still haven’t
(nt), Neighborly
Concerns:
As Nepal drifts into a prolonged course of
political instability, India and China,regional
rivals step in (sp), Political
chair:
Round Two, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Presidential
Constitutionalism, by Pratigya Pozniak (sp),
Elections
and
the Morning After, by Dipak Gyawali (sp)
12/12/2013: Prez
Yadav
must go, avers UML (kp), Big
3
set to ink consensus politics deal, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Big
parties,
dissidents agree to probe 'vote fraud'
(rep), Oli
wants
HLPC dissolved at earliest (kp), Born
again:
The revived HLPC must first investigate Maoist
allegations of electoral fraud (kp), Madhesi
parties,
UCPN (Maoist) ally against poll result
(rep), Fairness
of
polls can’t be questioned: NC, UML; Dahal says
discussions going on seriously, hopes parties
will find common ground by next meet (ht), Respect
mandate:
Chinese expert, by Nirmal Shrestha (kp), Poll
winners
under CA court radar (kp), Eager
to
pave way for new govt, says Regmi (kp), NBA
claims
he cannot retain his prior post, by Binod
Tripathi (kp), Chairman
should
not return to apex court: NBA (ht), NBA
firmly
against Regmi's return as CJ, by Gani Ansari
and Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep), Regmi-led
govt
blunder, says agni Sapkota (kp), Regmi,
Uprety
were big mistakes: Sapkota; Says both of them
were loyal to a political party and helped rig
the polls (ht), Appointing
Regmi,
Upreti a big mistake: UCPN (Maoist) (rep), ICJ
calls
for end to Nepal impunity (kp) [see letter
by
ICJ], UML
SC
to select party’s PR names (ht), Basnet
for
revocation of PR system (ht) [Welcome back to
non-inclusive Nepal!], Whose
federalism?
The results of the recent CA election raise
questions about the future of ethnic federalism
in Nepal, by Prakash A. Raj (kp), Tug
Of
War, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Deviation
and
duplicity: Engagement with Maoists is mandatory
for peace but appeasing them will be against
democratic principles in light5 of recent poll
verdict, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep), Ideology-based
parties
are still unchallenged, interview with
Krishna Khanal (rep)
11/12/2013: Big
3
to iron out issues in HLPC meet, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), HLPC
meets
today to discuss parties' grievances (rep),
HLPC
meeting
inconclusive, discussions to continue on
Saturday (nn) [Nepal
back at point zero! This may continue now for
some years until CA-II is replaced by CA-III],
Three-party
consultations
begin (ht), FDA
parties
press for poll probe, by Jivesh Jha (rep), EC
gives
8 more days finalise to PR seat names, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), EC
gives
parties eight more days to submit PR list,
by Gani Ansari (rep), Costly
delay (ht), Regmi’s
SC
return ‘highly’ likely, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), FSPN
leadership
under pressure (kp), Down
but
not out: Federalism is still the only way to
change the traditional discriminatory structure
of the state, by Dipendra Jha (kp), Parties
represented
in CA urged to end impunity (ht), ICJ
urges
govt to end impunity (rep), Two
more
parties submit PR lists to poll panel: Nepali
Congress, CPN-UML yet to forward candidates’
names (ht), Nation
polarised
into opposing forces: Gajurel (ht), CPN-M
points
out reasons for UCPN (M)’s ‘defeat’ (nn), Growing
unpopularity,
election boycott key reasons for UCPN (M)
defeat, claims Baidya (nn), Peace
process
not over yet, interview with Padma Ratna
Tuladhar (ht), Reveal
The
Truth, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn), Maoist
Diktat
Paralyses Politics, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), Hard
to
swallow: Most people are euphoric about election
outcome; This makes it clear they did not vote
for Maoists and that there was no widespread
fraud, by Bhagirath Basnet (rep), Cancer
of
consensus: Focus on consensus decision making
instead of real constitution making made CA I
hostage to decision, by Shyam Chalise (rep),
Revolution
in
retreat, by Sukh Deo Muni (fl)
10/12/2013: President’s
post:
UML top 3 likely to go for the gold, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), 16
parties
adamant on vote ‘fraud’ probe demand (kp), Won’t
join
CA without rigging probe, says 18-party alliance
(ht), NA
commanders
worry over vote fraud allegations (rep) [The use of the army has been
one of numerous violations of the constitution
committed by HPLC, government and president in
context with the elections!!], NC
wants
PR list deadline deferred (kp), Cong
seeks
five more days to submit list (ht) [NC and UML obviously have
problems to name PR representatives because of
the parties' anti-inclusion attitude!!],
NC
to
pick PR candidates after Disciplinary Committee
report (rep) [The
NC only wants to nominated PR candidates from
the excluded social groups hwo prove to be
bootlickers of the male Bahun leaders!!],
Start
now:
CA proceedings (rep), PR
nomination
deadline today, 18 parties refuse to submit
(nn), EC
may
extend PR list deadline by a week: Disgruntled
parties question poll results, by Gani
Ansari (rep), UML
CC
sees heated debate over choice of PR names,
by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Khanal
proposes
criteria for selection (ht), EC
response
after board meeting (kp), Nine
parties
give names (ht), Nepal
to
clarify rigging charge (kp), CA
Court
summons Nepal to defend poll fraud charges
(ht)), CPN-UML
CC
meeting: Co-work, compete with NC: Khanal
(kp), Insult
if
Prez, VP sent home sans constitution: Jha
(kp) [The PM who had
been elected by CA-I had to be removed after the
dissolution of the first CA, but the president
shall stay on even after new elections????],
Electing
a
new president: Demand of changed context, by
Gyan Basnet (ht), Baidya
demands
round-table meet: Says his party will join
constitution writing process if demand met
(kp), Working
alliance
only if UCPN (Maoist) boycotts CA: CPN-Maoist
(rep), Ground
for
people’s revolt fertile: Baidhya; Demands
high-level political conference and dissolution
of Constituent Assembly (ht), Transitional
justice:
BRB asks chief justice to form TRC (kp), Make
appointments
in NHRC: Rights activists (ht)
Prolonged crisis will boost impunity: Report
(ht), Weekly
Musings:
Not Like A Flock Of Sheep, by Shyam K.C.
(rn), From
Mao
to Gandhi: Can the fierce one take a mirror to
lookat the man he has become, the country he has
created, and summon the courage to transform?,
by Bishal Thapa (rep), Continuing
Conundrums:
Frequent human rights violationsindicate that
just marking the day has not been adequate,
by Alok Pokhrel (rep)
09/12/2013: Guarantee
consensus
politics: UCPN (M), by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), CA,
peace
accord in peril: UCPN-Maoist (ht), NC,
UML
urge UCPN (Maoist) to seek solution thru CA:
Maoists stick to poll probe demand, by Thira
L. Bhusal (rep), Dahal’s
defeat
party’s win: CPN-M: aidya-led party also claims
struggle against CA and poll boycott as success,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp), CPN-Maoist
mulls
CA dissolution as party line: Country in
pre-1991 election situation: Dev Gurung
(rep), NC
drafting
code of conduct for PR lawmakers (kp) [The PR members of the CA
have to be inclusive in order to give all groups
of society a say on the new constitution! If you
disallow the PR respresentatives to speak for
the interests of their groups, then you can have
the constitution be written by male Bahuns, i.e.
the top leaders of the political parties!!!],
Complaints
against
PR candidates (ht), UML
CC
likely to okay PR list criteria today
(ht), Four
parties
submit PR candidates’ names (ht), RPP-N
finalizes
PR list of candidates (rep), RPP-N
finalises
PR candidates (nn), With
one
day to go, only five parties submit PR
candidates (nn), NC
urges
Election Commission to extend PR name list
submission deadline by five days (rep), In
it
together: Sustained cooperation among all
parties will produce a constitution that is
widely accepted (kp) [But only if all groups of society are
participated], Keep
talking:
CA and small parties (rep), Parliamentary
panel
may probe rigging allegation: NC, UML in bid to
rope in UCPN-M (ht), CA
court
seeks Gagan in vote ‘fraud’ case (kp), CA
Court
summons Gagan Thapa to defend election fraud
charges (ht), A
Court summons MK Nepal on vote rigging
allegation (nn), Murder
accused
Poudel sent in custody, by Bimal Khatiwada
(kp), BRB
fumes
over arrest (kp), Bhattarai
objects
to Poudel’s arrest (ht), Maoists
yet
to return land seized in Rukum (ht), Parties
close
to UCPN (M) propose Dahal to chair FDA (nn),
We
cannot
afford to ignore any party in the new CA,
interview with Pradip Gyawali (kp) [You also cannot ignore
women, Dalits, Janajatis and Madhesis
irrespective of party affiliation!!], The
next
episode: The second phase of Nepal’s transition
should focus on a bottom-up approach to
transitional justice, by Ram Bhandari (kp),
Parties
must
go for value-based politics: CA2 election verdict,
by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (ht), Polarising
Politics, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Getting
it
right: Federalism is an evolutionary process, a
political experiment that may or may not work in
the long run; Let us not expect the constitution
to right all wrongs at once, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep), Onus
on
Maoists: Federalism based largely on ethnic
grounds is a necessity for Madhesis and
Janajatis to feel secure, by Anand Jha (rep)
08/12/2013: Only
3
parties submit list of PR candidates, so far
(rep), RPP-Nepal,
RPP
to submit names of PR candidates today (ht), Nembang
for
owning decisions of previous CA (rep), NC,
UML
seal 3-pt agreement: Differences persist over
key posts of PM, President, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), NC,
UML
to start talks for convening CA: Agree to shelve
issues of 'power sharing' until the first CA
meet, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Next
in
line: Parties should focus on writing the
constitution in a year, rather than on replacing
the President, by Semanta Dahal (kp), Madhesi
parties
against electing new prez, VP, by Jivesh
Jha (rep), Congress,
CPN-UML
to woo UCPN-M (ht), Parties
set
conditions for joining government (kp), UCPN
(Maoist),
other dissidents form new alliance (rep), Federal
Democratic
Alliance in offing (ht), CPN-M
signals
setting up an alternative alliance (nn), CPN-Maoist
calls
CC amid differences (kp), Another
arrest
for Adhikari murder: Krishna Prasad’s parents on
death fast at Bir Hospital, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), Another
accused
of killing Krishna Adhikari held: Police arrest
Parshuram Paudel (ht), The
new
mandate: Sincere dialogue with the Maoists is
necessary not just to draft the constitution but
also to enforce it, by Khagendra N. Sharma
(kp), Verdict
for
democracy: Kathmandu’s new incumbents have easy
choices to make; following on them will be the
real challenge, by Atul K. Thakur (kp), Interpretations
Of
Convenience, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Mind
your
language: Mahatos barefaced allegiance to India
has hurt the sentiments of Madheshi community,
by Jivesh Jha (rep)
07/12/2013: NC,
UML
begin selection of candidates (kp), CPN-UML
to
hold CC meet on Dec 9 to pick PR candidates
(ht), RJ
finalizes
its PR candidates (rep), Dahal
gets
CA Court summons: Six more victory related cases
filed (ht), Dissenting
parties
to team up (ht), Dahal
blames
army for poll rout (ht), CPN-Maoist
to
declare CA illegal, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht),
Confusion
over
first assembly meet call: Prez office begins
consultations, by Anil Giri (kp), NC
to
up consensus efforts for new govt, constitution,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), UML
for
sharing three top posts: The party is now
proposing that the three top parties share posts
of the president, PM and Speaker, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), NC
calls
for flexibility on prez office (ht) [Yes, please just behave as
the NC did in 2008 when it rejected to accept
its defeat!!], Ready
to
reconsider key agenda: Thapa; Monarchy, Hindu
state ‘negotiable’ (kp), Cong,
Madhesi
parties in talks (kp), On
the
way: The people have favored moderate parties
while giving the Maoists and conservative forces
some room, a message that a united family makes
a home worth living in, by Dharma Adhikari
(rep)
06/12/2013: Maoist
vote
claim baseless: Army (kp), NA
denies
vote fraud: To hold review meeting Monday,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Pun
takes
vote rigging charge to CA Court (kp), Polls
Conclude
But Dissatisfaction Over Results Persist, by
Gani Ansari (rep), UCPN
(M)
to be ‘in CA if other parties truly want it’
(kp), PM
or
prez, UML asks NC to pick, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), CPN-UML
forms
panel to hold talks with parties over prez,
govt: Adamant on fresh election for the Headof
State (ht), NC-UML
bickering
over prez worsens: UML brass one on new prez
term (rep), UML
will
stay in opposition if consensus eludes: Panta
(kp), 4
Madhes parties now mull unity (kp), Activists
pray
in silence to voice justice for Adhikaris
(ht), The
two
decade detour: Nepali voters don’t want politics
as usual, in fact they don’t want politics; They
want the economy to grow (nt), Politics
is
not local, yet: Local elections would ease the
burden of governance on the centre and allow it
to concentrate on the constitution, by Ram
Chandra Pokhrel (kp), Resilience,
mind
and matter: In cultural, political and economic
sphere, the ability to bide time is the singular
ability of Nepal’s people, by Kanak Mani
Dixit (kp), Now
the
social revolution can begin: The end of Nepal's
10-year bloddy civil war was supposed to brind
freedom to the downtrodden, but actually makes
some things more complicated, by Eric
Randolph (rep), National
Interests
Should Be Above Political Interest, by D. M.
Thapa (rn), A
take on mistake, by Prashaant Singh (rep), Exodus:
In hopes of a better future; After the CA
election, hordes of seasonal migrant workers are
leaving Nepali villages for India, by Rudra
Khadka (rep), Of
unity
in adversity: The unity between Nepalis of
different backgrounds is being forged in the
searing heat of Western Asia, by C.K. Lal
(rep), All
together
now: The NC and UML have a two-third majority,
but they need a consensus on the constitution,
by Anurag Acharya (nt), Behave
yourselves:
That is the message from the voters to both
Maoist and non-Maoist political leaders, by
Bihari K. Shrestha (nt)
05/12/2013: Filling
seats:
The parties must remember that PR was introduced
to make the CA more inclusive (kp), UML
sets
criteria to pick PR candidates: Choosing
Khas-Arya members for Constituent Assembly an
uphill task, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Madhesi
Parties
Have Few PR Seats, Many Aspirants, by Jivesh
Jha (rep), Alleged
vote
rigging: Maoists point finger at EC, Army: EC
rubbishes fraud claims, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), UCPN-M
task
force says there’s proof of rigging (ht), EC
circular
was guideline for vote fraud: Maoists (rep),
Plaint
filed
in CA court against Gachhadar (kp), Gachhadar’s
win
challenged in CA Court (ht), UML
may
table new prez proposal, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), President
shake
up part of CA election mandate, interview
with Jhala Nath Khanal (rep), UML
may
aim govt leadership or could even stay out:
Panta (nn) [As
expected, the new legitimation is only used for
new power games, not for writing a new
constitution!], UML
Candidate
Challenges Gachchhadar's Victory (rep), Politics
in
the mire as constitutional flaws emerge: Parties
debating whether to amend the Interim
Constitution or interpret clauses, by Ananta
Raj Luitel (ht), Float
power-sharing
plan, UML tells NC (ht), Int’l
rights
groups must seek NHRC nod: SC, by Pranab
Kharel (kp) [???],
NHRC
presses
for govt probe into Adhikari murder case
(kp), Speed
up
Adhikari murder probe: NHRC (ht), Save
Adhikari
couple, address conflict-era issues (rep), On
with
inclusion: Rejection of the Maoists does not
mean an endorsement of any retrogressive agenda,
by Deepak Thapa (kp), CA
Poll
Results: No Alternative To Accepting Popular
Verdict, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Controversy
Over
Owning Finished Work Of Last CA, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn), Better
Late:
Only local elections can garner fresh public
mandate which will guarantee local ownership and
demand accountability, by Prabhat Lamichhane
(rep)
04/12/2013: EC
allocates
PR CA seats to 30 winning parties (kp), PR
seats
allotted, 30 parties make it to CA: Nine of
them, including UCPN-M, snub EC meet (ht), EC
to
proceed with allocation of PR seats (rep), Fewer
invalid
votes this time around (kp), Invalid
vote
percentage down, but marginally (ht), 90
defeated
parties demand inclusion in CA (ht), Muslims
unlikely
to have fair representation in CA, by Jivesh
Jha (rep), UML
candidate
alleges vote rigging in Dahal’s constituency
(kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
points at involvement of state mechanism in
massive election rigging (nn), Pun
panel
submits poll probe report (ht), Mahara
hints
at UCPN-M participation in Assembly (ht), CPN-UML
Candidate
Moves CA Court (rep), UML
candidate
drags Dahal to CA Court: Charges election rigged
in Siraha-5 (ht), CPN-Maoist
‘ready’
for stir if CA entry fails (kp), Consensus
govt
until statute drafting: Rijal (kp), No
winners
here: ‘Progress’ is not an idea over which one
party can hold a monopoly without delivering
results, by Bidushi Dhungel (kp) [!!!], Mystifying
polls:
If any machinery is efficient enough to carry
out a grand design like rigging the entire
election process we should be proud of it,
by Aditya Man Shrestha (rep)
03/12/2013: EC
allocates
PR seats; 30 parties in new CA: Seat allocation
to be made public today, by Gani Ansari
(rep), 30
parties
get PR seats (nn), NC
Struggles
To Finalize PR List As Aspirants Pile Pressure
(rep), UCPN
(M),
allies to shun EC meet (kp), Many
facts
prove rigging: UCPN-M probe panel (ht), Govt
insists
polls were fair, refutes vote rigging claims
(ht), CA
court
summons NC CA member (ht), Govt
amending
Act for holding local body elections (ht), Financial
assistance
for casualties during election (nn), Nefin
warns
of street protests (kp), Head
of
state tenure: Prez ‘willing’ to accept CA ruling,
by Anil Giri (kp), Peace
and
constitution have been guaranteed: IEC Chair
Regmi (nn), Sense
of
symmetry: The NC and UML need to balance the
ultra-left and ultra-right forces, both inside
and outside the CA, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), When
Nepal
said no: The time for consensus is over; there
is no need for the winning parties to consider
the Maoist agenda, by Trailokya Raj Aryal
(kp) [What a nonsense!
50.79% have voted against NC and UML. This
majority must be respected, not to talk about
the dissent between both parties as well as
within them! Consensus and compromises are
necessary for two-thirds majority in the CA!!],
Throw
the
rascals out!, by Sukhdev Shah (rep), Dear
Prachanda:
CA II election is now history and can and should
learn from this history, by Binod Bikram
K.C. (rep), The
people
have spoken: Time for leaders to act, by
Anil Shah (ht), By
the
numbers: A synoptic assessment of the
to-be-formed Constituent Assembly, by
Narayan Manandhar (kp), Where’s
The
Responsibility?, by Shyam K.C. (rn), CA
Election:
Undoing The Rigid Stance, by Prem Khatry
(rn)
02/12/2013: EC
to
allot proportional seats tomorrow: Tells
contestants to furnish poll spending details
(ht), PR
aspirants
lobby for final nomination, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), EC
demands
poll income, expenditure details, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Who’s
the
PM? NC troika talks, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Time
for
rethink: The President’s position (rep), Parties,
other
than NC, for prez polls (ht), Advocates
debate
over whether to choose new Prez (kp), Change
of
guard: Parties must carefully evaluate the costs
of replacing the president (kp) [??], UCPN-M
says
party won’t submit PR list (ht), CPN-M
will
neither join CA nor govt: Gajurel (ht), President
Yadav
directly intervened in Dhanusha-5 election:
Mahaseth (kp), All
stakeholders
must be part of constitution-writing,
interview with Sushil Koirala (kp), High
time
for local level election, says CEC Uprety
(rep), Local
bodies’
election within six months: Singh (kp) [??], Mandate
of
discontent: The ritual of election was
successfully performed; but the series of
political dramas are yet to begin, by C.K.
Lal (rep), Polls
apart:
If Congress is the custodian of democracy, UML
is torchbearer of socialism in Nepal, by
Shreya Paudel (rep)
01/12/2013: EC
to
allocate PR seats by Monday (rep), First
CA
meet by Dec-end likely: Constitution first CA
meet within 21 days, by Anil Giri (kp), Parties
split
over Prez, veep terms, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), CPN-M
talks
CA share, by Roshan Sedhai (kp) [??], CPN-Maoist
Leaders
Mull joining CA (rep) [The members of the CA have to be the
elected representatives of the people! The CPN-M
did not want to be elected! Is it really correct
to include them against without people's will?
It would be far more important to better include
the disadvantaged sections of society!!],
Koirala
in
bid to induct CPN-Maoist in CA, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Will
not
join CA until poll rigging is investigated:
Sapkota (nn), Madhes
parties’
warning (kp), Madhesi
leaders
warn of intensified stir: Say their agenda
cannot be crushed in the numbers game (ht),
'Madhesi
Parties
Down But Not Out', by Jivesh Jha (rep), Koirala
likely
to leave Chitwan-4 for Banke-3 (kp), NC,
UML
rein in govt appointments: Ask Regmi not to take
decisions that have far-reaching implications
(kp), Government
formation:
Khanal suggests four options (ht), UML
for
'proper power-sharing package': Says people’s
mandate for co-work among big parties (rep),
NC
to
form govt incorporating all: Shekhar Koirala
(nn), Democracy
on
trial: Nepal's difficulties arise because of the
failure of its leaders; they need to match the
maturity of voters, by Dinesh Bhattarai
(rep)
30/11/2013: EC
revises
PR vote count: May announce party-wisefinal seat
tally tomorrow (ht), Proportional
seats:
Parties get a week to pick candidates (kp),
Election
campaigns
help swell deposits, by Dikshya Singh (ht), First
meeting
of second CA unlikely for another month, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Nepal
is
where it was 20 yrs ago: UCPN-M (ht) [But you are responsible as
well!!!], Prez
wishes
to stay till new constitution, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht) [The PM who
had been democratically elected by CA-I had to
be replaced, but the President can stay on even
under CA-II???], Elect
prez
afresh: UML secretary; Onus on new CA to retain
head of state, deputy or replace them (ht),
Parties
sharpy
differ over Prez's continuation in office,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Leaders
for
CA to learn from earlier experience,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), Will
bring
all forces on board nat’l govt: Koirala (kp)
[Your ideas would once
again violate against the interim constitution!!],
Koirala,
Oli
For Statute Through Consensus (rep) [Without necessary
majorities, you also need consesnsus and
compromises with other parties!], RPP-Nepal
to
stay out of govt (kp), RPP-Nepal
not
to join post-poll government: Stance on Hindu
state, monarchy may bar CA from delivering
consensus-based constitution (ht) [Obviously, 94% of the
Nepalis do not want what you demand, Mr Thapa!!],
12-point
deal
determines political course: MK Nepal (kp) [?? The parties not even
respect the interim constitution that is based
on this deal and the comprehensive peace
agreement!!], Bhagat
Singh
arrested (kp), Heed
The
Message, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn) [Nepal Research does not
share the author's views on ethnic issues! The
big parties are once again forgetting the issues
of inclusion, ethnic identity and integration!
These issues are the key to Nepal's crisis
solution!!!], New
CA
likely to be less inclusive (rep) [Not likely but definitely!!
And this has been caused by the big parties that
have once again disregarded article 63 (4) of
the interim constitution which demands that the
FPTP candidates are selected in an inclusive
way!!], Leaders
From
Major Parties to Push Madhesi Cause, by
Jivesh Jha (rep) [At the
end of CA-1, the male Bahun leaders of the big
parties insisted that their MPs from the
Madheshi and Janajati communities blindly voted
for the decision of their party leadership!],
School
curriculum
in local language to aid adoption of federalism,
by Nirjana Sharma (rep) [This
has been demanded since 1990!!], Bad
losers:
Winning and losing are parts of the game; one
who hesitates to submit to the rule of the
gameis not fit to participate in any game,
by Narayan N. Khatri (rep), Something
is
rotten: Why would so many people come and listen
to Prachanda if they did not intend to vote for
him?, by Hitesh Karki (rep)
29/11/2013: PR
vote
count over, NC, UML may get 91, 84 seats, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), NC
on
top after final vote count; Hung parliament yet
again; 31 parties to have representation in CA,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), PR
vote
count ends, threshold on Sunday: At least 19,000
votes may secure a PR seat: EC official, by
Gani Ansari (rep), Dalits,
marginalised
suffer election blow in 16 eastern districts,
by Lila Vallav Ghimire (kp), Denied
ticket,
dissident shows the way, by Manoj Poudel
(kp), Going
Local:
This year, voters supported candidates familiar
with their constituencies, by Dambar Krishna
Shrestha (nt), Assaults
on
the rise after election (ht), Winning
candidates
tired, ill (ht), Spar
over
last CA work ownership: Big 3 for giving
continuity RPP-N says start afresh, by
Pranab Kharel (kp) [A
party that owns just 4% of the MPs and is
against all necessary reforms of state and
society should be sparing with such demands!],
Koirala,
Khanal
affirm statute importance (kp) [The election has been for
exactly this reason, not for new power games!!],
New
govt
at least a month away?, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp) [There
are no clear majorities in the assembly what
would suggest that there may be endless power
games again! Keep the current government and
concentrate on the new constitution! Only Regmi
must resign as chief justice!], Regmi
to
return to SC after govt formation (ht), UML,
NC
discuss power sharing: Agree against amendment
for consensus (rep), Acharya
pitches
for NC-led govt (ht), Back
to
the centre: The centrist Nepali Congress and UML
shouldn’t see this as a winner-takes-all mandate
(nt), UCPN-M
lost,
not the agendas, says 33-party alliance
(ht), Immodest
proposal:
A neutral government could be considered to help
the CA concentrate on writing the constitution,
by Shyam K.C. (kp), Post-mortem
of
a defeat: The Maoists have no one to blame but
themselves for the rout in elections, by
Muma Ram Khanal (nt), The
Maobadi
Thermidor: The revolution has been replaced by a
conservative bureaucracy; historically, this is
a typical development, by Gérard Toffin
(kp), Focus
is
on political stability: Interpreting the
people’s verdict, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(ht), Encompass
All
Sides, Forge Consensus, by D. M. Thapa (rn),
Post-election
frenzies:
What are the challenges ahead?, by Roshani
Dhamala (rep), Insurgency
scars
still haunt 15 Jogimara families: Their struggle
to come to terms continues even after 13 years
since their kin were killed, by Basant
Sharma (ht), Young
Voices:
More than 40 per cent of voters between 18 and
25 years cast their votes, now will the new CA
address the aspirations of the youth?, by
Nikki Sharma (sp), Destination
Stability, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Second
CA
Polls Accomplished, bx Tilak Rawal (sp), The
old
guard returns: The Unified Communist Party of
Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) and the Madhes-based
parties — the self-proclaimed forces of change —
have suffered humiliating reverses, by
Yubaraj Ghimire (sp), "We
Demand
Poll Review", interview with Pushpa Kamal
Dahal (sp), "New
Mandate
To Write Statute", interview with Sushil
Koirala (sp)
28/11/2013: CA
stokes
inclusion fears: Only 10 women, 63 Janajatis,
2 Dalits won FPTP polls (kp), Final
PR
results likely today: EC says voter turnout on
Nov 19 could be 78 percent (kp), NC
continues
to lead in PR votes: Count likely to end today
(ht), Poll
violence
was up in central dists, by Laxmi Sah
(kp), 14
parties
demand poll rigging charge probe (ht), EC
to
dissatisfied parties: Go to court (kp), EC
Suggests
legal remedy for disgruntled, by Gani
Ansari (rep), PR
candidates
off to Capital to grab seats, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp); Profile of FPTP women CA winners:
Quest
for
justice through CA: Sushila Chaudhary
(ht), Gyan
Kumari
Chhantyal creates history after 22 yrs
(ht), Manju
to
seek respectable women’s participation
(ht), Constitution
is
my priority, says Sita Giri Oli (ht), BP’s
inspired
me: Parbati DC (ht); Independent lucky winners:
Attahar
Kamal
wins from Kapilvastu (ht), Son
of
the soil devoted to service (ht); The
old
guard says it’s set to take charge (ht) [The old NC leaders should
remember well that they already have failed so
often in the past, especially with regard to
an inclusive federal state! Secondly, they are
backed by merely 25% of the voters and they
have won only a little bit more than 30% of
the seats in CA-II and must closely cooperate
with the other big parties!!], Khanal
stresses
on stability, constitution in one year
(ht) [There is not
more stability now than in CA-I!] Poll
debacle:
‘Vague’ identity policy to blame, says UCPN
(M) (kp), Task
at
hand (kp), NC
no
to compulsory consensus, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Consensus
yes
but not on mandatory basis: NC leaders
(rep), Madhes
parties
to watch NC-UML move on plains, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), UML
leaders
in favour of electing new Prez, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), This
is
a mandate for a democratic constitution,
interview with Narahari Acharya (rep), Do
the
right thing: UML-NC will only harden Nepal's
still flexible ethnic identities, if they
shelve the struggles of the marginalised,
by Pramod Mishra (kp), History
In
The Making, by Gyan Basnet (rn), Politics
And
Restraint, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), The
Maoist
debacle: Disenchantment among cadres, failed
integration, bad governance and weak
organization are major reasons for Maoists'
poor showing, by Kosmos Biswokarma (rep),
New
innings:
Whatever leaders do politcally, it will be
judged by how it changes people's lives,
by Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep)
27/11/2013: After
polls,
NC, UML talk govt: Leaders say consensus
government their top priority, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai and Pranab Kharel (kp), Koirala
pitches
for politics of unity: Cong chief says hewill
spare no effort to save consensus from derailing,
by Prakash Acharya (ht), Parties
now
plan consensus course (kp), Amendment
Not
Needed For Consensus: NC, UML (rep), Ready
to
gowhole hog: Gajurel (kp), Leaders
meet
diplomats as new govt talks hot up (kp), US,
China
ask leaders to strive for consensus (ht), Envoys
Up
Parleys As Parties Seek Consensus On Govt
(rep), Win
in
2 constituencies: Locals ask Koirala to keep
Chitwan-4, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp), NC
way
ahead in PR vote count (kp), NC
maintains
lead in PR count (ht), NC,
UML
to probe defeat of their candidates (ht) [??], In
erstwhile
red fort, 'true' communists pushed to corner,
by Raju Adhikari (kp), Madhes
parties
lose security deposits (ht), Madhesi
Forces
Defiant Despite Defeat, by Jivesh Jha (rep),
EC
Lifts
Election Code Of Conduct, by Gani Ansari
(rep), EC
meeting
dissatisfied parties over vote-rigging (kp),
Charges
baseless:
Gupta (kp), Women
representation
in new CA: Rights activists dread fall in
numbers, by Weena Pun (kp), Missing
link:
Marginalized representation (rep), Guarantee
Gender
Equality In New Constitution : Women, by
Anjali Subedi (rep), CPN-M
may
join govt, CA (ht) [???], UN
‘urges’
Nepal to have VAW in all gender inclusion plans
(kp), One
step
forward: The CA must pass a pending bill on
violence against women as soon as possible
(kp), Against
violence (ht), Call
to
reshape education in federal set-up (kp), Electorate
rejects
ethnic politics: Analyst says people’s choice of
non-ethnic parties did not mean issue of
ethnicity will become weak, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp), Lessons
to
learn: The election result indicates a
disconnect between UCPN (Maoist) ideologies and
the people’s needs, by Rajju Malla Dhakal
(kp), Constitution
please, by Jagadish C. Wagle (kp), The
people’s
verdict: UCPN (M) must learn, by Shirish B.
Pradhan (ht), Looking
ahead:
The first test of wether politicians have
learned from their mistakes will be how long
they take to form new government, by Shambhu
Ram Simkhada (rep), History
repeats:
A leader is a loser for five years after an
election, but a leader who is not willing to
accept the people's verdict loses forever,
by Dinesh Lamsal (rep)
26/11/2013: All
together
now: NC-UML headed for a clear mandate; all the
reason to not ignore others (kp), UCPN
(M)
wants majority govt clause in statute gone:
Leaders say consensus politics must be
‘reinstated’ for them to join CA process, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
demands consensus political course, by Thira
L. Bhusal (rep), Maoists
seek
NC, UML word on past accords, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), NC,
UML
initiate talks: Let’s go together on govt,
statute, Koirala asks Dahal (kp), CPN-M
discusses
future course (kp), As
poll
ends, federalism debate makes a comeback
(rep), Envoys
meet
Nepal, Koirala (rep), Cong
gets
past UML in PR race (kp), 'Losing
by
slim margins more painful', by Benup Raj
Bhattarai (rep), Marginalized
Groups
Secure Lesser Seats Under FPTP (rep), Plea
to
nullify Solukhumbu election (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
candidate moves CA court, by Gani Ansari
(rep), Ramechhap
spreads
out PR vote, by Gani Ansari (rep), Humla
family
fined for not casting vote, by Jaya Bahadur
Rokaya (kp), State
Expenses
For CA Polls Around Rs 13b (rep), Securing
New
Nepal: UCPN (Maoist) must continue with
constitution-writing to ensure that gains for
social justice are retained, by Seira Tamang
(kp), What
next?
Agendas for economic growth and constitution
writing must be a parallel exercise, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp), The
wisdom
of Baidya: The fact that the Maoists will only
have a small representation in the CA, if they
participate at all, means the Assembly has been
redundant, by Bishal Thapa (rep), Rhetoric
v
reality: There is emphasis on female
participation on paper; But the belief that
women can contribute is absent in reality,
by Catherine Nixon (rep)
25/11/2013: FPTP
count
nears end, NC, UML shine: UCPN (M) bags 25 seats
so far; Last FPTP results from Saptari-2
expected today; 10 women win CA seats (kp),
New
CA
Likely To Have Fewer Parties: 'Over 22,000 PR
votes may secure a CA seat', by Gani Ansari
(rep), Experts
Suggest
Giving 26 Nominee Seats To Women, by Anjali
Subedi (rep), UCPN
(Maoist),
allies to gather vote ‘fraud’ proof (kp), Dahal,
Baidya
mull ‘working alliance’ (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
still unsure about CA Boycott (rep), Gorkha
voters
urge UCPN (Maoist) to join CA, by Narahari
Sapkota (rep), More
parties
claim polls were ‘unfair’ (kp), Call
to
probe Siraha-6 polls (kp), UCPN
(Maoist),
MPRF-N, FSP To Discuss Poll 'irregularities'
With EC (rep), Nip
it
in the bud: EC must quickly probe allegations of
electoral fraud so that the nation can move on
(kp), 93
held
for poll violence charged with public offense,
by Amar Khadka (rep), Thousands
of
invalid votes in Dhanusa, by Suresh Yadav
(rep), Splits,
Hunger
For Power Behind Madhesi Parties´ Poor Show,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), UML
maintains
PR vote count lead, by Binod Ghimire (kp), Independent
Candidate:
Social worker elected to draft statute, by
Rabindra Upreti (kp), NC,
UML
sweep mid-Tarai (rep), 5
secretaries Madhesi parties defeated (kp), Leaders
throng
network sites (kp), Winners
visiting
voters to extend their thanks, by Amrita
Anamol (kp), Winners
and
losers: The NC and UML cannot afford to ignore
issues championed by the Maoists, Madhesis and
Janajatis, by Dipendra Jha (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
must remain in the political process,
interview with Mumaram Khanal (kp), As
you
sow: Euphoria is in the air in Kathmandu
following comeback of NC and UML; But only time
will tell how long it will last and if it was
justified, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep) [Neither is there consense
between NC and UML nor is it clear that both
together have the necessary two-thirds majority
in the CA! Especially, the elected FPTP MPs are
a non-inclusive lot that does in no way
represent Nepal's society as it would be
necessary!!]
24/11/2013: Congress
largest
party in FPTP polls: Senior NC, CPN-UML leaders
secure victories; many top UCPN (Maoist) leaders
lose (kp), NC
emerges
largest party under FPTP, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), 232
First
Past the Post results announced: NC wins 101,
UML bags 90 constituencies: Proportional
Representation vote counting continues; CPN-UML
leading,Nepali Congress not so far behind
(ht), UML
also
Makes A Comeback (rep), UML
in
PR lead (kp), EC
rejects
election review (kp), EC
dismisses
‘foul play in election’ allegation (ht), UCPN
(M)
not to deviate from peace, statute, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Our
agenda
thrive: Bhattarai (kp), UCPN-M
defends
its agendas (ht), Maoists
analyse
electoral debacle: Leaders term the unexpected
results a ‘technical coup’ (ht), Rivals
plotted
against us: UCPN (Maoist) leaders (kp), UCPN-M
loses
Bagmati bastion (ht), UCPN-M
wiped
out from three zones: Gets not even one seat in
29 constituencies (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
sweeps votes in Rolpa, by Hira Bahadur
Ghartimagar (rep), Gorkha
sweep
fails to excite Maoists, by Narahari Sapkota
(rep), NC,
UML
Gain Ground In Mid-west, by Kalendra Sujuwal
(rep), Double
delight
for Koirala, Nepal, Gautam: Dahal, Bhattarai,
Khanal, Gacchadar fail to win from two
constituencies, by Jaya Ram Gautam (kp), For
some
leaders elections but mean a win (ht), Big
names
Who Lost Their Deposits (rep), Four
party
chiefs defeated in Sarlahi, by Santosh Singh
(rep), Repolling
held
in Saptari (kp), 16
parties
in Dhading flunk in PR (ht), Police
gear
up to tackle post-poll violence: Winners, their
rallies to be guarded (kp), ‘Few’
women
win under FPTP polls, by Pragati Shahi (kp),
Number
of
invalid votes increases, by Bimal Khatiwada
(kp), Invalid
votes
down in Makawanpur (ht), 3,999
ballots
cancelled (ht), KMC
Urges
Parties To Remove Poll Publicity Materials From
Public Places, by Arjun Poudel (rep), Congress’
Paudel
says constitution within a year (ht) [This will depend on your
close cooperation and willingness to concessions
towards CPN-UML and UCPN-M! In the first CA you
have been the boycotting party even though NC
had been the loser in the election!!], Behind
the
success: Technical reform processes initiated by
the EC were largely responsible for the 70
percent voter turnout this election, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Part
of
the problem: Our leaders have become
instrumental in handing over to Delhi the key to
Nepal’s internal affairs, by Jainendra
Jeevan (kp), Experts
in
Delhi for unity among Nepali parties, by
Devendra Bhattarai (kp), Winners
and
losers: NC and UML won this time because they
were the least divisive political forces, not
because they were the most exciting options,
by Mukesh Khanal (rep), Unequal
exchange:
Balighare Pratha persists in Nepali society as a
remnant of caste-based discrimination against
low-income Dalits, by Rajendra Senchurey and
Bhakta Nepali (kp)
23/11/2013: NC,
UML
leave Maoists far behind: UML heavyweights
Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhala Nath Khanal, Subas
Nembang secure victory; NC's Gagan Thapa, RC
Poudel win (kp), UML
takes
lead as PR ballot count begins (kp), NC
takes
pole position (rep), Maoist
chief
urged to stay within CA process: Int'l
community's concern (kp), Prez
tells
Dahal not to run from duty: UCPN (Maoist) calls
its leaders to the Capital to assess election
results (kp), 'UCPN
(M)
to participate in Constituent Assembly' (nn), Dear
Comrade:
A heartfelt letter to the forgetful man who once
did this and then did that, by Zahra Sen
(kp), Senior
Madhesi
leaders contend with defeat (kp), MJF-Nepal
boycotts
vote-count: Seven other parties follow suit,
by Bhim Ghimire (kp), Madhesi
Parties
Join Chorus Against Election Results, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), Five
gen
secys lose in a district (kp), Changing
fortunes:
Nepal, Oli bounce back; Pun, Shrestha out
(rep), Khatun
Epitomizes
Women's Victory In Bara -4, by Anjali Subedi
(rep)
22/11/2013: Cong,
UML
in tight race to the top (kp), UML
takes
lead, NC closely follows (rep), NC,
UML
gain in Capital (kp), UCPN
(M)
leaders seek poll review (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
Cries Foul, Threatens To Boycott CA (rep), Don’t
rock
the boat, civil society tells UCPN (M) (kp)
[Please give them some
time to understand! NC and UML never accepted
their defeat in 2008 as well and this
contributed to the failure of the first CA!!],
Exercise
Restraint
Until The Entire Results Are Out: EC (rep),
Down,
not
out: Dahal should gracefully accept the election
results and join the CA (kp), Dangers
of
petulance: The Maoist withdrawal from the
ballot-counting is hopefully temporary, and they
will come back, humbled by the people’s verdict,
by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), EC
orders
count halt in Siraha-5 (kp), EC
airlifts
ballot boxes in inaccessible areas (kp), Making
a
comeback, in style: The man who gave Dahal a
drubbing, by Binod Ghimire (kp), Congress
cadres
rejoice in Capital: Venue sees wave of NC
supporters as the party made a winning streak,
by Weena Pun (kp), Poll
successful,
says rights body (kp), Int'l
Observer
Groups Say Polls Free, Fair (rep) [But only if you disregard
the aspect of missing inclusion!!], Polls
better
than in 2008, say int’l observers, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), US,
EU
welcome CA election (kp), The
next
step: Nepalis were disillusioned with the
candidates on offer, not with democracy. That is
the main take-home for the political parties
(nt), Voting
in majority: From Mahottari to Morang, voters
were openly receptive to elections and showed up
in record numbers, by Anurag Acharya and
Navin Jha (nt), Another
chance:
Holding peaceful elections was the easy part,
resolving the deadlock on the constitution will
be harder, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Sore
losers:
There will be no third chance for Nepal’s
leaders to set things right, by Trishna Rana
(nt), Now,
the
constitution: Nepal once again showed the world
its people believe in a peaceful, democratic way
to select those who govern them, by George
Varughese (nt)
21/11/2013: Awaiting
the
outcome: The electorate has voted in a
drastically different manner this time around
(kp), Maoists
distant
third in early voting returns: Nepali Congress,
UML ahead in initial vote count (kp), Vote
counting
on in 149 constituencies: Early reports show
2008 winner UCPN-Maoist way behind (ht), Split
bad
for UCPN (M), claim Baidya leaders (kp), Statute
vows
helped us: NC, UML leaders (kp), Madhes
parties
MJF-N, MF-L ahead (kp), Top
leaders
leading in districts (kp), In
prelims,
bigwigs facing tough time (ht), Dahal
trailing
NC’s Rajan KC in capital (ht), NC
takes
lead as vote counting continues (rep), EC
airlifts
ballot boxes in eight districts (kp), Ballot
Boxes
Stuck In Remote Districts (rep), National
poll
observers say election largely successful
(kp), Women
Voters
Outnumber Men In Bhaktapur, by Pratibha
Rawal (rep), Vote
counting
stalled in Bhaktapur-1: Parties accuse election
officer of changing stance on multi-stamped
votes (ht), Resume
counting
in Tanahun, demands NC (ht), Counting
delayed
in Nuwakot (ht), Disputes
Hinder
Vote Count, by Santosh Singh (rep), Parties
call
for Sarlahi re-polling, by Aman Koirala
(kp), Irregularities
alleged (ht), TMDP
accuses
NC of capturing five booths (ht), Feud
brews
in four districts (kp), Disputes
delay
vote counting (kp), Re-poll
at
Jumla booth on Friday, by D.B. Busha (rep),
EC
Okays
Vote Counting In Sarlahi-6, Dhanusha-5
(rep), Vote-buying
allegations
in Parsa, by Bhushan Yadav (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
Cadres Thrashed In Thabang, by Hira Bahadur
Ghartimagar (rep), 15
locals
thrashed in Rautahat (ht), Kin
of
Bhotebahal blast victim slam government
(ht), Thapa’s
social
media campaign strikes right chord with youth
(ht), Nepalis
flood
social media with poll result updates (kp),
Pleased
at
polls parties pitch for progress, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Striking
out, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Learning
from
the past, by Chiranjibi Kafle (kp), Decoding
the
vote: The recors number of people turning out to
vote, despite dangers to their life, is a sign
of responsible citizenship, by Amol Acharya
(rep)
20/11/2013: Voters’
victory:
Nepali people have already won regardless of
election results (kp), Sovereign
People
Make CA Polls Historic: 70 percent voter
turnout; Polling peaceful throughout the country,
by Gani Ansari (rep), People
defy
odds in high turnout vote: EC reports 70 percent
overall turnout; Zero turnout in Rolpa’s
Thawang; Counting to begin today, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Nepalis
vote
with fervour to elect second CA: EC upbeat about
turnout, says it could be more than 70 per cent,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Huge
voter
turnout in several districts (rep), 'Clean
Electoral
Rolls, Voter Awareness Key To Record Turnout',
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Polls
largely
peaceful: Govt; 8-year-old injured in capital
explosion, by Manish Gautam (kp), Bhotebahal
blast
puts future of eight-year-old in jeopardy
(ht), 'What
will
I tell my son when he asks for his fingers',
by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Balloting
peaceful,
highturnout in Valley: Officials (ht), Save
few
cases, polls ‘peaceful’ (kp), Bombs
don't
stop voters: ‘Yes, stamped it,’ they shout in
excitement, by Weena Pun (kp), EC
used
tracking system for info (kp), Code
violation
during poll silence period: Many parties had
resorted to last minute vote-buying (ht), Complaints
of
irregularities in Bhattarai’s constituency
(ht), Sporadic
skirmishes
reported on polling day, by Santosh Singh
(rep), Explosions
near
polling booths Bombs defused at several places
(ht), NC
cadres
attacked in Rukum (ht), Police
open
fire in Kavre, five Congress cadres hurt
(ht), Police
open
fire: Three injured in stampede (ht), Nepali
Congress
accused of capturing booths (ht), Congress
files
case alleging irregularities (ht), Poll,
political
maturity reasons, say observers, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Watchers
term
2nd CA vote fairer: Cite security, voter ID
cards and improved political climate for success
(kp), Foreigners
prefer
to defer their remarks on elections (ht), Lapses
in
electoral rolls irk voters, by Thira L.
Bhusal and Prabhakar Ghimire (rep), Huge
Number
Of Voters Barred From Casting Ballot Due To EC's
Negligence, by Arjun Poudel (rep), Anomalies
reported;
re-polling in 1 station, by Binod Ghimire
(kp), Rolpa’s
Thawang
records nil voting, by Khem Budha (ht), Zero
Turnout
At Thawang, by Hira Bahadur Ghartimagar
(rep), Two
die
after casting ballot, one collapses in booth
(ht), CPN-M
for
dialogue, by Roshan Sedhai (kp) [The high voter turnout has
been a clear vote against CPN-M!!], 33-party
alliance
says consensus is inevitable (ht), In
‘well-managed’
polls, a time to socialise, by Samik Kharel
(kp), Disabled
laud
govt help, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp), Terrific
start:
Constituent Assembly polls (rep), Successful
CA
II election: Looking ahead, by James Rinaldi
(ht) [How can you call
it successful at this moment??], Out
of
sync: Parties have to realise that the
constitution needs to reflect the Nepal of
tomorrow if peace is to prevail, by Bipin
Shah (kp), Don't
disappoint
us: I hope for best but prepare for worst for if
we walk down same paths there is no reason to
believe we will reach a different destination,
by Anil Shah (rep), Fair
and
balanced? Labels like accuracy, balance and
credibility cannot obfuscate underlying tilt
that manifests in skewed coverage, in fixation
of certain candidates and parties and exclusion
of others, by Dharma Adhikari (rep)
19/11/2013: Historic
turnout
in 2nd CA polls: EC (ek), CEC
claims
hightest turnover in today's polls (ht), Country
goes
to polls today: Around 12.21 million voters set
to pick new CA members; around 17,000 candidates
from 122 parties in the fray, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Nepal
votes
hoping for a new constitution, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Prez
appeals
to all to exercise voting right (ht) [You know that only a little
bit more than 12 Mio are allowed to vote;
millions of others are excluded for diverse
reasons!!], Over
200,000
personnel out on election day guard, by
Manish Gautam (kp), ‘Technical
fault’
leaves people without right to vote (kp), Flawed
voting
ID cards irk voters no end: Many have complained
that Election Commission goofed up ambitious
project big time (ht), EC
cancels
candidacy (ht), NSU
district
chief attacked (kp), Cadres
mobilised
to prevent vote buying, by Bhusan Yadav
(kp), UML
candidate
arrested on charge of doling out money (ht),
CPN-M
cadres
arrested (ht), Bomb
terror
yet to end (ht), Hoax
bomb
threats terrorises Kathmanduites (ht), 14
party
cadres injured in clashes (ht), Police
thrash
CPN-UML cadre (ht), CIB
makes
outlawed outfit’s chief public; Says Mukti had
planned to disrupt polls (ht), Many
Ilam
Voters Unable To Reach Villages For Polls,
by Benup Raj Bhattarai (rep), 287
People
In Bajhang Missing From Voter List, by Jagat
Khadka (rep), 1,50,000
voters
left capital to cast votes, by Sanjeet
Sangroula (rep), The
road
ahead (rep), Looking
ahead:
The end goal should be a progressive, inclusive
constitution with input from all (kp) [But this is not the view of
the so-called leaders who think that only they
decide and the elected representatives of the
people only have to nod!!], Two
votes
each: Voters seem to be calculating their FPTP
and PR votes separately, forging pragmatism with
aspiration, by Amanda Snellinger (kp), Rocky
road
ahead: Parties should not allow petty disputes
to hold up the constitution drafting process,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Nepal
votes:
to what end? Unless contentious issues raised in
the first CA are resolved, today’s elections
will be a futile exercise, by Gyan Basnet
(kp) [These problems
should have been solved during the past 18
months of power games by the failed party
leaders! The elections are futile even before
the votes have been counted!!], Way
forward:
Economic issues must predominate every other
consideration in the to-be-formed Constituent
Assembly, by Chandra Mani Bimoli (kp) [For the non-included
majority of Nepali society issues like
federalism and ethnicity are of fundamental
importance also in respect of economic
improvements!!], Today’s
CA
election: Electing new faces a must, by
Bihari Krishna Shrestha (ht), Continuity
of
change: The CA would have to function based on a
fundamental assumption of the democratic process
that everything desirable cannot be achieved at
one go, by C.K. Lal (rep), Silver
lining:
Election of the second Constituent Assembly is
sure to have some long-term positive impact,
by Suresh Prasad Acharya (rep)
18/11/2013: CA
election
cost swells to Rs 50b: Observers advise avoiding
frequent elections, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Sans
citizenship,
Chepangs left out, by Pratap Bista (kp), Thousands
Of
Chepangs Deprived Of Voting Right, by
Chandni Hamal (rep), Voters’
ID
cards defective, replete with errors (ht), Distribution
of
voter IDs to continue (nn), Election
officials
reach Rolpa polling booths after four days
(ht), Could
not
educate all voters, says official, by Amrita
Anamol (kp), EC
Preparing
Gender Monitoring Report, by Anjali Subedi
(rep), People
leave
Capital to exercise franchise (kp), Thousands
of
voters stuck in the valley (ht), Time
for
a facelift: CA building decks up for new members,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Almost
there:
Hopefully, CPN-Maoist’s activities will not
intimidate voters into staying home (kp), Personal
security
of candidates stepped up (ht), Poll
employee
attacked (kp), Several
bombs
found in Myagdi (nn), Parked
bus
set ablaze in Jumla (nn), One
seriously
injured (kp), Petrol
bomb
hurled at truck, one injured (ht), CPN-M
man
held for petrol bomb attack, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), Bus
attack
victims condemn violence (ht), Blast
victim
shifted to Kanti hospital (kp), Truck
driver
injured in petrol bomb attack dies, by
Basant Sharma and Diwakar Bhandari (ht), Driver
Injured
In Truck Arson Attack Dies, by Arjun Poudel
(rep), Critically
hurt
dies (kp), Baidya
not
to end strike (kp) [A strike should be peaceful! This is
terror against state and citizens!!], State-terror
led
to violence: Baidhya (ht) [He's obviously insane!],
Malevolent
display (ht), No
sparing
code violators: Ghimire (kp), Regmi
vows
action against anti-election elements (rep),
25
injured
in pre-poll clashes (kp), UML,
NC,
UCPN-M cadres hurt in clashes: Altogether 16,
including four cops, receiving treatment
(ht), Poll-related
Violence
Continues In Districts (rep), Carter
prescribes
French model (kp) [??],
EC
parries
questions on Carter remarks on French model
(ht), The
way
forward: Despite uncertainty and violent
opposition, Nepal is going to polls tomorrow,
by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), Elections
will
take the political process forward,
interview with Krishna Khanal (kp), Constituent
Assembly
election II: Challenges and risks, by Suresh
Prasad Acharya (ht), Poll
For
Constitution, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Whither
election
observers? The deafening silence of observers on
flagrant violations of electoral Code of Conduct
foretells the kind of verdict they will give
this election, by Madhu Raman Acharya (rep),
New
tricks:
Political forces need a lot more than simple
strategies to win; Voters way them based on
actions, agendas and leaders, by Barsha
Paudel (rep)
17/11/2013: ‘Poll
silence’
on as publicity off: The law bans campaigning 48
hours before the polls, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Poll
silence
commences from midnight: Voters get 48 hours
till polling begins to make their decision
(ht), Campaign
silence
started midnight Saturday, by Gani Ansari
(rep), Top
leaders
canvass in various districts in final hours
(rep), UN
chief
calls for peaceful vote (kp), Carter
pledges
support for polls (kp), Carter
arrives
on poll mission (ht), Uprety
calls
agitating parties ‘terrorists’: Says govt should
act to curb such groups for sake of democracy
(ht), Spl
security
plan in 7 Valley stations, by Manish Gautam
(kp), Stage
set
for big day, Valley security stepped up
(ht), Bombs
continue
to undermine security (ht), Truck
driver
hurt in a petrol bomb attack dies (nn), Nine,
including
children, hurt in Satungal bus attack, by
Manish Gautam (kp), Bombs
hurled
at bus; seven hurt, two critical (ht), Probe
violent
cases: NHRC (kp), Clashes
leave
cadres injured (kp), 24
cadres
injured in clashes in three districts (ht),
Stir
keeps
voters from going home: ‘Parties are offering
voters free ride to their polling areas’, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), Underground
outfit
chief Rajan Mukti arrested (ht), Industrialists
in
the east finding it hard to meet demand for
donations (ht), Rupaidiha
border
shut for 84 hours (ht), Thousands
head
to cast their votes (ht), Strike
stops
migrant workers from reaching their
constituencies (nn), Constitution
Concerns
Valley Folks More Than Development, by
Nirjana Sharma (rep), Squatters
Remain
Untouched By Election Fever, by Devendra
Basnet (rep), Parties
wooing
Chepang voters, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp), Private
sector’s
role in election observation, by Sarbani
Kattel (ht), Deuba
strong
in Dadeldhura, Kailali-6 remains a concern,
by Barun Paneru and Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep), Banke,
Chitwan
proving tight rope walk for Koirala, by
Rudra Khadka and Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep), Paudel
faces
challenges in his bastion, by Samundra
Paudel (rep), Elections
and
dignity: Restoring people’s self-respect and
freedom should be the mantra of this election,
by Abhi Subedi (kp), Justice
post-elections:
Elected parties must focus on designing policies
that are comprehensive and better serve the
rights of conflict victims, by Lucia Withers
(kp), Poll
potential:
Elections are important for transparency, sound
governance and accountability, a democratic
system, by Gail Marzetti (kp), Can
the
economy survive repeated shutdown? Bandhs bleed
the economy (ht), Punish
The
Demagogues, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Time
to
vote, by Peter W. Bodde (rep)
16/11/2013: Campaigning
ends
tonight‚ leaving voters much to chew on till Nov
19, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Parties
Wrapping
Up Formal Election Campaign Today: To continue
door-to-door drive (rep), Final
list
of PR candidates made public, by Gani Ansari
(rep), EC
fears
weather, road obstruction: 33 personnel,
logistics, stranded in Humla snowfall, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), 12
hurt
in Makawanpur bus arson (kp), 11
booked
for vandalism (kp), Alliance
not
to obey court order: Agitating parties to impose
‘tougher’ protests against Tuesday’s polls
(kp), CPN-Maoist
refuses
to accept apex court order to end strike
(ht), Baidya-led
alliance
to ignore SC order on strike: Says court is no
more independent (rep), Molotov
attacks
leave 22 injured (ht), 27
injured
in separate clashes across districts (kp), Cops
up
vigil at fuel stations to nab suspects (ht),
Polls
uncertain
in once Maoist heartland?, by Kashiram
Dangi, Janak Nepal and Balkrishna Basnet (kp), Madhesi
Parties
Face Tough Time To Retain Old Strength, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), Kathmandu
gears
up for the polls (kp), Balance
tilted
in UCPN-M favour: Ramchandra Jha, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), It's
loan
that concerns this Dalit candidate more than a
win (ht), UCPN-Maoist
eyes
re-run of victory (ht), NC
in
bid to achieve more seats, by Prakash Rimal
(ht), How
Electorates
Appraise Top 3 CPN-UML Leaders, by Benup Raj
Bhattarai and Santosh Singh (rep), Rights
team
on gender watch (ht), Carter
Center
chief arriving today (kp), Former
US
prez Jimmy Carter arrives in Nepal to observe CA
polls (nn), Zig
when
others zag: A group of educated youths have come
together to push a unique election campaign in a
show of protest against the dominance of what
they deem ‘incompetent’ elite parties, by
Abhushan Gautam (kp), Waiting
To
Vote, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
15/11/2013: Polling
in
Himalayan districts: Cold weather set to play
spoilsport, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), 269
candidates
taken off parties’ PR lists, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), EC
Annuls
302 PR Candidacies: To publish final list today,
by Gani Ansari (rep), EC
publishes
final name list of 10,709 proportionate
candidates (nn), DEOs
set
mid-east poll stage (kp), Two
Polls:
Most voters regard this as a parliamentary
election and not one to elect a Constituent
Assembly (nt), Bomb
attack
victims recall nightmare, by Manish Gautam
(kp), Govt
succour
for injured (kp), 17
vehicle
owners get compensation sums in Valley (kp),
Two
more
vehicles targeted (kp), Anti-poll
leaders
face arrest: Govt, cops say workers of
poll-opposing alliance, including CPN-M, behind
all the violence, by Manish Gautam (kp), Violence
ups
in City; 89 arrested, 28 charged with vandalism
(ht), Stealth
Attacks
Prompt Govt To Deploy More Plain-clothes Cops,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Security
a
concern amid growing anti-poll activities,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Anti-poll
bloc
may hit streets (kp), SC
directs
those opposing polls to withdraw strike
(ht), Apex
court
blow to Baidya banda (kp), Violence
on
the streets the doing of poll opponents, claims
Regmi: Tells security chiefs to enforce law and
order (ht), Punishment
sought
for attackers (kp), Several
CPN-M
activists arrested (ht), Rift
within
Baidya-alliance, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep),
Candidates’
abduction
was a drama: Police, by Parbat Portel (kp),
6
UML cadres injured, 11 missing after UCPN-M
attack in Baitadi (nn), Forum-UCPN
(M)
rautahat clash: Village folk living in fear,
by Shiva Puri (kp), UCPN-Maoist
candidates
warn of poll boycott (ht), Is
EC’s
helicopter policy arbitrary? (ht), UML
objects
to excessive use of choppers (ht), Money
and
muscle (ht), Parties
woo
labourers for votes (kp), Rock
the
vote: Health of a democracy depends on active,
vigilant voters (kp), Bijukchhe
may
repeat history in Bhaktapur-1 (ht), Big
Three
likely to share seats among them, by Bharat
Koirala (ht), Weigh-in:
Election
predictions on top leaders of the three parties
(nt), Uncertainty
reigns:
It shouldn’t surprise anyone if the upcoming
election changes the current power equation,
by Shyam K.C. (kp), Eyes
wide
open: Poll observers face a number of challenges
in the run-up to the November 19 elections,
by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp), Revisiting
Rukum:
Seven years since the end of the insurgency, the
Maoist heartland continues to suffer from
inequality and underdevelopment, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Far-fetched
in
the Far-West: Rather than making promises they
can’t keep, the people want candidates to
deliver on basic services, by Sunir Pandey
(nt), November
19
election: The hidden aspects, by Birendra
Prasad Mishra (ht), A
second chance: Nepalis are set to reject
totalitarians, oligarchs, separatists, and
anti-nationals in this election, by Muma Ram
Khanal (nt), Let's
not
repeat 2008: If the 19 November ballot can be
relatively clean, the possibilities are that
Constituent Assembly-II will have a life, by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt), The
female
factor: The neglect of the majority, by
Narad Gautam (rep), The
burden
of voting for the bad among the worse, by
Prashaant Singh (rep), Elections
upshots:
As the big day approaches closer and the
election fever surges high, life has become
impacted in ways inescapable, by Roshani
Dhamala (rep)
14/11/2013: Push
for
more youth-friendly CA (kp), EC
rejects
negative voting, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Commission
to
deny 300 candidates PR tickets (kp), EC
starts
supplying logistics to all polling stations
(kp), Poll
officials
deployed against election code (ht), EC
failed
to implement poll code: INSEC (rep), Huge
Sum
Being Spent On Voter Education, by Kriti
Bhuju (rep), Landmine
planted
on Dahal’s route (ht), Anti-poll
forces
on the rampage: Dahal escapes unhurt in
Kanchanpur ambush, by Chitranga Thapa and
Roshan Sedhai (kp), 4-yr-old
girl
among eight hurt in Capital bus attack, by
Manish Gautam (kp), Eight
injured
in microbus attack in City (ht), 4
NC cadres injured in IED explosion, by
Pratap Bista (kp), Vehicles
torched,
vandalised (ht), Attacks
on
tourists leave entrepreneurs jittery: Vehicles
meant for foreigners staying in Begnas Lake
Resort set ablaze, by Rup Narayan Dhakal
(ht), NC,
UCPN
(M) cadres clash, by Krishna Prasad Gautam
(kp), Clashes
among
cadres increasing (ht), 12
injured
in Baitadi (kp), So
far,
so good in violence-wary Dang, by Durgalala
K.C. and Janak Nepal (kp), NHRC
reports
spurt in cases of violence (kp), People
demonstrate
against strikes (ht), Private
sector
protests transport shutdown (kp), FNCCI
holds
mass rally to protest bandh called by 33 parties
(ht), Times
a-changin:
FNCCI countrywide peace rally (rep), CPN-M
urged
to withdraw protest (kp), The
wrong
path (ht), Lessons
unlearned:
CPN-Maoist will be seen as a criminal group if
it continues with violence (kp), Baidya-led
alliance
disowns violent attacks (rep) [???], Baidhya
for
reaching understanding (ht) [Without taking part in
elections you should not call yourself a major
political force!! Legitimacy comes through
elections!], 14
leaders
resign from CPN-M in Illam (nn), Police
raid
houses of 6 CPN-M leaders (nn), SC
issues
interim order to poll opposing alliance to
withdraw strike (nn), Muslim
vote
crucial in Banke Constituency No 3, by
Damodar Bhandari (ht), Kathmandu
braces
for nail-biting competition, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Discontent
Brewing
Against Dahal In Kritipur, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), Narayan
Kaji
flouts poll code of conduct: Flies to Panchthar
in a chopper sans permit; Election Commission to
seek clarification, by Laxmi Gautam (ht), EC
chief
dodges code violation issue: Tells reporters
that people will ultimately evaluate candidates
violating rules (ht), Money
Buys
Votes In Morang, Say Leaders (rep), Majhis
say
leaders have sold them down the river, by
Min Kumar Dahal (ht), Rehabilitation
Of
Landless Top Poll Agendas In Kailali, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep), Women
candidates
rue lack of party support (rep), Women
leaders
rue media coverage (kp), Biased
media
riles women candidates (ht), UCPN-M
to
struggle to retain constituencies: Congress, UML
have fair chance; RPP, RPP-N seen as dark horses
(ht), Election
bound:
True nationalism lies in making the elections a
success; anti-nationalism means foiling the
elections, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Political
Marketing
And Unlearned Facts By Parties, by Birendra
Vaidya (rn), Unethical
Electioneering, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Election
blues:
CA II is likely to be a replica of CA I that
engaged in making and breaking governments more
than in constitution writing, by Bhagirath
Basnet (rep)
13/11/2013: ID
card
distribution starts (kp), Poll
mismanagement:
EC should effectively communicate that voter IDs
are not mandatory (kp), Voters’
identity
cards reach Taplejung (ht), EC
to
decide fate of 301 PR candidates today: Over 200
candidates to lose their candidacies, by
Gani Ansari (rep), From
candidates
to voters, CPN-M now changes tack, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai and Roshan Sedhai (kp), Baidya
Alliance
Mulls Intensifying Protests (rep), CPN-M
leaders,
cadres start deserting party: Say they dislike
thethe leadership hasviolent means adopted,
by Kishor Budhathoki (ht), No
to
violence: Rejection of Baidya´s banda (rep),
Violence
marks
banda, ‘bomb’ injures child in Capital, by
Manish Gautam (kp), Petrol
bombs
hurled at bus carrying passengers: All 42 jump
to safety before vehicle caught fire (ht), Bombs,
arson
used to enforce transport strike; Locals
terrified; Vehicles torched at places (ht),
Tourist
vehicles
on way to Pokhara attacked, 2 hurt (ht), Petrol
bombs
hurled at vehicles in Tanahun (nn), FNCCI
to
hold peace rally against strike (kp), FNCCI
to
hold nationwide rally against strike: Appeals to
public to converge at Tundikhel (rep), Transporters
to
ply vehicles (kp), Valley
people
defy transport strike (ht), UCPN
(M)
condemns bomb blast attempt on Dahal (nn), Six
hurt
in NC, UML clash in Khotang (nn), Madhesi
women
in poll fray face uphill task, by Jivesh Jha
(rep), Chepangs
to
trade their votes for land certificates
(kp), UCPN
(M)
trying to woo Dalits, by D.R. Panta and
Khagendra Awasthi (kp), Upper
Mustang
Wears Deserted Look Ahead Of Polls, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep), Jumla
Voters
in Search of jobs (kp), Kanda
villagers
rue ‘neglect’, by Himal Joshi (kp), Candidates
vow
to develop farm, tourism sectors (kp) [by writing the
constitution??], Corner
meetings
after door-to-door visits (kp), Campaigning
peaks
in Nawalparasi (ht), New
parties
campaign (ht), Dolakha
hopes
for violence-free polls, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp), NC
in
bid to wrest more seats, UML to scramble: Hopes
alive for UCPN-M; Madhes-based parties in for
dismal results, by Ravi Dahal (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
unlikely to repeat victory in Bardiya, by
Bishwa Mani Pokharel and Nirmal Ghimire (rep), With
four
candidates, sexual minorities jittery, by
Weena Pun (kp), Outfit
in-charge
arrested (ht), Int'l
observers
arrive as poll date nears (rep), No
time
to waste: Even if only a little of what the
parties promised in their manifestoes is
accomplished, people will appreciate their work,
by Bivod Aale Magar (kp), The
next
PM: Parties do not name their prime ministerial
candidate when they can, and later complain of
foreign interference in choosing a PM, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep), What's
new?
There exists the real danger of these elections
becoming yet another ritual, by Dinkar Nepal
(rep)
12/11/2013: Govt,
parties
wake up to banda They hope fresh talks with
under-pressure Baidya bloc will bear fruit this
time (kp), Anti-poll
shutdown:
10 bombs defused, over 50 arrested (kp) [This is what Baidya calls
peaceful?], Numerous
bombs
defused during bandh (ht), Several
suspicious
objects, bombs found (nn), Petrol
bomb
lobbed at bus ferrying passengers in Lalitpur
(nn), Weakened
Baidya-led
alliance adopts 'terror tactics', by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), Buses
torched
with drivers sleeping inside (ht), Bandh
throws
life out of gear in Valley: Party offices,
vehicles attacked, 41 people arrested in the
act; Bomb defused at Tripureshwor (ht), Garbage
disposal
affected (ht), Transportation
strike
partially affects life nationwide (nn), Transport
entrepreneurs
to resume vehicular movement during strike
period (nn), Banda
blues:
CPN-Maoist must learn from public reaction to
Monday’s banda (kp), Another
mis-adventure
(ht), Govt
says
schools to stay open: Classes still uncertain,
by Nirjana Sharma (rep), No
shortage
of essentials during strike: Govt, traders
(kp), Supply
normal;
demand low as shops shut (ht), Round-up:
Baidya’s
transport strike casts minimum effect across
Nepal (nn), 4-day
holiday
for election (kp), In
Far
West, identity issue is crucial, by
Chitranga Thapa (kp), Serious
lapses
in parties’ PR lists (kp), 2
more days to clear candidacy irregularities,
by Gani Anasari (rep), Judicial
Council
recommends justices for CA court (kp), Voter
ID
cards in districts; distribution begins Friday
(kp), Security
tightened
in eastern region (ht), 3
candidates hurt in assault; NC blamed, by
Mohan Shahi (kp), Unpredictable
Tharu
Voters Likely To Decide Poll Outcome In Dang,
by Bishwamani Pokharel and Devendra Basnet (rep),
It
won’t
be smooth sailing for UCPN-M chief in capital,
by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Tough
fight
lies ahead for Acharya, Pokharel in Kathmandu-5
(ht), A
battleground of Newar candidates: Kathmandu-7
(ht), Fighting
chance
for those who got a drubbing: Influence of
UCPN-Maoist and Madhes-based parties on the wane,
by Somnath Bastola (ht), Short
on
money, publicity a problem for women in fray,
by Amrita Anmol (kp), Journalist
murder
bid: Journos demand security, action against the
guilty (kp), Hung
economy?
The CA can only deliver a new constitution;
other actions are required to push economic
growth, by Sujeev Shakya (kp), Uneven
field:
Gender disparity in election (rep), The
right
vote: Women continue to face an uphill task for
an equal share of the power pie, by Chin
Cabrido (kp), Predicting
the
polls: The upcoming CA looks to be even more
fragmented with the emergence of new political
forces, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Participation
in
CA election: Criteria-based selection, by
Gyan Basnet (ht), Forever
In
Transition, by Shyam K.C. (rn), An
end
of parties: Voters are willing to cut across the
party lines to select the candidates they assess
as having best personal qualities, by Bishal
Thapa (rep), The
five
percent: Nepal should allow voting at 16; it
already recognizes 16 years olds as 'youth'
having the rights of citizenship, by
Pratyush Nath Upreti and Kanchan Prasad Kharel
(rep)
11/11/2013: Bid
to
end discrimination: Call to vote for women this
election, by Weena Pun (kp), Votes
sought
for women candidates (kp), 'Vote
for
women leader' campaign launched, by Anjali
Subedi (rep), It’s
quieter
in Limbuwan, but identity is still the key,
by Akhilesh Upadhyay and Chetan Adhikari (kp), Madhesi
voters
divided along caste lines?, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), In
plains,
Madhesi parties may suffer setback: UCPN-M too
in for hard time; NC,UML likely to improve
results, by Byas Shankar Upadhyaya and Shyam
Rai (ht), Top
Leaders
Contesting From Tarai For Sympathy Votes:
Analysts, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Doms
here
say they’ll vote with their feet, by Prabhat
Kumar Jha (ht), Voters’
ID
distribution runs into problems, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Obstacle
ahead:
CPN-Maoist must realise that people are keen to
vote and withdraw their banda (kp), Pressure
mounts
on anti-poll alliance to withdraw strike
(rep), Shutdown
to
go ahead, after all (kp), Agitating
parties
scale down protest: Total shutdown today,
transport strike till Nov 19 (ht), Govt
orders
arrest of banda enforcers, by Manish Gautam
(kp), Govt
sounds
high alert to foil bandh (ht), Govt
pledges
smooth supply of essentials (kp), SC
moved
to stop poll-time bandh (ht), Security
strong,
CoAS tells Regmi (kp), Work
has
been completed to ensure poll security,
interview with Ganesh K.C. (kp), Police
gear
up to provide security in valley during CA
elections (ht), Sankhuwasabha
UCPN-M
candidate attacked Explosives found at rallies
featuring Dahal, Nembang (ht), NC
candidate,
UML cadre injured in clash (ht), Maoist
campaign
OK, says EC (kp), Candidates
defect
to Nepali Congress (kp), Maoist
position
falters in Rapti-Karnali bastion, by
Janak Nepal (kp), Fierce
contest
among Big Three for Kathmandu-9 (ht), Udaya
Rana
all set in Lalitpur-1 to rise to the challenge,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht), Voters
fed
up with utopian promises, by Arjun Poudel
(rep), Parties
use
schools for poll campaigning (rep), EC
commissioner
Admits Lax Implementation Of Poll Codes
(rep), Violence
upsurge
concerns UML (kp), CPN-M
cadre
held on arson charge (kp), Minors’
use
in campaigns ‘rampant’, by Binod Ghimire
(kp), Off
the
mark: Political parties are still far away from
giving enough space to anti-corruption measures
in their agendas, by Narayan Manandhar (kp),
Poll
For
Peace, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Rise
of
the right: What must be discomforting for
devoted votaries of federalism is growing
fascination of voters for gai, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep) [Strange
opinion! Nepali voters gave proved conscious in
the past:
No Janajati, Madhesi, Dalit, Muslim or woman,
i.e. about 85% of the population, can vote for
Hindu fundamentalism!!], Multiple
antagonisms:
If Baidya and his minions had wanted to further
alienate Madhesis, he couldn't have choseen a
more appropriate time to enforce a banda, by
C,K. Lal (rep)
10/11/2013: ID
use
hinges on card delivery: Commissioner says other
certificates may be accepted if ID cards don’t
reach all voters, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), EC
to
distribute voter ID cards by Nov 17, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Bid
to
cut on invalid votes, by Thakursingh Tharu
(kp), Security
situation
better: NA (kp), Security
in
place in mid and far-west: Nepali Army (ht),
Grenade
hurled
at UML rally, 6 injured, by Ananda Gautam
(kp), Five
hurt
as bomb explodes at UML mass meeting (ht), Bomb
defused
close to UML’s Nembang programme (nn), UCPN
(M)
leader abducted (kp), Warning
against
bandh, rigging, booth capturing: Minister says
no one has right to snatch right of 12 million
voters; Warns perpetrators with action (ht),
Clarion
call
to withdraw banda: FNCCI will defy shutdown,
says its president Vaidya, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), FNCCI
to
defy CPN-Maoist general strike (rep), Govt
zero
tolerance for banda, by Manish Gautam (kp),
Government
decree
to arrest election spoilers (ht), HLPC
urges
33 parties to withdraw strike: Anti-poll
alliance to meet today to make changes in
programme (ht), Plan
To
Cover Damage To Public Transport Falls Flat,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep), Chandani,
Dodhara
votes decisive, by Chitranga Thapa (kp), Nuwakot
offers
a tough poll fight (ht), Constitution
priority
for Kathmandu-6 voters, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Outside
the
ring: If Regmi’s resignation as Chief Justice
can still bring the CPN-Maoist onboard the
election, he should, by Yam Prasad
Chaulagain (kp) [He will
not resign! Besides, it's much too late now!!],
Egoism
Prevents
Alliance Between Madhesi Parties, by Jivesh
Jha (rep), Winning
battles,
losing the war: The reason for the success of
the Maoist party seems to lie is the effective
articulation of its strategy, by Keshar
Bahadur Bhandari (kp), Slogans,
not
solutions: Political party commitments on
economic issues leave plenty of room for
question, by Maina Dhital (kp),
‘Civil society should conduct hearings on
implementation of election agendas’,
interviews with Prtihvi Raj Legal and Chandra Mani
Adhikari (ht), Raise
voices,
not fists: Continuing violence during the
pre-election period suggests that the government
might not be capable of stemming the current
tide of aggression, by Khagendra N. Sharma
(kp), Choices
to
make: Nepali people’s faith in democracy should
reflect in the country’s institutions, including
the parties, by Atul K. Thakur (kp), Big
parties
ignore climate change in poll manifestos, by
Om Astha Rai (rep), Disabled
Likely
To Be Excluded In CA: NFDI, by Anjali Subedi
(rep), Election
disillusion:
If Nepal's ruling elite is serious about
creating 'New Nepal' serious consideration must
be given to legacies of conflict, by Erik B.
Wilson (rep)
09/11/2013: Voter
ID
cards ready and waiting: Distribution on time a
big ask for EC, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Ministries
under
election orders (kp), Many
on
horns of dilemma as elections near (ht), Inclement
weather
spells trouble in mid-west (ht), Ex-US
prez
to lead Carter Center’s poll monitoring team
(ht), Banda
will
be shortened, says Gajurel (kp), Action
sought
against TV channels (ht), ABC
TV,
Filmy TV breached poll code: NC tells EC
(rep), Staffers
of
local bodies ready for CA polls: Ministry
(ht), Concern
over
poll code violations (kp), Violent
activities
stoke fears ahead of polls, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht), Poll-related
Violence
Reported In Districts, by Krishna Oli,
Upendra Yadav and Madan Thakur (rep), Bomb
found
at VDC office (ht), India
urged
to shut border for 72 hours during elections
(ht), Joint
pact
to seal border for 72 hrs (kp), FSP,
Madhesi
parties’ split to come into play, by Kishor
Budhathoki (ht), Maoists
May
Struggle To Hold On To Rukum, by Kamal Thapa
(rep), Can
BRB
rise to Butwal challenge?, by Amrita Anmol
(kp), How
Gachchhadar
wins elections, by Om Astha Rai and Amar
Khadka (rep), Delay
in
implementing Dhobikhola corridor project upsets
voters, by Pratibha Rawal (rep), 75pc
cops
leave Valley for polls, by Manish Gautam
(kp), Valley
poll
security feels manpower crunch: Steps to foil
Baidya-led campaign being mulled, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep), Elections
amidst
challenges, by Bhagirath Basnet (rep), Four
major
parties should take responsibility if election
doesn't take place: Rai (nn)
08/11/2013: Not
present:
Dalit leaders must unite to ensure adequate
representation in the CA (kp), Security
situation
is but stable: In the Eastern region, candidates
are campaigning freely and voters feel safer
than in 2008, by Akhilesh Upadhyay and
Chetan Adhikari (kp), Security
up
in mid- and far-west ahead of vote (ht), Border
to
be shut for three days for election (ht), Nepal,
India
agree to tighten border for CA polls, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep), CPN-M
leaders
divided over 10-day general strike (kp), 33-party
mulling
cut-down on 10-day strike (ht), Call
off
bandh, say rights activists (ht), FNCCI,
CNI
condemn bandh: Such acts discourage investors
and cause the economy to shrink (ht), Govt
urges
parties to withdraw bandh: Warns of strong
action if CPN-Maoist-led alliance fails to pay
heed to the call (ht), Manifestos
have
little effect on voters: They say they’ll choose
candidates, not parties (ht), UCPN
(M),
NC men clash, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp),
EC
to
monitor activities at all 18,457 polling centers,
by Gani Ansari (rep), Voter
i-card
distribution: Poll commission sets Nov 17 target
(kp), Kapilvastu-1
candidate
dies (kp), Madhes
parties
in last ditch attempt to forge poll alliances,
by Surendra Paudel and Upendra Yadav (rep), Last
time
losers in bid to bounce back: Can previous
election winners continue their winning streak?,
by Kumar Luitel (ht), The
wages
of sin: The criteria for electing a candidate
has changed; This time, voters are asking: does
he have blood on his hands? (nt), Despite
boycott
campaign, Rolpa braces for election, by
Bishwamani Pokharel and Hira Bahadur Ghartimagar
(rep), Retaining
Ilam
seats an uphill task for UML, by Madhav
Ghimirte and Biplav Bhattarai (kp), Maoists
eye
Madhesi votes, by Jitendra Kumar Jha and
Mithilesh Yadav (rep), Banke
candidate
withdraws name (nn), Villagers
in
Dadeldhura demand more from Deuba, by Thira
L. Bhusal and Barun Paneru (rep), Chhath
Adds
Extra Financial Burden On Tarai Candidates,
by Upendra Yadav (rep), Disabled
folk
move court against EC, three parties, by
Weena Pun (kp), Regmi
appointment:
SC postponed hearing to Nov 21 (ht) [The independence of
judiciary does no longer exist! Thank you Mr
Regmi! Thank you HLPC!!], SC
hearings
on anti-Regmi petitions after CA polls
(rep), Single
identity
federalism slammed (ht), Fundamentally
flawed:
Election manifestos have climate-dependent goals
but almost nothing on climate change itself,
by Navin Singh Khadka (kp), Standing
by
the ballot box: Hopefully, the November 19 CA-II
elections will usher normalisation, unlike the
April 2008 exercise, by Kanak Mani Dixit
(kp), Token
representation:
Within a patriarchal context, women end up
playing political roles on male terms, by
Lhamo Yangchen Sherpa (kp), The
upcoming
CA election: Of paramount importance, by Nir
Bahadur Karki (ht), Results
Should
Be encouraging, Not entirely Bad, by D. M.
Thapa (rn), Biting
the
ballot: The country will go for polls on 19
November, but at what cost?, by Anurag
Acharya (nt), Carter
visiting
Nepal for poll observation (rep), "We
will
work against Elections ", interview with
Mohan Baidya (sp), Why
Political
Parties Shatter Dreams of Constitution, by
Lala Nara Dadci (sp), Election,
Its
Observation & Monitoring: Justice as the
head of the election government, and the
developments after that, we are heading towards
yet another Constitutional Assembly Election,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (sp), Second
CA
poll: Then Uncertainty: Despite the escalation
of the political violence, political parties are
finally preparing for the second Constituent
Assembly election slated for November 19, by
Keshab Poudel (sp)
07/11/2013: EC
murders:
Dhungel poll bid Maoist PR candidate Usha Fakir
too found ineligible, by Pranab Kharel (kp),
Dhungel,
Shah
disqualified from PR list (ht), EC
annuls
candidacies of Dhungel, Faqeer, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Now
or
never: Parties, civil society, administration
must oppose the 10-day CPN-Maoist banda
(kp), Some
unease:
Gearing up for Nov 19 (rep), International
community
urges polls sans banda (kp), Int’l
community
slam anti-poll activities (ht), Strikes
during
polls unlawful: Int'l community (rep), US,
UK,
others issue travel alerts: Ask citizens
travelling to Nepal to be cautious amid CA polls
(kp), Candidates
spending
money to buy votes, by Rabi Dahal (ht), Parties
vow
Karnali development, by Tularam Pandey (kp),
Tarun
Dal
district leader found dead (kp), Tarun
Dal
cadre found dead: Police suspect murder, four
UML activists held (ht), Govt
to
remove YCL camps (ht), Bombs
defused
at UCPN-M rally (ht), Poll
code
violations rocket up (kp), Code
violations (ht), Madhesi
parties’
split may benefit NC, UML: Poll-opposing CPN-M’s
presence likely to affect Unified CPN-Maoist,
by Mahendra Thapa (ht), Mahara
in
Rolpa tight corner, by Kashiram Dangi (kp),
74-year-old
Dalit
woman contesting against Khanal, by Benup
Bhattarai (rep), Baidya
holds
the key to poll success in Sindhupalchowk-3,
by Kosh Raj Koirala and Dhruba Dangal (rep), Parties
in
for tough competition in Tanahun-2 (ht), Voters
Pin
Hopes On Tourism Growth For Development, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep), Parties
float
plans to appease squatters, unemployed
(rep), Elections
come
and go, our plight remains, by Kumar Luintel
(ht), Some
of
the people, all of the time: Perhaps strong
showing by monarchists and Janajati parties can
goad major parties towards a constitution,
by Deepak Thapa (kp), Voice
of
victims: The rights and aspirations of conflict
victims continue to be neglected in the Nepali
peace process, by Suman Adhikari (kp), Will
new
CA elect next president? Opinions divided among
legal and political circles, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Costly
democracy:
The total election expenses comes to Rs 37.9
billion which expressed in relative terms is
approximately 2.5% of the country's GDP, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep), Election
Violence,
An Undemocratic Act, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
06/11/2013: EC
terminates
candidacy of convict-declared Bal Krishna
Dhungel (nn), EC
scraps
candidacy of Dhungel and Sah, by Gani Ansari
(rep), EC
scraps
Dhungel's candidacy: 332 PR candidates
disqualified (ek), EC
disqualify
two Maoist candidates: Seeks clarification from
a total of 332 candidates in PR lists (ht),
Sadhbahwana
leader
abducted‚ murdered in Mahottarai (ht), Tarun
Dal
activist found dead in mysterious circumstances;
four UML cadres arrested (nn), Tarun
Dal
leader found murdered in Dailekh (ht), Police
arrest
six CPN-Maoist cadres in Taplejung (rep), NC
concerned
over repeated attacks in poll campaigns
(ht), Cowboy
thrashed
for supporting UML (nn), Maoist
candidate's
poll publicity vehicle torched (ht), Amik
Sherchan's
SUV torched in Chitwan (ht), RJM
accuses
UML of attacking its cadres in Pyuthan (ht),
International
community
urges bandh organizers to respect rights of
citizens (nn), It
is
illegal to foil polls: Intl community (ek),
CPN-M
won’t
obstruct voters during election: Pampha Bhusal
(nn), Chopper
use
okayed by EC to some leaders (ht)
04/11/2013: Levelling
the
field: The PR system is being used for purposes
other than intended but it has done much to
ensure inclusive participation in the political
process, by Pramod Bhagat (kp) [There was no inclusive
participation in the first CA because the high
caste male party leaders did not allow the CA to
work along its constitutional tasks and rights!!],
NC,
UML
‘optimistic’ over seats to CPN-M (kp) [This would be fundamentally
unconstitutional! You must not write a new
constitution if you treat the current one like
this!!], Sarlahi
locals
think it’s general periodic polls, by Binod
Ghimire (kp) [This is
exactly what the political leaders pretend!],
Poll
predictions:
Local issues look set to dominate the election
this time around (kp), NC,
UML
feel campaign heat, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), NC-UML
clash
in Myagdi: Four injured, two arrested (rep),
Leaders
for
‘effective’ door-to-door drives, by Samik
Kharel (kp), Banke-3
remains
wide open as Koirala fighting a hard battle,
by Janak Nepal (kp), Voters’
awareness
dismal in Bara (kp), Hindi
in
manifesto, otherlanguages in practice, by
Binod Ghimire and Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp), Voters
will
resist 10-day CPN-Maoist banda, interview
with Umesh Prasad Mainali (kp), Distribution
of
temp. voter ID cards in few days: EC (ht)
03/11/2013: War
victims
demand TRC (kp), Poll
code
violation rampant, by Ghanashyam Gautam
(kp), 187
cases
of anti-election activities reported, by
Manish Gautam (kp), Violent
incidents
fail to deter voters: But, many do not know
which party to vote for, by Om Astha Rai,
Ramesh Chhetri and Amar Khadka (rep), 5
of 7 candidates under challenge defend
eligibility, by Gani Ansari (rep), Nepal
warns
against poll postponement: Alleges there’s
conspiracy afoot to defer election; Says no
party can deviate from commitment (ht), Clarify
position,
UCPN-Maoist tells CPN-M (ht), CPN-M
avers
Dahal is its prime target, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), UN
urges
Baidya to support election (kp), Police
turning
tough against CPN-Maoist cadres (rep), Clash
among
candidates worries cops, by Binod Ghimire
and Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp), Ethnicity
issue
fails to impress Tamangs in Sindhupalchowk,
by Kosh Raj Koirala and Dhruba Dangal (rep), Caste
Politics
Takes Root As Madhesi Parties Ignore Inclusion,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), More
women
candidates from Madhesi parties, by Weena
Pun (kp), Madhesi
parties
hanker for still CA seat sharing, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), In
Baglung,
its federalists vs anti-federalists, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Lal Prasad Sharma (kp), RJMN
loosing
ground in Baglung, by Ajay Phuyal and Dilip
Paudel (rep), Stage
set
for top players in Rupandehi (ht), Electioneering
reaches
peak in Sarlahi: Shambhu Lal Shrestha of UCPN
(M) is main competitor of Khanal in
Constituency-1, by Binod Ghimire and Aman
Koirala (kp), Koirala-Gachhadar
rivalry
back in Morang, by Madhav Ghimire (kp), Bhojpur,
a
constituency to watch (ht), Residents
glum
over unrealized tourism potential, by
Nirjana Sharma (rep), Battle
royale
expected in Dhading: UCPN-Maoist fighting RPP
,Congress and CPN-UML in the district (ht),
Campaign
in
full swing in Bajura (ht), Voice
for
'zero vote' resounds in Thabang, by
Bishwomani Pokhrel and Hira Bahadur Ghartimagar
(rep), NC,
UML
hope to edge UCPN-M in Nepalgunj-4 (ht), Elders
welfare:
Parties make rosy promises (ht), Propositions
dangled
to lure young voters (ht), Play
by
the rules: The media must adhere to the Election
Code of Conduct when reporting on election
matters, by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp), Come
together:
All political parties, whether contesting the
elections or not, have to work together if they
wish to usher in a new epoch of peace in Nepal,
by Abhi Subedi (kp), Still
worth
trying: Even if CPN-Maoist only wants to buy
time, it should be given one more chance to
participate in the election which may be
postponed for a few weeks or months, by
Madhu Raman Acharya (rep) [If the CPN-M takes part or not is
unimportant, the second CA trial has already
failed! All parties are not campaigning for a
new and inclusive constitution but for power!!]
02/11/2013: Statute
left
out in tactical move (kp) [This is true for the
election campaigns and statements of all
parties! In other words, they are looking for a
new basis to continue their power games!!],
UCPN-M
promises
farmland to tillers: Major forces try their bit
to appease farmers (ht) [This election is for CA only!!], UCPN
(M)
offers Baidya CA seats: Interlocutors mulling
three possibilities, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
and Roshan Sedhai (kp) [Most
of these ideas are against the interim
constitution! The 26 seats, e.g. are meant for
not correctly included social groups and
outstanding persons of civil society!!],
CPN-M
Banda
affects life in western districts (kp), Hotels
get
cancellations ahead of CA election (kp), Govt
to
act tough against the poll opposing forces after
Tihar, by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Candidate’s
vehicle
set on fire in Dhading (ht), Candidate's
vehicle
set on fire in Sunsari (nn), Code
violations
go unchecked (kp), Code
flouted
in election rush, by Binod Ghimire (kp), Parties
Ignoring
Code Of Conduct In Western Region, by Mani
Dahal (rep), Keep
the
honest: Code of Conduct breaches (rep), Parties’
campaign
costs zoom past limit, by Bhadra Sharma and
Pranab Kharel (kp), EC
tells
7 PR candidates to defend eligibility: Bal
Krishna Dhungel may lose candidacy, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Journo
murder
case haunts UCPN (Maoist), by Prakash
Adhikari (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
likely to lose seats in far-west: NC assumed to
emerge as largest in the region, by Thira L.
Bhusal and Barun Paneru, Has
UCPN-M
shot in the foot in stronghold: Party must watch
Rolpa closely; NC,UML trying to bounce back,
by Udaya GM, A
glimpse of foreign policy after elections,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), Voters
demand
convincing road map for constitution,
development, by Jivesh Jha (rep), NC
and
UML strong in Saptari, Siraha, by Prakash
Timalsina, Mithilesh Yadav and Jitendra Kumar Jha
(rep), NC,
UML
to face tough poll test in Tehrathum, by
Kulchand Phombo and Manoj Limbu (rep), CPN-Maoist
Poses
No Threat In Ramechhap, Dolakha, by Kosh Raj
Koirala and Ramesh Khatiwada (rep)
01/11/2013: Parties
did
not want women, Dalits in fray, say advocates
(ht), The
marginalised:
Chepangs feel they have been cold-shouldered
(ht), Citizenship
reform:
Madhesi, non-Madhesi parties differ: There are
more points of departure than convergences in
the manifestos, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Splits
in Madhesi political parties: Greed for power,
not accepting each other's leadership major
reasons, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Boys
will
be boys: Pushing women into the CA through
proportional representation and ignoring them in
direct polls reeks of tokenism, by Trishna
Rana (nt), Bomb
targets
NC leader Paudel: Explosives placed in other
places as well (ht), 33-party
alliance
says it’s just a political boycott (ht), CPN-Maoist
enforces
Far-western region shutdown (nn), FSP
leader
‘shot at’ (ht), Detention
of
three MJF-N cadres sparks clash (ht), Use
helicopter
only after seeking prior permission, EC tells
Dahal (ht), Of
chopper
rides (ht), Parties
urged
not to use kids in campaigning (ht), Candidates
Misusing
FM Radios, by Kosh Raj Koirala and Ramesh
Khatiwada (rep), EC
Struggles
To Check Poll Code Violations, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Tough
fight
ahead in Sarlahi (ht), Officials’
lethargy
bombs campaign to educate voters in Okhaldhunga
(ht), Election
Agenda
Not Matching Needs Of Poor In Farwest, by
Prabhakar Ghimire (rep), Mixed
bag
in store, last time losers may rise: Congress
likely to improve results; UCPN-Maoist in for
hard time, by Damodar Bhandari (ht), Khanal
walks
a bumpy road, by Om Astha Rai (rep), Focus
on
voter’s ID card: Is it required now?, by
Birendra Prasad Mishra (ht), Confusions
And
Questions About The CA Election, by D. M.
Thapa (rn), Divided
we
don't rule: The Nepali people have always shown
that they are wiser and have more common sense
than those who want to rule over them (nt),
Ethnic
Federalism-Yes
and no, by Prashaant Singh (rep), (Dis)
quiet
in Nepalganj: After five years of
disappointment, voters are sure who not to vote
for, by Mallika Aryal (nt), Campaigning
in
cyberspace: Candidates for the upcoming
elections are also campaigning on social media
for the first time, by Bhrikuti Rai (nt)
31/10/2013: Apex
court
seeks EC explanation on women inclusion
(kp), SC
summons
govt, Election Commission (ht), Constituencies
ditched
to ensure victory: Parties have pitted women
against heavyweights of rivals,was there tacit
agreement in move?, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht),
Charges
against
PR candidates (kp), Code
breach
gets on EC’s nerves: Sans consent, Dahal uses
helicopter to fly to districts, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Dahal
uses
copters sans EC permit: Koirala was denied
copter in Lamjung, by Gani Ansari (rep), MJF-N
leader
found violating election code (kp), 8
top guns say they are future PMs (kp), Gorkha
braces
for a spike in violence: Clash disrupts Nepali
Congress leader Minendra Rijal’s mass meeting,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Cops
open
fire as UCPN-M cadres attack Nepali Congress
leaders (ht), Victory
now
a challenge for ‘visionary’ Bhattarai (kp),
Sitaula,
Oli
strive to regain constituencies, by Chetan
Adhikari (kp), ‘Statute
means
economic wellbeing’ kp), Upper
Mustang
voters say polls cold comfort, by Gopal
Chhantyal (ht), Flood
control
a major concern of voters, by Thira L.
Bhusal and Bikram Giri (rep), Voters
want
organized urban infrastructure in their
constituency, by Anjali Subedi (rep), Formers
lawmakers
likely to face challenges, by Jitendra Kumar
Jha (rep), UCPN-Maoist
likely
to feel the heat, by Shivraj Khatri (ht), Splits
in
Madhesi parties likely to cost votes, by
Ajit Tiwari and Santosh Singh (rep), CPN-M
threat
resounds in rally, by Manoj Basnet (kp), Fringe
parties
a ‘poll threat’ in the East, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), Election
violence
continues (kp), Security
focus
on general strike (kp), Polls
for
progress: Vote for a coalition of parties that
have a vision for social inclusivity, economic
prosperity, national dignity, by Pramod
Mishra (kp) [O.k., but
none of the bigger parties is qualified for
this!!], Whom
to
punish: Without a system where people do not
seek political patronage, we may not succeed in
preventing corruption, by Jagannath Adhikari
(kp), Who'll
win?
None of the big three has any solid advantage;
in this situation, the voters can either choose
new forces, however incompetent, or endorse
pre-2006 forces, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep), Those
Who
Don't Accept Change Say New CA Will Fail,
interview with Devendra Raj Panday (rep)
30/10/2013: Women
activists
doubt 33 pc share in CA (ht), Dalits
point
to leaders’ ‘ill actions’, by Prakash Singh
(ht), Absent
voters:
Youth who are eligible but not able to vote,
share their thoughts on the upcoming CA election,
by Yukta Bajracharya (rep), Madhes
parties
‘lose’ grip on bastion: Analysts say the
regional parties have weakened as Madhes
Movement gradually fades from public memory,
by Binod Ghimire and Aman Koirala (kp), Madhesi
Parties
Mum On Hill Issues, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Balancing
Tharu,
Pahadi voters tall order in Far West (kp), Fringe
parties
pose challenge in Kanchanpur (nn), Congress,
UCPN-M
top guns in for a hard time, by Surendra
Kafle and Rambabu Yadav (ht), BRB
shirks
‘safe’ Gorkha for Tarai: Bhattarai considers
home turf a safer district than tough Rupandehi,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Ishwari Neupane (kp), Constituency
Watch:
Kathmandu-2: Can UML stalwart Madhav Kumar
Nepal pull off a victory this time?, by
Prakash Rimal (ht), 14
states,
dual citizenship key to NMKP poll pledges:
Manifesto says President exercises executive
powers and forms govt of technocrats, denying
MPs ministerial posts (kp), Inflation
and
development top the agenda of electorates of
Lalitpur-3, by Arjun Poudel (rep), In
Ramechhap
and Dolakha, federalism a non-issue: Voters
demand jobs, better roads, by Kosh Raj
Koirala and Ramesh Khatiwada (rep), NC,
UCPN
(Maoist) in close race in Rolpa, by Hira
Bahadur Ghartimagar (rep), Identity
issue
continues to divide Pokhara, by Keshav
Sharan Lamichhane (rep), Election
logistics
on way to districts (kp), Voters’
education
programme launched (ht) [Better educate the politicians!!],
In
run-up
to polls, parties walking all over code
(ht), Poll
candidates
parking publicity vehicles at police offices
(ht), Rethink
polls,
CPN-M tells govt, parties (kp), Govt,
parties
not to backtrack on poll: It won't bring desired
constitution: CPN-Maoist (rep), CPN-M
ready
to face govt action: Could resort to all forms
of struggle: Dev Gurung (ht), Bomb
defused
in Dolakha (nn), Balancing
act:
Journalists play an important role in ensuring a
neutral coverage of polls (kp), Ending
impunity:
ICJ suggests jurisprudential reform (ht)
[see report
by
ICJ], ICJ
Terms
UK Court's Decision On Col Lama A Milestone
(rep), Foundations
For
A Peaceful Society, by Hira Bahadur Thapa
(rn), Candidates
Go
Whole Hog To Woo Voters, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), Cultural
violence:
When they are the most in need of nutricious
food, care and hygiene, women are
compelled to live like animals, by Ankita
K.C. (rep)
29/10/2013: Still
a
man’s world: Parties must ensure at least 33
percent women’s representation in the new CA
(kp), Empty
promises:
Political parties could have improved their
credibility by making realistic promises that
they can actually deliver, by Sujeev Shakya
(kp), Lessons
for
South Asia: Nepal must consider continuing with
a non-party government until the constitution is
formally adopted, by Suhas Chakma (kp), Shape
of
things to come: No party will be able to garner
a two-thirds majority in the upcoming election
and the CA will once again be a hung house,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Beyond
Reasonable
Means, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Endangered
groups
feel betrayed by parties, by Surendra Kafle
(ht), EC
provides
election related details (ht), Govt
to
monitor 35,000 staff for CA election (ht), Violence
swells
as election nears, by Manish Gautam (kp), Anti-election
activities
on rise nationwide (nn), Govt
in
'wait and watch' mode against anti-poll violence,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Poll
candidates’
vehicles set on fire in city (ht), Fringe
parties
find fault with CPN-M moves, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), CPN-M
still
vouches for dialogue to end political trouble
(nn), Defendants’
position
sought on ‘right to reject candidates’ (kp),
Hearing
on
negative voting (ht), Candidates'
competency
tops voter priority, by Sangeet Sangroula
(rep), MJF-L
for
two provinces in Tarai (kp), MPRF-D
roots
for two Tarai provinces (rep), Integrated
Far-west
v Tharuhat sets the tone for the region: Parties
soft-pedal divisive issues, by Thira L.
Bhusal and Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep), NC’s
Poudel
faces an uphill task in Tanahun, by Kaml Dev
Bhattarai and Purna BK (kp), No
false
promises! Bara folk want statute, development,
by Binod Ghimire (kp), Chitwan
constituency-4:
Bikash vs Sushil, the fight is tough, by
Bimal Khatiwada (kp), Debate
continues
over constitutional court, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Let
Us
Hope: Underneath their flabby exterior is an
enormous lack of character, by Mukesh Khanal
(rep), Economic
Agendas
Of Political Parties Unrealistic: Experts,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep)
28/10/2013: In
polls,
an uphill battle for women: Going by history,
three top parties’ women will not fare well this
election, by Dewan Rai and Weena Pun (kp), Petitioners
move
court seeking right to reject candidates
(kp), Respect
negative
voting rights, court asked (ht), Experts
cast
doubt on CA election (kp), Public
to
get a chance to grill poll candidates (kp),
People
are
asking about development more than statute
(ht), Parties’
incredible
hydro power promises (ht), Three
Alam
murder accused made public: Ex-UML CA member
Kusawaha had hired assassins; Several attempts
had been made before, by Diwakar Bhandari
(ht), UML
leader
Kushwaha among 3 held over Alam murder, by
Kamal Pariyar and Upendra Yadav (rep), Same
gang
behind two shootings: Former UML lawmaker held
in connection with election candidate’s murder
(ht), Whodunnit!
UML
leader held for Alam murder, by Manish
Gautam and Laxmi Shah (kp), EC
booking
poll code violators (kp), Gachhadar
admits
he made mistake (kp), EC
seeks
clarification from Dahal's daughter Renu
(rep), EC
mulls
forming 'flying squads' to check poll code
violation: Squads to comprise security
personnel, EC staffers, by Gani Ansari
(rep), Ashok
Rai
pines for seat adjustments (kp), Dang
cops
nab 5 poll disrupters, by Durgalal K.C.
(kp), 5
Held Over Attack On Maoist Leader, by
Devendra Basnet (rep), 'Operation
Seal'
for poll security in Midwestern Region, by
Bishwa Mani Pokharel and Rudra Khadka (rep), Against
the
tide: CPN-Maoist’s disruption of poll process
goes against the will of the people (kp), CPN-M
leaders
won’t be easily accessible, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), FLSC
imposes
bandh in eastern Nepal (nn), NC
leader’s
vehicle set on fire (nn), Bomb
found
outside CPN-UML Nawalparasi office (nn), Dahal
says
his party will fight back against those intent
upon disrupting polls (nn) [A war between cadres of
different parties cannot lead to free and fair
elections!!], War-ravaged
infrastructure
yet to be rebuilt (ht), Madhesi
parties
make tall promises to Muslims, by Jivesh Jha
(rep), Maoist,
Madhesi
parties will get more votes in Tarai,
interview with Vijay Kant Karna, Impunity
in
the time of election: Instead of a
solution-oriented debate, the parties have
developed a culture of corruption that fuels
conflict, by Ram Bhandari (kp), Battleground
of
heavyweights with ex-PMs, ministers in fray,
by Rajendra Bhatta (ht), Tough
Poll
Battle Looms In Dhading 3, by Ujir Magar and
Rameshwar Karki (rep), Exploiting
youth
potential: Engines of growth, not political
tools, by Ajita Singh (ht), Time
For
Restraint, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Hollow
promises:
No election manifesto spells out how lofty
promises will be met or how economic growth will
accelerate to set the country on development
path, by Bhagirath Basnet (rep), Road
not
taken: The new constitution should be framed
according to agenda set by the party that wins
majority PR votes, by Aditya Man Shrestha
(rep), Go
figure:
The federal debate (rep)
27/10/2013: Will
the
views of parties converge? CA panels debated
issues extensively; Draft also readied;
Successive govts ignored it, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht), Parties
make
tall social security promises: Will it also be
as easy to deliver? And,at what cost? (ht),
Economic
agendas
in political manifestos: Is the country ready to
do business? (ht), UCPN-Maoist
conscription
proposal will cost nation dearly if implemented
(ht), EC
gets
tough on poll code breach: Gachhadar furnishes
clarification, probe going on, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Top
EC
panel to look into major incidents of poll code
violation, by Gani Ansari (rep), Govt
takes
steps to curb anti-poll activities, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep), Police
reaches
conclusion on UML candidate Alam murder case,
arrests another UML leader for plotting murder
(nn), Two
arrested
for attacking UCPN-M candidate in Taplejung
(nn), Poll-related
violence
shows no sign of ebbing (kp), 2
youth unions swear vengeance (kp), Seven
UML
men injured in Chitwan (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
candidate's jeep set ablaze (nn), Security
bodies
waiting and watching (kp), Seat
adjustment
bug bites three major parties (kp), Election
boycott
campaign a smashing hit: CPN-Maoist, by Tika
R. Pradhan (ht), Economy
being
held hostage, by Surendra Tandukar (ht), Don’t
you
dare tear CPN (M) apart: Baidya (kp) [Like most of the other top
leaders, Baidya obviously suffers from a swollen
head! Stop the destruction of the nation!],
Uncertain
prospects:
Without the CPN-Maoist’s participation, whether
the election will solve the nation’s problems or
exacerbate them remains to be seen, by
Jainendra Jeevan (kp) [The
problems of the nation will not be solved by the
current politicians in general!!], NMSP
roots
for undivided Madhes: Wants special relations
with India, Panchasheel to guide diplomacy
(ht), NMSP
for
single Tarai province, Chure conservation
(rep), Madhesi
parties
woo Dalits with myriad offers (rep), Migrant
voters
expected to hold sway in Bhaktapur-2, by
Pratibha Rawal (rep), Busy
in
harvests, voters lack time for candidates,
by Kamal Panthi (kp), Dons’
poll-time
release smacks of foul play, by Manish
Gautam (kp) [??????????], Driven
by
zeal, independents join poll fray, by Samik
Kharel (kp), Journos’
bid
to ensure fair polls, by Arjun Shah (kp), Bad
omen:
Constituent Assembly II, by Ananda Jha (rep)
26/10/2013: CPN-Maoist
gets
violent despite pledge (rep), Dahal
is
Baidya’s prime target: CPN-M says move will
force him to backtrack on November election,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Bombs
near
Maoist offices (kp), UCPN-M
tells
cadres to retaliate against attacks (ht), Convicts
in
poll fray: Dhungel candidacy may be scrapped,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Westminsterial
system,
says RPP (kp), RPP
sticks
to parliamentary democracy: For constitutional
president, parliament-elected executive head
(ht), Major
parties
still at odds over federal blueprint (ht), Madhesi
parties
adopt populist approach to lure women voters,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), Locals
Unimpressed
With Major Parties' Development Agenda, by
Nirjana Sharma (rep), EC
asks
Home Ministry to seize unwarranted vehicles
(kp), India-promised
vehicles
arriving shortly (ht), Observers
raise
alarm against code violations (kp), Koirala,
seven
others cautioned for violating poll code
(rep), Breaking
the
code: Election campaigning (rep), Two
parties
field same candidate (ht), Higher
invalid
vote percentage likely, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), Nepal
ranked
121st in global gender gap report (kp), Squatters,
Ethnic
Factor Could Sway Poll, by Om Astha Rai and
Rohit Rai (rep), Minimizing
violence:
The second CA election is going to be tricky in
terms of security challenges but there are
things we can do to minimize violence, by
Rohit Karki (rep)
25/10/2013: The
morning
after: The 12.3 million Nepali voters have no
illusions about an election that is being
foisted on them (nt), EC
plans
early supply of poll logistics, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), EC
lifts
restriction on election observers (ht), Adhikaris
resume
their strike (ht), Murder
convict
unfit for CA race: EC (kp) [He's fit for jail only!!],
Election
code
breach rampant (kp), 2
Maoist parties’ cadres clash at several places
(kp), UCPN
(M)
and UML cadres clash in Gorkha, 12 injured
(nn), UCPN
(M)
candidate in Taplejung seriously injured in
CPN-M attack, 15 more wounded (nn), UCPN-M
chief
obstructed (ht), CPN-M
impose
bandh in Siraha to thwart Dahal’s poll campaign
(nn), Commoners
suffer
as CPN-Maoist tries to stop Dahal, by Om
Astha Rai and Gopal Dahal (rep), Bhattarai’s
publicity
car set on fire (ht) [Baidya's strange view of non-violence!!],
Anti-poll
actions
never acceptable for govt: Home Minister
(nn), Congress
launches
manifesto (ht), NC
vows
federalism deal in 6 CA months, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp) [??],
NC
to
settle state boundaries within 6 months of poll:
Proposes owning up all agreements reached in
previous CA (rep), NC's
Manifesto:
Main Focus On Agriculture, Water Resources,
Tourism (rep), FSPN
for
14-state federation (kp), FSP
unveils
manifesto, supports 14-pradesh model (ht), FSPN
For
Directly-elected Executive Prez (rep), MTF,
TMSP
for single Madhes province (rep), Communities’
rights
still contentious (ht), Accountability,
not
just democracy: A platform for national
accountability must first be built at the local
level, by Narayan Adhikari and Blair
Glencorse (kp), Staking
the
CA-2 election: Right or wrong?, by Anand
Aditya (ht), Voting
with
a vengeance: Electing new faces is the only way
to punish and push out discredited leaders,
by Bihari K. Shrestha (nt), Free,
fair,
and fear-free: High political stakes and
polarised sentiment threaten to undermine
electoral integrity and security, by Anurag
Acharya (nt), Troubled
leaders, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Why
We
Should Vote On Nov 19: Development of the
country is an issue, yes, but
institutionalization of democratic values is
even more important, by Abhisek Adhikari
(sp)
24/10/2013: Adhikari
couple
to resume hunger strike from today (ht), Adhikari
couple
to resume fast-unto-death (kp), Govt:
10-day
Maoist banda a major threat; Government taking
measures to foil the strike and ensure normalcy,
by Anil Giri (kp), CPN-Maoist
cadres
out to spoil CA polls (kp), Govt
fiat
against anti-poll elements: Regmi tells
ministers, secretaries to ensure free, fair and
credible elections (ht), Parties
finalise
PR lists: More than 11,000 candidates to contest
for 335 seats, by Bhadra Sharma and Pranab
Kharel (kp), EC
discloses
closed lists under PR for 122 parties, by
Gani Ansari (rep), Intent
to
mislead (ht), Hollow
promises:
Guarantees that parties have made in their poll
manifestos are unrealistic (kp), TMLP
Madhes
agenda: 1 autonomous province; Manifesto says
Tharus should also be accommodated (kp), TMDP
calls
for single Madhes Pradesh: Supports president as
ceremonial head and parliamentary form of
government (ht), TMDP
roots
for single autonomous Tarai-Madhesh state,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), How
Madhesi
parties envision a future Madhes (ht), NC
to
announce its manifesto today (nn), Top
guns
face tough poll test, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), In
Tarai,
UCPN (Maoist) to pull out all the stops: In a
turn, top leaders are running from Tarai
constituencies (kp), Election
officials
to allow chopper use for campaign in emergencies
(kp), NHRC
to
deploy monitoring teams (ht), Madhes
parties
seek constituency in Muslims, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), First
tragedy,
then farce? We will likely again see a division
in the new CA between members elected through
FPTP and those from PR, by Deepak Thapa
(kp), Women
leaders
struggling to gain political foothold, by
Anjali Subedi (rep)
23/10/2013: Revised
PR
lists submitted at EC: Discontentment rife in
major parties, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Parties
Submit
Amended Lists For PR Candidates (rep), UML
focus
on jobs, new infrastructure: Proposes
promulgating new constitution in a year, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-UML
unveils
its manifesto (ht), UML
pledges
woman cadidate in one of 4 top state offices
(rep) [This does not
sound credible against the background of the few
female uml candidates for the FPTP system!!],
UML's
Economic
Agenda: Employment Generation, Hydropower,
Infrastructure (rep), Big
Parties
In Consensus On Three-tier Judiciary: Sharply
divided over several other issues, by Gani
Ansari (rep), MJF-N
hangs
on autonomous Madhes state (kp), MJF-N
vows
to protect Madhes: Party says in manifesto it
will prevent region from splitting (ht), MPRF-N
sticks
to autonomous Madhes, executive prez, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), RJP
proposes
unitary system, by Amtita Anmol (kp), Rastriya
Janamorcha
unveils election paper (ht), Tough
fight
as heavyweights run for Valley seats, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), No
smooth
sailing for three top guns, by Janak Nepal
(kp), Votes
for
party committed to dev works: Chepangs (kp),
Clash
of
titans: Security agencies and parties must
coordinate to prevent cadre clashes (kp) [Especially the party leaders
must teach their cadres to behave!!], NHRC
expresses
concern over clashes (ht), The
way
it is: Political leaders can only be as good as
the society they come from, the masses they
manage and the culture they tread through,
by Bipin Shah (kp), Parties,
Candidates
Immersed In Electioneering, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn), It's
the
economy: The rhetoric of advancing the economy
is not going to help; Parties should tackle
corruption, red-tape and inefficiency, by
Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep), Political
parties
assure dual citizenship, voting rights to NRNs
(nn), CPN-M
cadres
throw acid on a woman (nn)
22/10/2013: Intra-party
fights
leave security forces on toes, by Manish
Gautam (kp), 5
injured as Maoist, NC cadres clash, by
Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp), NC,
UCPN-M
cadres clash in Rukum (ht), Govt
shortlists
2 firms for ID card project, by Anil Giri
(kp), Bid
time
for I-card printing ends today (kp), Anti-poll
parties
to widen stir area: 33-party alliance to form
local mechanisms to press protests (kp), Action
after
Oct 21, warn agitating parties: Say they will
not take up arms but will do all it requires to
foil elections, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), One
step
back: Given the nomination of candidates for the
polls, it is hard to imagine a 33 percent
presence of women in the upcoming CA, by
Maina Dhital (kp), Use
of
troops: If the NA is given a prominent role
during the election without clearly defining its
role in law, the legitimacy of the elections
will be open to question, by Dipendra Jha
(kp), Faith
in
writing: Election manifestos of major parties
indicate the formation of a new constitution,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp) [How this? There are major differences in
most of the important issues which have never
been discussed since the first CA was
dissolved!!], EC
briefs
diplomatic corps (ht), Electing
better
representatives: Will negative voting work?,
by Birendra Prasad Mishra (ht), EC
ponders
copter use in more districts for canvassing:
Parties say roads impassable in several
districts, by Gani Ansari (rep), Maoist-proposed
electoral
model may stifle political diversity, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Maoists
shift
on anti-India stance (rep), Madhesi
parties
differ on language, by Jivesh Jha (rep), RPP
proposes
seven provinces with two in Tarai-Madhes
(rep)
21/10/2013: 12.6m
ballot
papers at the ready for PR vote: Commission
prints FPTP ballots for 67 constituencies
(kp), FSPN
favours
cooperative federalism (kp), Big
3
under free, quality education oath; vow swift
academic changes, by Binod Ghimire (kp), Parties
have
health care high on their agenda, by Manish
Gautam (kp), Federalism
will
break country: KC (kp) [No, it will only break the inequality
between centre and periphery as well as the
dominance of central elites!!], UCPN
(Maoist)
sets ambitious economic agenda (rep), Alam’s
widow
files poll candidacy, by Laxmi Sah (kp), Boots
on
the ground: Maintaining poll security will
require political intelligence and negotiation
(kp), Parties
in
blame-game for CA failure, by Arjun Bhandari
(kp), Kavre
cops
soft on Maoist leaders: Report to apex court
makes no mention of murder charges against them,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
candidates violating poll code (rep), CPN-M
can
be given 26 nominated seats if they behave:
Dahal (nn) [This
would be against the interim constitution, Mr
Dahal! How can you make such statements??],
CPN-M
steps
up anti-poll campaign: Maoist rival attacked in
Pyuthan, candidates threatened (ht), Rival
party
candidates share stage in Gorkha (ht), Non-linear
peace
process: Elections key to its success, by
Hari Bansh Jha (ht), Maoists
Consciously
Avoid Proposing Dahal For Prez, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), Security
Experts,
Youths Decry Idea Of Conscription: Proposal ruled
out in previous CA, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep),
Delusions
of
development: Manifesto is document of policies
with little relation to practicalities;
Unfortunately the Maoists did not have the luxury
of such an option, by C.K. Lal (rep), Troubling
message:
What will a NC sympathizer do if he recalls the
images of Khum Bahadur's hero welcome before
casting his vote?, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
20/10/2013: ID
card
printing from Wednesday (kp), EC
volte
face on voter I-card: To seek help from private
sector, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), EC
prepares
detailed plan for printing voter ID cards,
by Gani Ansari (rep), UCPN
(M)
for 11 states, 24 autonomous regions, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), UCPN-M
unveils
commitment paper (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
manifesto for 11 provinces (rep), 7
states may be enough: NC (kp), Congress
finalises
manifesto (ht), Small
Madhesi
parties for executive PM,ceremonial prez, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), Economic
development:
Three major parties set ambitious goals
(kp), NA
troops
begin poll duty today (kp), Army
to
be deployed for poll security from today
(ht), Army
Yet
To Reach Remote Constituencies (rep), Nepal
Police,
APF chiefs on foreign trip in run-up to CA
elections (ht) [??],
Modi
for
Nepal Hindu state: Thapa (kp) [It's absolutely unimportant
what fundamentalist Indian politicians want for
Nepal!!], NA
troops
begin poll duty today (kp), Officials
see
need to plug security holes in Tarai (kp), Import
of
small arms on the rise in Tarai: Weapons a
threat during polls, by Ravi Dahal (ht), UCPN
(M)
Dang member sustains bullet wounds, by
Durgalal K.C. (kp), Poll
candidate
attacked (kp), Four
bandh
enforcers held (ht), 7
hurt as NC, UML cadres clash (ht), Two
FPTP
candidates held from gambling den, freed
(ht), Saarc
chief
appt under EC glare (kp), Conflict
victim
seeks justice, by Durgalal K.C. (kp), Resolving
Intra-party
Conflicts, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Free
and
fair? With India's history of flaunting its
leverage it will continue to be a decisive
influence in the internal politics of its
neighbors, by Dinkar Nepal (rep)
19/10/2013: Poll
preparations
almost over: EC; With 30 days to go, observers
doubt ID plan (kp), Thirty
days:
November 19 vote (rep), Where
locals
ask what federalism is, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp), Limbuwan
parties
step up publicity campaign in east: re making a
pitch for separate state with nine districts in
the eastern region (ht), Sadbhawana
Party
unveils manifesto, by Pranab Kharel (kp), SP
unveils
election manifesto (ht), SP
for
two Tarai provinces, by Jivesh Jha (rep), NC
split
over federal roadmap (ht), NC
Proposes
Holding Local Elections Within 6 Months Of CA
Polls, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), NC
activists,
teacher hurt in attack (kp), Election
code
violated in Kanchanpur (ht), Parties
urged
to abide by poll regulation (ht), CPN-M
demanding
donations from poll candidates, by Kamal
Thapa (rep), NRNA
looks
to include agendas in parties’ election
manifestos (kp), Mixed
election
system likely to be history for good (ht), Hydro
Project
Allots Rs 240 M Shares To Parties, by Dhruba
Dangal (rep)
18/10/2013: EC
set
to print voter ID cards (kp), Call
for
anti-poll parties to respect people’s right to
vote (kp), Government
to
act tough against anti-poll activities (rep), Poll-wary
candidates
using social functions for canvassing, by
Devendra Basnet (rep), Total
Indifference (ht), UCPN
(Maoist)
election manifesto: Party for nationalism as
federal set-up base: 10-state, 14-state
federalism models to be floated, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Hot
issues
leave locals in cold, by Shyam Sundar Shashi
(kp), Parties
stick
to old models of forms of governance system
(ht), NC
hits
out at Maoist executive prez stance (kp), Parties
submit
PR list (ht), MJF-N
manifesto
finalised, by Ram Kumar Kamat (kp), Parbat
villagers
unaware of Nov 19 vote (ht), Poll
candidates
using social media to reach out to voters,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), 17
Injured
In Clash Over Tearing Off Of Poll Posters,
by Santosh Singh (rep), NC,
MPRF-D
Cadres Clash In Siraha, by Mithilesh Yadav
(rep), Congress
demands
tighter security for polls in Rukum (ht), Army
and
elections: Mobilisation of the Nepal Army will
act as a deterrent to those opposed to elections
and will help build confidence among voters,
by Daman Bahadur Ghale (kp), People
without
a nation: A draft court ruling is attempting to
limit citizenship only to those born of a Nepali
mother and Nepali father, by Chin Cabrido
(kp), Allow
The
Nepali People To Decide, by D. M. Thapa
(rn), Are
we becoming the slum dwellers of Asia?, by
Prashaant Singh (rep)
17/10/2013: EC
decides
to print voters’ ID cards on its own, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), Lost
in
the maze (ht), Parties
giving
final touches to manifestos (kp), UML
for
statute in a year, referendum on key issues,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-UML
poll
manifesto final, to be made public on Friday:
Names of pradeshes to be decided by the elected
members of the respective Pradesh Sabhas
(ht), 10m
ballot
papers for PR election ready (kp), FSPN’s
Ang
Kaji gets death threat (kp), Proportionally
abused:
Parties are using the PR system to subvert
democratic practice (kp), The
voter’s
dilemma: Three things are at stake in the
upcoming election: nationality, democracy and
inclusive justice, by Pramod Mishra (kp), The
right
women: The CA quota for women requires
modification to prevent parties from abusing it
to only bring in women from dominant groups and
castes, by Aditya Bastola (kp)
16/10/2013: EC
completes
Nov. 19 poll preparations (ek), UCPN
(M)
all set to make public election manifesto with
directly elected Prez as executive head
(nn), NC
readies
election manifesto: Manifesto to reach districts
in two weeks time (ek), Widespread
violation
of election code of conduct in Mahottari
(ek), Rampant
violations
of election code of conduct in Mahattori
(rep), UCPN
(M)
cadres seize NC's publicity materials (ek),
UCPN
(Maoist)
seizes NC election materials in Rukum, by
Kamal Thapa (ht)
15/10/2013: Security
problem
in polling booths (ek), Security
problem
in polling booths in Banke (rep), NC,
CPN-Maoist
cadres clash, 10 injured (ek), NC‚
CPN-Maoist
cadres clash in remote Mugu village‚ 10 injured
(ht), NC,
CPN-Maoist
cadres clash in Mugu, 10 injured (rep), Deadline
to
submit revised list of PR candidates expires
(nn)
14/10/2013: Hello
Sarkar
to continue service during Dashain festival
(ek)
13/10/2013: 7.4
million
ballot papers printed (nn)
12/10/2013: Ballot
printing
for direct vote in the offing, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
cadres attacked (kp), Alam
laid
to rest; UML picks wife Nejma for poll (ek)
11/10/2013: EC
now
plans ‘temporary’ voter I-cards , by Bhadra
Sharma and Pranab Kharel (kp), How
EC
techies sabotaged the Voter ID card project
(ht), FPTP
candidates
given poll symbols (rep), Security
Challenges
Abound As Poll Date Nears, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), UML
candidate
Alam dead, by Manish Gautam (kp), Body
taken
home; demos in Bara, by Laxmi Sah and Pawan
Yadav (kp), Alam
declared
dead: Body brought home; Bara shrouded in grief
(ht), Baidya
backs
off; party now opts ‘gentle boycott’, by
Durga Lal KC (kp), Elections
round
the corner, people confused who to vote, by
Tekendra Deuba (kp), Watching
the
watchers: The country is shutting down for the
holidays and will open up for elections. What is
an election observer to do?, by Kanak Mani
Dixit (kp), A
rich man’s world: Economic deregulation and
liberalisation in Nepal have only made the rich
richer and the poor poorer, by Bhim Prasad
Bhurtel (kp), The
party
that can throw the best party: This festival
season coincides with campaigning and will tell
us a lot about the culture of Nepali politics,
by Muma Ram Khanal (nt)
10/10/2013: FPTP
candidate
lists out in all 240 constituencies: EC to make
final lists public today (rep), EC
drops
voter ID card plan, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Big
3
stick to past stances on governance systems
(rep), Election
manifestos:
Parties poles apart: Exec prez, single-identity
federalism Maoist agenda (kp), Nepali
Congress
sticks to parliamentary system (kp), UML
clear
on key issues, at odds over PM candidate
(kp), Madhesi
parties'
manifesto harps on fertilizer availability, loan
waiver, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Address
women's
issues: Activists (kp), Four
heavyweights
in Sarlahibut voters don’t care a damn, by
Rajesh Mishra and Aman Koirala (kp), FSP
publicity
campaign offers a rare sight (ht), Potential
spoiler:
There is no need for a heavy-handed security
approach this election (kp), Will
'08
results indicate voting trends this time?,
by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Where
the
titans clashed: Kathmandu-1 is a far cry from
being the battlefield of Krishna Prasad
Bhattarai and Madan Bhandari in the upcoming
elections, by Deepak Thapa (kp), Our
intellectuals
and academicians: They are no less to blame,
by Mukul Sharma Bashistha (ht)
09/10/2013: ‘Committed’
Regmi
vows storm-free Nov election, by Anil Giri
(kp), 8
central Tarai districts ‘security-sensitive’,
by Laxmi Sah (kp), 185
candidates
withdraw from FPTP race: Ec to publich final
lists of candidates today, by Gani Ansari
(rep) (rep), Proxies
pit
themselves against some top guns, by Dewan
Rai and Bhdra Sharma (kp), Top
NC,
Maoist leaders fail to dissuade rebels
(rep), Candidates
at
a loss sans party manifestos, by Kumar
Luintel and Byas Shankar Upadhyay (ht), Madhes
parties'
manifestos: Most of ’em for 2 provinces in
plains (kp), Madhesi
parties
divided over system of governance, by Jivesh Jha (rep), RPP-N
pitches
for monarchy, Hindu state, by Binod Ghimire
(kp), RPP-N
first
party to go public with election manifesto
(rep), RPP-Nepal
manifesto
calls for constitutional monarchy in country
(ht), Parties
would
try to forge consensus on vital issues of
constitution drafting immediately after polls:
Dahal (nn) [This
would have been necessary ahead of the polls!!],
Agitating
front
to launch anti-poll movement after Dashain,
by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), All
that
our leaders lack is serious commitment, by
Manoj Kumar Shrestha (ht), Educating
voters,
a challenge the EC, parties confront, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), Choose
your
leader: A prime ministerial candidate from each
party for the upcoming elections would reduce
intra-party feuds later and ensure a stable
government, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Voters’
sovereignty:
Voting with options, by Pranav Bhattarai
(ht), Security
To
Poll Candidates Poses A Challenge, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn), Elections
amidst
challenges: The expenditure of the CA I
elections was only Rs 2.81 billion; The
expenditure for CA II electionsis expected to
exceed 30 billion, by Bhagirath Basnet (rep)
08/10/2013: Nice
guys
finish last: Spaces allocated for the
marginalised and disadvantaged in the CA are
going to inept leaders, profit makers, political
losers and criminals, by Bidushi Dhungel
(kp), Falling
short:
Inclusiveness in election (rep), EC
publishes
list of FPTP candidates: 6,343 candidacies
filed, 610 women in fray (ht), FPTP
candidates'
lists in all 240 constituencies out (rep), Govt
begins
assessing poll security situation: Army use plan
not targeted at any party: Home Minister
(kp), Security
Forces
Brace For Explosives Before And During Polls,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Poll
candidates:
demand PSO, by Diwakar Bhandari and Prabhat
Jha (kp), Many
Madhes-centric
parties fielding Pahade candidates (kp), CPN-M
sends
letters to candidates: Leaders in the fray say
CA elections inevitable, no one can stop them
(ht), CPN-M
anti-poll
orientation (kp), Adhikari
murder
case: Rights body claims govt buckled under
pressure (kp) [This
also has to do with the fact that the judiciary
is no longer independent since the Chief Justice
became head of the executive!!!!!], Vehicles
with
Indian number plates banned in Nawalparasi
(ht), Migrants
returning
in droves (ht), Partial
transition:
It is proven time and again that violence, once
accepted as a legal means to demand change, sets
as an atavaism in society, by Dinkar Nepal
(rep)
07/10/2013: Parties
snub
inclusion in FPTP vote: As number of women
Dalit, Janajati candidates fall, NC fails to
field a single Dalit person (kp) [Such non-inclusive parties
are not able to guarantee an inclusive federal
state under a new constitution! The people
should remember this when they cast their
votes!!], Big
parties
deny women candidates a fair share: Paying lip
service to inclusive politics; Fringe forces
give more space to females (ht), Candidate
Selection
And Internal Democracy In Parties, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn), 'Most
women
FPTP candidates just fielded for formality'
(rep), 24
women
in FPTP race in Saptari (ht), Madhesi
Parties
Fielding Fewer Young Candidates, by Jivesh
Jha (rep), Maoists
fail
to nominate ex-combatants for CA polls
(rep), What
is
a secular nation? Nepal as a ‘secular state’ has
so far had no visible effects, save the
abolition of kingship, and some changes in
festive calendars and judicial matters, by
Gérard Toffin (kp), Voter
ID
plan likely to fall flat (kp), Writ
against
restrain on poll observers (kp), Candidates
seek
personal security (kp), Campaigns
in
full swing in Rolpa (ht), Top
Madhes
party leaders shy away from Hill constituencies,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), Alam’s
survival
chances ‘slim’ (kp), Muslims
demo
against attack, by Laxmi Sah (kp), Panel
formed
to probe shooting incident (ht), On
guard:
Government must pay attention to armed outfits,
not just CPN-Maoist (kp), Security worries
(ht), Poll
activities
slacken in Bara (ht), Baidya
party
cadres launch ‘donation drive’ in Panchthar
(kp), Ravaged
police
posts yet to be rebuilt, by Rajendra Nath
(kp), Parties
dilly-dallying
with their manifestoes: Leaders say they were
too busy with candidates’selection to declare
their agendas in paper (ht) [So far, election manifestos
have never been worth the paper they have been
written on!!], Three
major
parties disclose economic agendas: Propose
making bandhs history,focus on economic
prosperity complementedby social justice
(ht)
06/10/2013: Nepal
Army
preparations for poll deployment begin:
Regional-level security meetings set to begin
from Monday, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Bara
UML
candidate shot at: Govt forms high-level probe
panel (kp), Attack
on
Alam leaves Muslims in shock (rep), Alam’s
health
worsens further (kp), Alam’s
health
deteriorating: TUTH doctor (ht), Candidates
Want
More Security, by Kamal Pariyar (rep), Ethnic,
regional
factors sway candidate selections (rep), Parties
working
on manifestos now (kp), Being
Madhesi
in Kathmandu: It is the responsibility of every
citizen, not just politicians, to rise above
caste and skin colour and stand up to
discrimination wherever it occurs, by Rita
Sah (kp), Between
a
rock and a hard place: Postponing polls is still
a viable option if it will help bring the
CPN-Maoist on board the political process,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp) [The current CPN-M cannot be compared to
that one of 10 years ago! Nepal can no longer
bow to anarchist rioters, though this does not
excuse the irresponsible and to a greater part
illegal behaviour of the other parties and their
leaders!!], CPN-M
asks
candidates to pull back (kp), 33-party
alliance
asks candidates to withdraw from poll race
(rep), We
will
not raise arms, says Baidhya: 33 parties appeal
to candidates to withdraw from election
(ht), CPN-Maoist
intensifies
donation drive (ht), Past's
the
guide: The army can be deployed only through a
set procedure and it is deployed to prevent
violence, not to instigate it, by Deepak
Gurung (rep)
05/10/2013: 122
parties
file names for PR seats (kp), 122
parties
submit their closed lists for PR election
(ht), 122
parties
submit lists of PR candidates (rep), 121
parties
submit closed list of candidates for PR system
(nn), Candidacy
filing
in districts encouraging, parties in election
campaign (nn), Time
not
enough for debate on poll, by Ajaya Bhadra
Khanal (ht), UML
poll
candidate shot at; critically injured: Mohammad
Alam airlifted to Kathmandu from Bara; CDO urges
candidates to work with cops while campaigning,
by Laxmi Sah, Bhusan Yadav and Pawan Yadav (kp), Strong
UML
FPTP contender shot at in Bara, by Diwakar
Bhandari and Sujit Aryal (ht), UML
candidate
undergoes surgery, but condition still not
stable (nn), EC
frets
about security; UML flays ‘cowardly’ act
(kp), Govt
vows
foolproof security for candidates, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep), ‘Gangster’
postsRs
30m bail, freed (kp), Ganesh
Lama
secures release on bail to contest elections
(ht) [??????????????????????????????],
Parties
flayed
for fielding murder-accused, corrupt lot
(ht), Two
arrested
for shutting Limbuwan (ht)
04/10/2013: Regmi’s
follies:
If not too late, Khil Raj Regmi should give up
his second chair as Chief Justice to bring the
Maoists on board for elections, and to preserve
peace, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp), Country
immerses
in election, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), Poll
fever
takes off as leaders file nominations (kp),
Over
5,000
file papers for FPTP polls, by Ram Kumar
Kamat and Tika R. Pradhan (ht), FPTP
candidacies
filed nationwide, by Gani Ansari (rep), Chepang
Candidates
In Poll Fray, by Chadani Hamal (rep), Political
parties
submitting closed list of candidates for PR
election today (nn), Top
NC,
Maoist leaders face rebel candidates (rep),
District
poll
offices abuzz with activity (kp), UML
candidate
shot in Bara (nn), Maoist
party
cadres clash; 12 hurt (kp), Cadres
of
Maoist parties clash (ht), Slapper
Kunwar
to fight Dahal the ballot way (kp), Chef
who
slapped Dahal contesting against him (ht), Nepal in
quest of sanity, by Prashaant Singh (rep), Failed
experiment:
New Delhi’s overt and covert efforts to
influence Nepali politics haven’t been in
India’s own national interest, by Anurag
Acharya (nt), Heading
For
Confrontations? After failure to reach consensus
on elections issue, Nepal’s major political
parties are heading for confrontations (sp),
Freudian
Glimpses
of Raw Wounds, by Dipak Gyawali (sp)
03/10/2013: Parties
to
file nominations for FPTP poll system today,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), EC
Set
To Register FPTP Candidacies Today, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Three
major
parties finalise FPTP list (ht), Madhes
parties
sew up candidature deal (kp), Madhesi
Parties
Pick Candidates From Diverse Communities, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), FSP,
RJN
declare their FPTP list (ht), Disgruntled
cadres
vandalise UML office: NC, RPP-N workers also
dissatisfied with choice of candidates (ht)
[The destruction of
public and private property is obviously a
fundamental right of every Nepali!!], Candidate
selection
fuels dissent in NC, UML (rep), Disgruntled
leaders
quit parties over poll nominations (rep), Parties
Ignornig
Gender Inclusion, by Chandani Hamal (rep), Dialogue
door
shut, says CPN-M (kp), CPN-M
to
intensify anti-poll campaign (ht), CPN-Maoist
to
stop poll canvassing in villages, by Kiran
Pun (rep), Ban
on
licensed arms (kp), Make
The
Election Free And Fair, by Gyan Basnet (rn),
Degenerating
Democratic
Values, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Regmi,
HLPC
Not Serious About CPN-Maoist Demand,
interview with Narayankaji Shrestha, UCPN-M (rep)
02/10/2013: Regmi
makes
light of ‘petty’ anti-poll parties (kp), New
legislation
aims to ensure 40 percent women in local bodies,
by Dewan Rai (kp), Plan
to
help female candidates (kp), Courting
trouble:
The judiciary must remain vigilant during polls,
as a large number of security forces are due to
be deployed in 12 ‘most sensitive’ Tarai
districts, by Dipendra Jha (kp), Adhikaris
threaten
to resume fast (ht), Hearing
against
Regmi continues (ht), Hearings
On
Petitions Against Prez Move Start (rep), Support
crackdown
on anti-poll activities: Carter Center (ht),
Give
them
time: Giving Baidya some more time to prepare
for the election will do the country more good
than harm, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep), CPN-M
announces
end of dialogue process calling Nov polls a
'sham' (nn), UCPN-M,
Congress
facing tough time with selection (ht), Fill
the
void (ht), Major
parties
finalise FPTP candidates amid objection (nn)
01/10/2013: 124
parties
apply for polls under PR system (kp), 124
parties
contesting under PR system (ht), 124
Parties
File Applications For PR System, by Gani
Ansari (rep), On
current
balance, Nov 19 vote is on: Polls will go ahead
so long as 5 key players stand in their favour,
by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), Cadres
as
temp cops a threat, say stakeholders (ht), Parties
officially
start election donation drive (ht), Critical
presence:
The discourse on women’s representation requires
activists to strongly demand a 33 percent
presence in the upcoming CA, by Chandra
Bhadra (kp), Will
Nepal
vote for peace? Former chief election
commissioner Bhojraj Pokhrel provides important
lessons for the upcoming CA elections, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp), Nepal
Army
in the election: A limited and psychological
role, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht), CA
Election
And Safety Issues, by Prem Khatry (rn)
30/09/2013: Adhikari
murder
accused released without facing lawsuit
(nn), Nefin
presses
for representation in Assembly polls (kp), Nomination
process
begins today, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), NC
top
guns’ constituencies okayed (kp), UCPN
(M),
UML name candidates for remote, mountain
districts: Maoist party also finalises top
leaders’ election constituencies (kp), SP
okays
57 candidates (kp), Madhesi
Parties
Select Constituencies For Heavyweights
(rep), CPN-M
to
miss the election boat: Parties to file
nominations for polls under proportional
representation system today, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Party
registration
under PR system concludes (nn), Ban
to
Regmi: All-party polls important (kp), Crack
crisis,
poll-shy parties tell Big 4 (kp), Shrestha
calls
for poll deferral (kp), Narayan
Kaji
for deferring polls (rep), EC
party
ranking row reaches apex court (kp), Armed
outfit
leader held (kp), Justice
sidelined:
The agenda of conflict victims has been
undermined and ignored; it is time to ask
political leaders: why should we vote for you?,
by Ram Bhandari (kp), Upcoming
Poll
And Political Undercurrent, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn), Democracy
in
danger: We still have demagogues profiting from
Maoist doctrine that is posing as a big hurdle
to the democratic process, by Ganga Thapa
(rep)
29/09/2013: ‘Foolproof’
election
security nationwide: Security mechanisms on high
alert in all districts, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), CPN-M
writes
to UN not to support Army deployment: Party says
plan against peace pacts and Interim
Constitution; Chairman Mohan Baidya in talks
with European mission chiefs (kp), Baidya
writes
to Ban against NA's poll deployment, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), CPN-M
shoots
off letter to UN Secy General (ht), 33
smaller
parties' alliance calls for talks again
(nn), Candidate
selection:
Main parties to meet EC deadline (kp), Women
empowerment
‘losing momentum’ (kp), Election
related
materials looted (ht), ‘Parties
should
clarify on polls’: People have doubts CA
elections will happen on Nov 19: Mahato
(ht), Let
experts
draft constitution, says CPN-M secy (ht), Back
To
Square One, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Trust
Deficit:
Political leaders have failed to explain to
Nepalis how they stand to benefit from
federalism and secularism, by Mukesh Khanal
(rep), Effective
policing:
Should we adopt the American style or continue
with Bihari style of policing, by Ananda Jha
(rep)
28/09/2013: Voter
identity
card printing will begin in a week, says EC;
Officials say the 13 millioncards will be
distributed by Nov 15 (kp), China
delivers
election logistics to Kathmandu (kp), Tourism
industry
seeks ‘no banda’ promises (kp), CPN-Maoist
cadres
apply for temporary police posts (ht), Rightsizing
The
Parliament, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), RTI
And
Corruption Control, by Dipesh Kumar Ghimire
(rn)
27/09/2013: Supreme
Court
damper on murder convicts’ poll hopes, by
Pranab Kharel (kp), Murder
convicts
can’t contest CA polls: SC: Election Ordinance
upheld; Order means Balkrishna Dhungel barred
from filing candidacy, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), 33-party
bloc
to go all out against CA election: Protest
programmes include sustained general strike
following the festivals (kp) [True Nepali revolutionaries
only boycott elections, not festivals!!],
33
parties
announce 10-day bandh (ht), Status
update
on opportunism: A study of Baburam Bhattarai’s
utterances would indicate that they are directed
at destroying the people’s self-esteem; There is
just no ideology there, by Kanak Mani Dixit
(kp), Bar
takes
up Regmi as CJ issue with Ban (ht), Beyond
tolerance:
The next bandh, by James Rinaldi (ht), Observing
the
observers: Politicians and their proxy
government is pitted against the people, by
Bihari K. Shrestha (nt)
26/09/2013: Politics
of
presence: Leaders in the major parties assume
they can speak for everyone, with a patronising
hint that others are not ready to take charge,
by Deepak Thapa (kp) Prospective
poll
candidates fear attacks, seek security, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), UCPN
(M)
entices CPN-M leaders with CA seat vows, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Two
MPRF-D
leaders defect to MPRF-R, by Ritesh Tripathi
(rep), CPN-M
looks
for banda alternative to foil election, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), CPN-Maoist
seeks
donation from Dahal; Election code applies only
to parties taking part in polls: EC, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht) [Forced
donations are a crime, independent if they are
demanded by parties taking part in the elections
or other groups!!], Breaking
bad:
CPN-Maoist’s continued anti-election activities
will only alienate the public (kp), Hunt
for
controversy stirrer Irish, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp), German
envoy
denies remarks on bandas (rep) [Maybe, it would have been
diplomatically wrong, but it would have been
true and necessary either!!], Voter
Education
In Full Swing In Siraha, by Upendra Yadav
(rep) [It is more
necessary to educate the politicians than the
voters!!], Heavy
security
could terrify voters: MJF-N (ht), Writ
Petition
Seeks Vote For Nepalis Abroad (rep), Carter
Center
announces launch of int'l election observation
mission to Nepal (nn), Upcoming
CA
polls: Ensuring Broad-based Participation,
Ownership, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Going
To
Polls Sans Baidya-led Alliance?, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn), Presidential
failures:
President Ram Baran Yadav's hasty defense of
Shambhu Thapa once again exposed his penchant
for jumping to conclusions without weighing the
facts, by Bhagirath Basnet (rep), We
have
lost the power to decide on our behalf,
interview with Bhojraj Pokhrarel, Chief Election
Commissioner in 2008 (rep), Unending
chaos, by Subarna Chhetri (rep)
25/09/2013: Prez
okays
Army role in polls (kp), 500
leaders,
cadres part ways with CPN-Maoist: Mahendra
Paswan and Rabindra Patel announce the new
CPN-Maoist (Revolutionary) (kp), Madhesi
leaders
of CPN-Maoist quit party en masse (nn), CPN-M
goes
on extortion spree, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), CPN-M
warns
parties not to file candidacy (ht), Thapa
warns
of armed struggle (ht), No
option
to nat'l consensus: Dev Gurung (nn), What
impact
will a Baidya-led poll boycott have?, by
Kiran Pun (rep), Tarun
Dal
to deploy 700,000 youths (kp) [The polling stations are not
a place for party cadres!!!], NSU
to
deploy 50 youth in each booth (ht), EC
cautions
diplomats over remarks on CA poll, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Disillusioned
District
Leaders Switching Parties, by Dilip Poudel
(rep), Major
Parties
Gear Up Selection Of Poll Candidates (rep),
Major
Parties
Ready For November Polls, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn)
24(09/2013: SC
allows
murder convicts to contest polls: Nepal Bar
Association flays apex court order; it says the
decision will promote impunity, by Pranab
Kharel (kp) [?????????????????????????????????????????
A
murderer is a murderer and it is absolutely
unimportant if his/her crime was politically
motivated!!!!!], Apex
court
allows murder convicts to contest polls, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Don't
implement
poll provision on candidacy of convicts: SC to
govt (rep), 33-party
bloc
not to leave protest path (kp), Constitution
from
streets: Baidya (ht) [Murderers as candidates, constitution from
the streets, what kind of state is this???],
Invoke
Article
158 to use army for polls: HLPC (ht), President
removes
constitutional hurdle to mobilize army during
election (nn), EC
unveils
policy on gender and inclusion (rep), Time
for
action: Parties must raise issues of
gender-based violence in election manifestos
(kp), Diplomatic
debacle:
Successive fiascos in diplomacy have eroded
Nepal’s international image and prestige, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), The
bandas
must end: There is nothing peaceful about
bandas; they are enforced by violence and the
explicit threat of violence, by Peter Bodde
(kp)
23/09/2013: Govt
now
gears up to clear hurdle in Army deployment
(kp), Nepali
Army
to supplement poll security: EC (ht), Four-tier
security
mechanism for polls, by Gani Ansari (rep), Cabinet
recommends
President to remove constitutional hurdle,
approve army mobilization during election
(nn), Negative
Aspect
Of Deploying The NA For Polls, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn), To
the
polls: Nomination disputes are part of the
election campaign, which has finally started
(kp), Leaders
quitting
parties for tickets, by Byashshankar
Upadhyay (ht), Revolutions
fail
due to compromise: Baidhya (ht), Training
for
CPN-M cadres (ht), Old
laws
remain, rape cases go on, by Weena Pun (kp)
[This is the
politicians' idea of a new Nepal!], Dahal
tells
India not to ‘micromanage’ Nepal (kp), Armed
group
commander held, by Bhushan Yadav (kp), Tarai
outfit
leaders nabbed: Police term arrests ‘big
catches’in run-up to CA election (ht), I
am absolutely certain that elections will be
held on Nov 19, interview with Chief
Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety (kp), The
dashing
Maoists: The most important player of Nepali
politics today is the army and there is just no
reason for it to humor Dash Maoists; Baidya
should realize limits of his obstinacy, by
C.K. Lal (rep)
22/09/2013: In
a
first, GIS mapping in polls, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Banda
withdrawn (kp), CPN-M
ups
donation drive in Rukum (kp) [Compulsory donations from
the poor to disrupt the fundamental rights of
the people???], 33-party
alliance
‘to foil nominations’: Says mobilising army
during polls will invite conflict (ht), Murder
convict
warns of disrupting elections: Dhungel openly
appealing for votes; Rights bodies express
dissatisfaction (ht) [????
Bring this man behind bars!! Parties with
criminal or corrupt candidates should not be
voted for!!!], Remove
constitutional
hurdle before deploying army in election:
President to IEC Chair (nn), Out
of
ideas: By repeatedly provoking India and
disrupting internal peace, it is the CPN-Maoist
that is creating fertile ground for
Sikkimisation, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp)
21/09/2013: This
election
tipped to be tight as a tick (ht), 51
groups
to deploy 74,000 observers: EC allows 49
national, two int’l organisations to monitor the
November 19 polls, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-M
warns
of fresh rebellion (ht), 33-party
alliance
shelves shutdown over nomination (ht), NA
floats
Rs 3.5-bn budget for elections (ht), NHRC
vacancies:
‘Appoint independent commissioners’: Human
Rights Watch terms the void government’s
deliberate blow to the rights watchdog (kp)
20/09/2013: Dates
put
off by seven days; last change in poll plan: EC,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Candidates
get
another week to file nominations: CEC confident
about timely polls (ht), Date
syndrome (ht), SC
hearing
on writs against Regmi begins (ht), Device
for
despots: Talk of a referendum by some political
leaders is irresponsible, incomprehensible and
irrelevant, by Bipin Shah (kp), Towards
a
satisfactory peace: The UN’s experience in
rehabilitating nearly 3,000 ex-Maoist combatants
shows that rehabilitation is not a
straightforward process, by Shoko Noda (kp),
Election
and
international community: Lack of serious concern,
by Birendra P. Mishra (ht)
19/09/2013: Candidate
nomination:
Under pressure, EC mulls rescheduling dates a
‘wee bit’, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Parties
running
for Nov 19 CA elections in race against time:
Most of them yet to start candidate selection
(ht), Week's
extension
of nomination deadline likely, by Gani
Ansari (rep), EC
tweaks
date for registration of candidacy without
affecting final date (nn), Public
asked
to submit legal arms, for now, by Manish
Gautam (kp), Final
effort:
Flexibility from all quarters can still bring
the CPN-Maoist on board polls (kp), 61,000
army
personnel to be deployed for poll security, but
Nepal Police will still handle crucial security
matters (nn), Murder
convict
Dhungel openly seeking votes (ht) [???? Parties with criminal
or corrupt candidates should not be voted for!!!],
Reporters
urged
not to collect poll-related news (ht), Country
saw
57 bandhs in a year (ht), After
top
officials’ retirement, four options to fill NHRC
void, by Dewan Rai (kp), NHRC,
Unicef
urge not to use children in politics (kp), Lumpen
nationalism:
Slurs against Indians and the Indian football
team are deeply rooted in sectarianism, high
caste Hinduism and provincialism, by Pramod
Mishra (kp), Small
incidents
like Dhulikhel shouldn't obscure big picture,
interview with CPN-Maoist Secretary Netra Bikram
Chand ‘Biplav’ (rep)
18/09/2013: 601-seat
CA
plan wins Prez sanction (kp), Prez
paves
way for election of 601-strong CA: Invokes
Article 158,setting the country on path to Nov
19 vote (ht), Govt,
HLPC
headed for poll without Baidya alliance, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Changing
poll
schedule may affect election: Upreti (ht), Election
security:
16 districts on list of ‘most sensitive’areas,
by Manish Gautam (kp), Plan
to
deploy Army (kp), Small
arms
in Tarai pose big security challenge, by
Ravi Dahal (ht), CPN-M
demands
unpalatable: Political scientists (ht), Shocked,
CPN-M
cries foul (kp), 33-party
alliance
sees no meaning in holding further talks with
major political parties (nn), Baidya
wants
its demands reconsidered, by Kiran Pun
(rep), Rethink
our
demands: 33-party alliance; ‘Candidates will be
abducted at the time of registering’ (ht), Gender
monirity
in election fray, by Anjali Subedi (rep), Patriotic
plots:
An analysis of two facets of the debate on
nationalism—the focus and the time
dimension—leads to four different typologies,
by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Consensus
and
competition: Crucial decisions to make, by
Sanoj Tulachan (ht)
17/09/2013: President
removes
constitutional hurdle, CA to be 601-member
(nn), Regmi
refuses
to resign as CJ; crucial talks falter, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Regmi
refuses
to give up CJ post (ht), Nov
19
polls in limboas talks break down: Leaders keep
door for negotiations ajar, by Prakash
Acharya and Tika R. Pradhan (ht), No
rescheduling
vote, Regmi won’t quit as CJ: UML (ht), 33
parties’
banda hits western districts (kp), Bandh
paralyses
west, mid-west regions (ht), No
country
for violence: Enforcing bandas violently cannot
be justified and must be condemned (kp) [Not only condemned, it must
be severely punished because it is crime
culture!!], Bandhs
too
many (ht), NHRC,
rights
bodies slam Kavre bus arson (ht), Two
CPN-M
cadres arrested for setting passengers bus on
fire in Dhulikhel (nn), CPN-Maoist
cadres,
involved in arson during bandh, remanded to
judicial custody (nn), Major
parties
to go to election without Baidya alliance
(nn), Bid
to
ensure fair share for women in CA (ht), CA
Election
And Nepali Women, by Prem Khatry (rn), Nine
from
Shankar Pokharel's family named poll candidates,
by Devendra Basnet (rep) [UML
inclusive as ever!!], Empty
seats:
The vacancy of the NHRC Commissioners might
invite deteriorating human rights situation in
Nepal, by Surya Bahadur Deuja (kp)
16/09/2013: Baidya
camp
sticks to Regmi's resignation as CJ, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep), All-party
meet
ends in fiasco as Baidya Maoist refuses to buzz
(nn), Baidya
insists
on ‘quit as CJ’ demand: HLPC leaders to convey
CPN-M demand to Regmi, leave it on him to take a
call, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp) [This demand is correct
against the background of separation of powers,
but Baidya should also pay for the damages that
are caused by his hooligans!!], Violence,
arson
mark 33-party bloc’s banda, by Manoj Basnet
(kp), Bus
set
ablaze for defying strike, by Raj Kumar
Parajuli (ht), Bandh
hits
life in 13 districts (ht), CPN-M
bandh
paralyzes life in mid-west (nn), Parties
game
for putting off polls till Nov 30: To urge Regmi
to quit as CJ, by Prakash Acharya and Tika
R. Pradhan (ht), Deferral
plan
will hit Nov election: EC, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Huge
haul
of war-era weapons, by Bhim Bahadur Singh
and Janak Nepal (kp), FSPN
‘ready’
to forge election tie-up (kp), Rights
commission
sans chief: NHRC chief, commissioner retire at
end of six-year tenure (ht) [With or without NHRC, the
party politicians do not respect human rights
either!!], Teachers
quit
their jobs to contest CA election (ht) [The Chief Justice, in grave
violation of the constitution, can be head of
government but teachers are not allowed to
candidate for elections!!??], Sexual
minorities
urge parties to include their agendas in
manifestos (ht), Life
of
dignity still a far away dream for Badis of
Dipayal, by Tekendra Deuba (ht), Businessmen
rue
donation drive (ht), Development
partners
express commitment to ‘strict impartiality’ for
upcoming polls (nn)
15/09/2913: HLPC
turns
down CPN-M proposal to defer polls: May consider
some technicalaspects to include dissident
parties, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Major
parties
split on postponing election: UCPN-M for vote
deferral; Congress, UML, Madhesi parties stand
strongly opposed to the idea, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), HLPC
divided
over Baidya's demands, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep), Defer
polls
if that helps, says Thapa (ht), Most
NC
leaders oppose poll deferral, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep), Don’t
foil
elections, say development partners (ht), EC
proceeds
with preparations for 491-member CA, by Gani
Ansari (rep), Women
seek
more CA seats (kp), MPRF-R,
TMDP-N
Quit UDMF, by Jivesh Jha (rep), Bandh
in
10 districts, locals protest, bus torched
(nn), Rebellion
or
hollow victory? That the Maoists lifted the
banda on durr day was a symbolic victory; women
now need to look for bigger fish to fry, by
Suman Khadka (kp), Muslim
voters
want their voices to be heard: Identity,
security and overall political, social, cultural
empowerment are major concerns, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht)
14/09/2013: CPN-M
formally
proposes poll deferral: Leaders of major parties
say Baidya’s plan is positive, but they need
some time to discuss it, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), CPN-M
flexible,
floats four demands, by Prakash Acharya and
Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Baidya
Maoists
now for poll conditionally, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep), Madhesi
parties
oppose proposal to defer election, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), EU
call
against bandas: CPN-M says envoys violated
diplomatic code (kp) [The organizers of bandhs not only violate
fundamental human rights but also the laws of
the country!!], Banda
cripples
Mid, Far West (kp), Caveats
Of
The Peace Process, by Pranav Bhattarai
(rn)
13/09/2013: Dahal
woos
Baidya with poll deferral idea: CPN-Maoist now
wants Regmi to quit as chiefjustice, not the
govt, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Gurung
for
Regmi to lead all-party govt (kp), Prez
calls
all-party meet (kp), CPN-M
to
attend today’s meet with President: To take part
in polls with Regmi at helm if he quits as chief
justice (ht), CPN-Maoist
not
to budge on govt change, by Kiran Pun (rep),
Banda
paralyses
Valley, eastern districts (kp), CPN-M
strike
cripples city life, people rise against bandh:
Group of youth take out rally to protest Valley
closure; Party cadres vandalise a hotel vehicle,
two taxis; Four arrested (ht), Enough
is
enough (ht), European
missions
call for end to shutdown culture (ht), Kathmandu
based
European missions call for an end to bandh
culture, say such action ‘demean’ politics
(nn), CPN-M
shutdown 13 districts in Bheri-Karnali region
demanding poll deferral (nn), Cabinet
to
get security plan on Sunday, by Anil Giri
and Bhadra Sharma (kp), SOS
to
South Asia: Nepal’s democracy is being
manipulated beyond the point of no return; Does
the regional and international community really
believe all is going well?, by Kanak Mani
Dixit (kp), Lost
cause:
No justice mechanism can be a magic wand to do
away with accountability for past atrocities,
by Ankit Dhakal (kp), In
God
The Nepalis Trust, Not Leaders, by D.M.
Thapa (rn), Federalism:
What
is it, anyway?, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (rep),
The
election
mirage (nt), EC
Commissioner
Gurung says 50 percent work related to election
preparation finished (nn), Homework
vital
before second CA election, by Gyan Basnet
(nn)
12/09/2013: Most
preparations
complete: EC (ht), Govt
starts
process to elect 601-strong CA: Regmi meets
President Yadav to apprise him of HLPC request,
by Prakash Acharya (ht), Regmi
asked
to set election ball rolling: HLPC leaders
advise him not to go to New York (kp), UCPN-M
pushes
amendment to constitution (ht), Prez
Yadav
calls all-party meet for Friday (rep), UCPN
(M)
to tie up with pro-federal forces (kp), 33-party
allianceholds
anti-poll rally (kp), CP
Gajurel
warns major parties (ht), Tipping
point:
If CPN-Maoist continues to oppose polls, it will
become even more marginalised (kp), Displaced
families
urge prez to rehabilitate them (ht), Move
or
become irrelevant: Political parties need to
adapt to new realities like ethnic
politicisation or risk being left behind, by
Manish Gyawali (kp), Make
It
A Meaningful Democratic Exercise, by Mukti
Rijal (rn), Back
To
601, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
11/09/2013: CPN-M
not
keen; we will move on: HLPC; Cross-party
mechanism set to ask Regmi to begin process of
removing constitutional difficulties, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Roshan Sedhai (kp), HLPC
decides
polls on Nov 19 sans CPN-M, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Fed
Up
With Baidya Camp, HLPC To Step Up Poll
Preparations, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Baidhya’s
party
forms core group to disrupt elections (ht),
HLPC
asks
Regmi to implement agreements reached with
poll-opposing parties through constitutional
amendments (nn), Minister
cancels
UN trip, Regmi shortens his visit, by Anil
Giri (kp), Maoists
to
picket DAOs in all districts (ht), Adhikari
murder
accused arrest: UCPN (M) to picket 75 admin
offices (kp) [The
people should not vote for parties that protect
murderers and other criminals!!], UCPN
(M)
nominates 12 journalists for CA proportional
seats after picking journo-murderer to contest
polls (nn) [???],
YCL
to
act against insurgency era spies (ht), Election
office
kept in dark (ht), Depleted
potential:
Broadening its scope beyond transitional justice
can rejuvenate the human rights agenda, by
Gyanu Adhikari (kp)
10/09/2013: First
priority:
With just 70 days to go, govt and EC officials
should focus on the election (kp), EC
okays
temporary cop recruitment for CA polls: Asks
Home Ministry to ensure a fair, neutral and
credible hiring process, by Anil Giri (kp),
EC
agrees
to temporary hands for poll security, by
Gani Ansari (rep), FSPN
betwixt
and between, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), New
HLPC
offer to woo CPN-Maoist (kp), CPN-M
talks
desire not lost yet (kp), CPN-Maoist
insists
on poll deferral, roundtable, by Thira L.
Bhusal and Kiran Pun (rep), Industrialists,
businessmen
eyed for PR seats (ht), YCL
to
take up war-era cases (kp), YCL
to
list extra-judicial killings by state actors
(ht), YCL
rails
against revival of conflict-era cases (rep),
UCPN
(M)
recommends party cadre implicated in journo
murder for contesting polls from Bara (nn) [?????], Karki
appointment:
Final court hearing begins from Jan 29 (kp)
[2015 or 2020?? Without
belittling the work Karki has done so far, this
once again proves that the judiciary is no
longer independent!!], Landless
Issues
Resurface As Key Political Policy: Despite
recurring electoral promises, the plight of
squatters remains as dire as ever, by
Pragati Shahi (kp), And
justice
for all: The TRC cannot simply punish
perpetrators; it must establish new social,
political and economic parameters for the
pursuit of national unity, by Gyan Basnet
(kp), Costly
delay (ht), Give
youth
a chance: The upcoming CA election is an
opportunity for political leaders to accommodate
young people in leadership positions, by
Surath Giri and Kanchan Kharel (kp), Will
He
Be Back? The politicians are the new dregs of
the society; Gyanendra is an emerging hero,
by Naresh Koirala (rep) [Don't
be afraid, he will not be back! The voters are
far more intelligent than the politicians!!],
Sink
or
swim: CPN-Maoist is clear on opposing Nov polls;
the only question is how, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp)
09/09/2013: Free
judiciary
under threat: Lawyers (ht), Dahal
accuses
govt of disrupting poll process: ‘Ram Prasad
Adhikari’s arrest indicates this’ (ht) [It only indicates that there
is still hope for rule of law despite the
impunity politics of the leading politicians!!],
High-priced
justice (ht), Activists
say
it’s high time for TRC creation (kp), Adhikari
murder
accused in judicial custody, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), Prez
tells
Regmi to set up TRC as per international
standard (kp), Gray
Matter:
Transitional justice (rep), YCL
to
document Maoist cadres' extra-judicial killing
(nn), UCPN
(Maoist),
Congress going extra mile to appease
poll-opposing Baidya party (kp), Nine
eastern
districts won’t vote: Limbuwan (ht), Limbuwan
bandh
in nine eastern Nepal districts (nn), Candidates’
names
of all parties sent from Nuwakot (ht), Youth
Force
deployment to ensure fair vote: Basnet (ht),
Int’l
election
observers start arriving in Nepal: The first
batch of observers from Carter Center and United
Nations are already here, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Change
of
heart: Recent public and political reactions to
bandas bode well for elections (kp), 3
ex-PMs, over 45 ministers contesting polls from
eastern region (rep) [None of them stands for a new Nepal based
on inclusion, justice and the rule of law!],
Choosing
women:
This election, more citizens have pledged to
vote for women, if only the parties give them
candidacies, by Rajju Malla Dhakal and Leena
Rikkila Tamang (kp), Nepali
NGOs
have derailed the human rights discourse,
interview with Ram Bhandari (kp), Government
Shows
Courage, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), The
Crumbling
Clan: Sushil does not want to be GP but does not
have it in him to aspire to be BP; The surname
for him has bcome a liability, by C.K. Lal
(rep)
08/09/2013: Parties
take
ownership of CA election: Baidhya’s party snubs
meet; Armed groups’ issue raised (ht), All
But
One: Rai’s FSPN on board (rep), All
party
meeting: Fringe parties want govt to bring CPN-M
on board (kp), Dahal
must
accept CPN-M leadership for party unity: Chand;
Free accused in Adhikari murder case, says
UCPN-M (ht), Adhikari
killer
to be in court today (ht), People
defy
UCPN-Maoist strike on first day of Teej
(ht), UCPN
(M)
kneels down before public pressure; lifts banda
(kp), Adhikaris
want
main culprits arrested before ending fast:
Maoist strike rebuffed in valley (rep), Adhikari
couple
break their hunger strike (nn), Adhikari
murder
case-accused remanded to 10 days judicial
custody (nn), Divide
and
rule: Federalism as a system of governance is
not a panacea for all the ills of society but it
can certainly help ameliorate them, by
Pramod Bhagat (kp), A
theory of negation: Whether it is politics,
economy, society or culture, communists first
oppose the existing order, only to later admit
that they were wrong, by Jainendra Jeevan
(kp), 'I
urge
all not to doubt Nov 19 polls', interview
with Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha
Uprety (ht), Filter
Out
Corrupt Candidates In CA Polls, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn), Cry
For
Justice: Since 1996 nearly 200,000 Nepalis have
taken refuge in the West; Of the 17,000 killed
during conflict, most would have been alive had
they fled the country, by Murari Raj Sharma
(rep), Sense
Of
Entitlement: Society cannot blame its leaders
for showing self-interest when individuals who
make up the society do the same, by Kristie
Drucza (rep)
07/09/2013: With
5-point
deal, FSPN finally on election board (kp), HLPC,
FSP
strike five-point deal: Attempts under way to
rope in CPN-Maoist to take part in polls, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Parties
ink
601-strong CA deal (rep), FDF-N
feels
sidelined (ht), Baidhya’s
CPN-M
on way to splitsville?, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Thapa
ups
anti-election rhetoric: Says party will use
armed cadres if government mobilises NA (ht)
[????], CPN-Maoist
plans
to disrupt polls in Bajura (ht), Election
officials’
foreign trips before polls raise eyebrows
(kp), Integrated
poll
security plan in ‘final stages’ (kp), EC
begins
ballot designing (kp), Siraha
Dalits
vow not to sell their votes for liquor (ht),
Chairman
Regmi
leaving for 10-day US trip on Oct 21 (ht) [This shows how little the
head of the government is needed in this
critical phase!!], Nepal
says
no to ethnic federalism (ht) [You must distinguish between
inclusive ethnic federalism and non-inclusive
ethnic federalism! The plans of NC und UML
leaders aim at the continuation of non-inclusive
federalism, i.e. the continuation of Bahunbad
within a federal system!!], NBA
gives
SC 7 days for written commitment to judicial
independence, by Gani Ansari (rep), Danger
Signs:
SC’s quashing of cases (rep), Maoist
cadre,
alleged to have killed Adhikari couple's son,
arrested (nn), UCPN
(M)
withdraws bandh in three districts following
intense criticism (nn), Continuing
Stalemate:
Despite several efforts of major political
forces, the political situation is yet to be
completely conducive for the Constituent
Assembly elections to be held on November 19,
2013, by Keshab Poudel (sp), CA
Polls
Sans CPN-M, by Tilak Rawal (sp)
06/09/2013: Removal
of
constitutional difficulties: SC quashes
‘irrelevant’ petitions (kp) [There is no need of another
proof of the non-existence of separation of
powers! A constitutional solution of the crisis
would have been possible, but this would have
been against the power interests of the
political leaders!!], SC
quashes
17 writs against Regmi appointment (ht), SC
quashes
17 writ petitions without any hearings, by
Gani Ansari (rep), HLPC,
FSPN
all set to ink deal (kp), Only
CPN-Maoist
led alliance now out in the cold (rep), RTC
must
be constitutional: Gajurel (ht), Diplomatic
community’s
poll support (kp), Rights
activists
concerned about Dahal’s statement (kp), SC
summons
Dahal on contempt charge (kp), SC
seeks
clarification from Dahal on contempt charge
(rep), Women
rights
activists fail to capitalise on Teej, by
Weena Pun (kp), On
putting
mind over matter: I believe awareness is the key
in this matter; Women should be made conscious
regarding their rights to vote and choose their
own leaders and representatives, interview
with Sarita Giri (rep), Former
PMs
for common economic agenda, by Shankar
Acharya (kp), Ex-PMs
get
earful on their rhetoric (ht), Poll
security:
EC no to enlist temporary police, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), Combatants
to
captains: “We made immense sacrifices to come
this far, the parties too need to also sacrifice
their self-interest for the greater good”,
by Trishna Rana (nt), The
end
of a sibling war: A brother and sister who
served on opposite sides during the conflict are
now part of the same army, by Bhrikuti Rai
(nt)
05/09/2013: HLPC,
FSPN
agree on 601 CA seats, round-table meet
(kp), 601-member
CA
structure to be retained: HLPC (ht) [There should be no
nominations by the cabinet! This provision has
been totally misused in 2008!!], Ashok
Rai's
party decides to participate in polls (nn),
Leaders
reach
accord but fail to ink deal: HLPC leaders want
detailed agreement; FSP wants to keep silent on
some issues unteil Baidya-led alliance
participates, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep), EC
rules
out accommodating dissenting parties after
Monday, by Gani Ansari (rep), First
batch
of ballot printing papers arriving, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), OHCHR
concerned
about Adhikari couple’s deteriorating health
(kp) [All those
so-called leaders who prevent justice should be
brought behind bars! Obviously, some of them
have been directly involved in the crimes!],
Violation
Of
Ethics: By identifying two people as mentally
ill amidst political protest, doctors used their
creed and institutions to help detain patients
against their will, by Subarna M. Dhital
(rep), Right
to
life, or a dignified life? Court ruling to
force-feed couple stokes fierce debate, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Students
forced
to take part in anti-poll rally in Dharan
(ht), 33-party
bloc
warns govt, HLPC against Nepal Army deployment
(kp), 33-party
alliance
warns against use of Nepali Army during election
(ht), Safe
and
sound: Guidelines needed if temporary police,
Army are to be deployed for poll security
(kp), Serious
about
election security, EC tells envoys (kp), EC
allays
envoys, donors’ election security fears
(ht), MPRF-N
To
Strike Electoral Deal With UCPN (Maoist), by
Jivesh Jha (rep), Political
parties
on Morang donation spree, by Lilaballav
Ghimire (kp), Learn
to
change: The Maoist insurgency forced an
inescapable education upon both marginalised and
privileged Nepalis, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Cutting
The
Gordian Knot, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
04/09/2013: HLPC
for
601-strong CA to attract parties, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), HLPC
agrees
to 601-member CA: Deal between HLPC and Rai's
FSP likely today (rep), HLPC
senses
positive but vague CPN-M hint: Decides to
attempt to bring Baidhya-led front on board the
poll process, SC
orders
force-feeding Adhikari couple (kp), State’s
inaction
a sad state of affairs, says SC: Orders govt to
save lives and make probe details public
(ht), SC
orders
govt to make progress on probe public, by
Gani Ansari (rep), AHRC
appeals
govt to save Adhikari couple (ht), Cops
closing
in on Adhikari’s killers (ht), Dahal
urges
Regmi to stop Adhikari murder probe (rep), Dahal
warns
against Adhikari murder probe, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Maoist
boss
warns against opening conflict-era cases
(kp) [A Nepal that
stands for impunity and against democracy and
justice has no future!!], Giri
ends
hunger strike (kp), Govt
fails
to end Adhikari couple's hunger strike again
(nn), Families
of
disappeared remain neglected, by Dilip
Poudel (rep), Parties
taking
systematic approach: In bid to field clean and
competent leaders for CA polls, by Prakash
Acharya and Tika R. Pradhan (ht), The
political
triad: Leaders must take a clear stand on
nationalism, democracy and development before
going to polls, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Conflict
and
consensus: Nepal needs a federal structure that
guarantees the rights of historically
marginalised communities while preserving ethnic
harmony, by Mom Bishwakarma (kp)
03/09/2013: CDC
report
on EC tablefor implementation (kp), While
assuring
the rights of the indigenous, Nepal and ILO 169
the concerns of a third of the population
branded as ‘others’ also need to be addressed,
by Prakash A. Raj (kp) [Justified
critics for calling the Tagadharis as 'others',
but demanding inclusion for the main included
group because the so far excluded demand
inclusion for themselves raises questions!!],
Lawyers
demand
10 per cent of CA pie (ht), SP
To
Field Candidates In All 240 Constituencies,
by Jivesh Jha (rep), Taming
the
radicals: It is not in the nature of radicals to
change; it is up to moderates to prove that
radicalism is the worst option, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep), Activists
call
upon apex court to provide justice to Adhikari
couple (nn), Supreme
Court
allows authorities to force-feed Adhikari couple
(nn)
02/09/2013: Now,
election
logistics to come in truckloads, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Rs
9.21
bn sought for poll security: Home ministry’s
estimate for one-phase election (ht), FSPN
stir
to press for demands (kp), MJF-N
mulls
poll tie-up with UCPN (Maoist), by Pranab
Kharel (kp), MJF-N
likely
to go to polls alone (ht) [??], MPRF-N
To
Stand For 'one Madhes' In Nov Polls, by
Jivesh Jha (rep), Sapkota
selection
under fire (kp), NSP
spurns
govt talks offer (ht), Parties
gear
up for candidate nominations for the next CA
polls, by Rajendra Pokhrel (nn), Prepare
to
take up arms: CPN-M (ht), Election
fervour:
Public mood in favour of elections will
undermine the CPN-Maoist’s actions (kp), Adhikaris
unwilling
to end hunger strike (ht), Caste-based
discrimination
still pervades Bajura (rep), Federated
we
conquer: The aim of both human rights and
federalism is to end inequality and ensure
equitable access to resources and representation,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), Can’t
get
away with impunity but there are tough calls to
make, interview with Chris Spies (kp), Promiscuous
Silence
Of The Maoists, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Let
people
decide: Events in Egypt show that people do not
have infinite patience; Whenever political
change fails, people revolt again and again,
by Bhagirath Basnet (rep), Why
roundtable?
Roundtable is the best idea to bring all the
political forces at one place, sort out problems
and iron out differences, by Aditya Man
Shrestha (rep)
01/09/2013: Call
to
remove constitutional hurdles: Prez for
wholesale deal for poll’s sake (kp), Focus
on
statute, not only polls: Prez, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Top
guns
eyeing Nawalparasi: Koirala, Bhattarai, Mahato
to contest election from district (ht), CPN-M
renews
threat to disrupt CA polls (kp), Disrupting
elections
no big deal, warns CPN-M leader: Says protests
could be violent and destructive as well, after
all ‘we are former rebels’ (ht), Dahal
pays
CPN-M back in its own coin: Alleges that Baidhya
and Co influenced by foreign powers (ht), NC’s
Paudel
files nomination from Tanahu (ht), Adhikari
murder:
HRW for new probe sans interference (kp), Probe
Krishna
Adhikari killing afresh: HRW (ht), Parties
piling
pressure to release detainees (ht), ‘Media
should
raise indigenous issues’ (ht), One
Of
Its Kind: Nepal might be the first post-conflict
developing country to have completed integration
and rehabilitation through the mobilization of
internal resources, by Geja Sharma Wagle
(rep) [This process can
only be completed after the rehabilitation of
and justice for the victims of conflict, and
this is not wanted by politicans and army!!]
31/08/2013: 1,360
people
still missing: War report (ht) [see ICRC
report] [Nepali
people, don't vote for politicians who support
general amnesty, injustice and impunity!!],
Human
rights
organisations scream for justice (ht), Kin
of
the disappeared pour their heart out (ht), Punish
perpetrators
without delay: HR bodies (rep), Pact
with
Yadav front: Prez action sought (kp), HLPC
to
meet President today for 585-member Constituent
Assembly (ht), HLPC
wants
statute tweaked to accomodate FDF, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep), Ashok
Rai
warns of stir (ht), Call
for
33pc CA seats for women (kp), Drive
to
ensure 33 pc women’s representation (ht), 'Keep
33
percent representation intact' (rep), Parties
reach
villages for candidate selection (ht), Parties
Fail
To Meet Education Goals Outlined In Manifestos,
by Nirjana Sharma (rep), RPP-N
To
Stand For Monarchy, Hindu State In Polls
(rep), TIA
aircraft
load restriction may hit Nov poll plan: The load
limit could bar planes carrying ballot printing
papers from landing, by Bhadra Sharma (kp) [??], Govt
mulls
‘leading’ role for Army, by Anil Giri (kp),
Govt
seeks
‘collective effort’ to woo Adhikari couple
(kp) [Stop impunity and
provide justice, that's all!], Concern
about
Adhikaris’ health (kp), ICJ
calls
for justice to Adhikaris (ht)
30/08/2013: 33
parties
urge prez to facilitate all-party meet (kp),
Federalism
enemy
of secession: Sri Lankan expert (ht) [!!!], Federalism
may
hit NC manifesto plan, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Congress
likely
to adopt seven-pradesh model (ht), NC
to
go for 7-province model with 3 in Tarai
(rep), CPN-UML
for
mixed federalism, directly elected prime
minister (kp), Adhikari
couple's
health deteriorates: Docs in a fix over govt
prescription; Minister orders force-feeding
couple; docs say that’s against medical ethics
(kp), Tenacity
in
the time of villany: The Maoists deride the
Adhikari couple’s fast-unto-death, the state
administration is fearful and timid and the
international community looks the other way,
by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Disappeared
men’s
wives bearing the brunt: Report, by Dewan
Rai (kp), Address
problems
of wives of the disappeared: ICTJ (ht), Wives
of disappeared in Nepal continue to face
poverty, legal hassles: ICTJ report (nn), My
missing
father: A son’s moving account of how he turned
the pain of having a disappeared father into
activism, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (nt), Frozen
grief:
Not having a missing relative present is
ever-present pain for families of the thousands
who were disappeared during the conflict
(nt), Whereabouts
unknown:
"It has been ten years, and still all they give
us are readymade answers”, by Bhrikuti Rai
(nt), Form
TRC,
urges NHRC (ht), ICRC
balm
for kin of missing persons, bvy Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp), Remember
the
disappeared: Political leaders have connived
with security chiefs to forget the past through
amnesty, by Ram Bhandari (kp), Evolve,
or
go extinct: The choice is ours, by Prashaant
Singh (rep), Afraid
of
catching big fish: Top politicians don’t seem to
be the target of Lokman Singh Karki’s selective
pursuit of the corrupt, by Muma Ram Khanal
(nt), The
best
of worst alternatives: We could ram polls
through in November, but will the CA thus
elected be able to write a new constituon,
by Bhojraj Pokharel (nt), Twists
&
Turns: After the break-up of the negotiation
between the High Level Political Committee and
the CPN-Maoist led alliance, more confrontations
are likely on the political course of the nation,
by Keshab Poudel (sp), Ignoring
the
Elephant in the Room, by Dipak Gyawali (sp),
Talks
Broke
Due To Big Four: After breaking out from the
negotiations, CPN-Maoist leader Mohan Vaidya
Kiran spoke to New Spotlight on the party’s
future strategy, interview (sp)
29/08/2013: HLPC
to
reopen talks with 33 parties (kp), HLPC
ready
for another round of talks with agitating
parties (ht), 33
fringe
parties unveil fresh anti-poll activities
(kp), CPN-M
led
33-party alliance announces protests (ht), 33
smaller parties urge President Yadav to
facilitate round-table conference (nn), 15
RPP-N
cadres in each polling booth (kp) [Ban party cadres from
polling booths once and for all!!!], Giri-led
Sadbhawana
forms talks team (kp), Adhikaris'
fast
unto death: HLPC leaders visit couple; they get
an earful (kp), Couple
on
hunger strike seeks action: NC,UML leaders
express solidarity, offer no hope for justice
(ht) [The people should
not vote for politicians who want to prevent
justice!!], Call
to
form transitional justice mechanism (kp), Federalism
will
split sovereign country: KC (kp) [??], NC
CWC
members want north-south alignment for provinces,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep) [This is the repetition of King Mahendra's
Panchayat organization that aimed at preventing
an inclusive multicultural state for the sake of
a unitary state dominated by the Tagadharis and
their culture!!], NA
quietly
working on poll security preparation, by
Kamal Pariyar (rep), Courting
favours:
Our politicians need to stop the charade of
pretending to be statesmen on their way back
from India, by Deepak Thapa (kp), How
free
and how fair: Unless the constitution is written
through a legitimate, acceptable and
participatory process, it will go the way of
earlier ones, by Bipin Shah (kp)
28/08/2013: One
step
closer: Integration of ex-combatants in the army
is over, the peace process is not (kp), Half
done:
Integration and peace process (rep), CPN-Maoist
bloc
to make last-ditch effort for talks (kp), HLPC’s
final
response to FSP demands today (ht), 33-parties
to
give memo to prez (ht), Nov
19
CA polls at any cost: EC, by Gani Ansari
(rep), MJF-N,TMDP
to
stick to one Madhes one pradesh, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), Caste
tensions:
Dalits are paying the greatest price of the
resurgence of right wing politics, by Gyanu
Adhikari (kp), Not
just
the absence of war: Peace building is not just
the resolution of conflict but an integrated
approach to sustainable peace and development,
by Daman Bahadur Ghale (kp)
27/08/2013: Another
milestone
as ex-combatants turn the page, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), New
beginning
for ex-fighters as integration ends: 70 former
Maoist combatants commissioned as army officers;
one to serve as colonel, two lt col, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht), UN
lauds
development (kp), EC
revs
up work to arrange logistics (kp), 33
parties
moot general strike to foil candidate
nominations (kp), RPP-N
chair
Thapa makes a seditious statement calling
previous CA declaration of republic Nepal ‘null
and void’ (nn), Neighbours
and
leaders: Both China and India want the CA
elections to be held soon as it is the lone best
option for stability and progress, by Lok
Raj Baral (kp), Preparing
for
polls: Security should be the priority before,
during and after the slated November CA
elections, by Bishnu Raj Upreti (kp), Round-table
proposal:
Why the talks failed, by Birendra P. Mishra
(ht), In
or
out: Nobody knows when the polls will be held
with Baidya pursuing an uncharted course, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
26/08/2013: Tired
of
talks, CPN-M, allies to step up stir, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), CPN-M
intended
to disrupt polls: Leaders (kp), JTMMP
men
on hunger strike: Say they want to participate
in election, by J. Pandey (kp), Sadbhawana
proposes
two provinces in Terai-Madhesh in its election
manifesto (nn), Poll
spoilers:
The EC will face a logistical nightmare if
parties fail to take a call within the next few
days on who will contest November polls, by
Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), No
contigency
plan if elections don’t take place in November,
interview with Madhav Prasad Ghimire (kp), Peace
process
comes to a close as 70 ex-combatants get
commissioned as NA officers (nn), UN
congratulates
Nepali people on the end of ‘historic phase’ of
peace process (nn)
25/08/2013: Talks
between
HLPC, CPN-M bloc flounder, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Talks
with
CPN-Maoist fruitless: No round table conference;
HLPC to go ahead with polls, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Foreign
intervention
thwarted talks: Baidya (nn), 33
parties
left fuming (kp), Foreign
pressure
foiled RTC: Baidhya; Alliance leaders say HLPC
underestimated their strength (ht), Major
parties
least botheredabout consensus: CP Gajurel
(ht), Koirala accuses CPN-Maoist of cold-shouldering
four
forces (ht), Sarita
Giri
continues her hunger strike on 12th day
(ht), TMDP,
MJF-D
to join forces for poll, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), Police
look
into Maoist wealth ‘buried’ in Rolpa forest,
by Kashiram Dangi (kp), Police
deployed
to probe further into wartime loot: Rs 40
million ‘buried by Maoists’was found, by
Khem Bahadur Budha (ht), Ex-Maoist
fighters
commissioned as NA officers: Set to receive
insignia at a ceremony attended by army
brass,leaders,diplomatic community (ht), Way
out:
Political problems need to be resolved by
political parties; Nepal’s
continued political crisis cannot
be
resolved through apolitical lenses, by
Siddhartha Thapa (kp), Madhesi
messiahs:
A real leader is needed to unite the Madhes and
address the problems of the common people,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Debadiha
tales:
Reviving villages, by Ananda Jha (rep), Cruel
intentions:
Youth exploitation, by Murari Raj Sharma and
Netra Khadka (rep)
24/08/2013: EC
registers
162,813 new voters in seven days (nn) [This is not enough since
millions are still missing! It is more important
to bring all voters on board than all failed
parties!!], Parties'
round-table
conference: Leaders less optimistic about deal
(kp), Hopes
and
fears: Roundtable conference (rep), HLPC
for
quick decision on modalities: To abandon the
idea if CPN-M tries to prolong parleys; UCPN-M
to meet Baidhya today, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Baidhya
hopes
for HLPC rethink on 33-party alliance’s agendas
(ht), Talks
with
Baidya's alliance hit a snag as HLPC dismisses
demand for poll postponement (nn), Use
round
table to hilt: Nembang to parties
(ht), Ashok
Rai’s
party not in favour of poll boycott (nn), MJF-D
for
two Madhes, eight Hill Pradeshes: Poll manifesto
meant to woo Madhesi, Tharu communities; Finds
Westminster system flawed (ht), Parties
intensify
election-related activities (nn), Waiting
For
Justice, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
23/08/2013: EC
set
to issue 12m voter ID cards in Oct, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Parties
jostle
to get voters registered, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp), Last
day
for voter registration today (nn), HLPC,
FSPN
to ‘seal deal in two days’ (kp), HLPC
agrees,
in principle, to hold round-table meet, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), HLPC
agrees
to squaring the circle on round table, by
Tika R. Pradhan (ht), At
33-party
alliance, efforts into round-table meeting
groundwork, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Won’t
participate
in Nov 19 polls if current govt not dissolved,
Baidya says (nn), Regmi
voices
displeasure at HLPC (kp), Madhes
parties
for 10 provinces, parliament system of
governance, by Pranab Kharel (kp), On
fast,
Giri refuses medical examination (kp), CPN-UML
sets
criteria for poll candidate selection, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp) [The
important aspects of inclusion and reservation
for disadvantaged groups are totally missing
once again], Think
of
the children: Putting children at the centre of
our national agenda helps unite the community
and strengthens social ties, by Jagannath
Lamichhane (kp), Election
perspectives:
Three scenarios, by Federica Riccadonna and
Prawash Gautam (ht), Competing
for
consensus: Older parties are trying to reinvent
themselves and new ones are maturing, by
Anurag Acharya (nt), Truth,
justice,
constitution: Unless wartime ghosts are
exorcised, an election will not be the end of
the peace process, by Trishna Rana (nt), For
better
or for worse: Nepal’s law and order situation
has changed for better, but the people still
feel insecure, by Ojaswi Shah and Anurag
Acharya (nt)
22/08/2013: Large
number
of people throng to Valley’s DAOs for voters’
identity cards (ht), HLPC,
33-party
alliance agree to hold all-party talks (nn),
Election
postponement
will be a knockout blow, says Koirala (kp),
Election
fever
catching upin Kailali as poll date nears
(ht), ‘Don’t
you
dare revive war-era cases’ (kp), Prescription
for
change: An individual cannot protect nationality
though the person might have monopolised or
subsumed it in the past, by Pramod Mishra
(kp), Homework
Vital
Before Second CA Election, by Gyan Basnet
(rn)
21/08/2013: Voters'
registration:
Leaders seek more time, EC says no (ht), EC
rejects
call for 2nd week voter listing (kp) [It's
not necessary to respect the fundamental rights
of the people????], Eight
parties
merge, FRSP formed (ht), HLPC
leaders
waste grist in run-of-the-mill meeting (ht),
33
parties
to focus on struggle (ht), CPN-Maoist
begins
door-to-door anti-election drive across country,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Anti-poll
parties
get two more days, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Place
in
national politics concerns fringe Madhesi
political parties (kp), Reintegrating
rebels, by Seira Tamang (kp), Crimes
and
confession: Dahal's admission, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep)
20/08/2013: Can
a
common NepaliPolitics of identity: citizenship
be established when there are so many forms of
belonging and identity?, by Gérard Toffin
(kp), Pact
to
have 585 seats: HLPC seeks to remove
constitutional hurdles, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Eyes
on
election, Madhesi parties adopt reconciliatory
Tharu posture, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Govt,
Baidya
bloc adamant; talks falter (kp), Talks
‘fruitful’,
yet far from bearing fruit: Govt, 33-party
alliance say they are trying to narrow down
differences (ht), FLSC support conditional
(ht), Blame
game
delays Adhikari murder probe, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), Code
of
conduct flouted in Rautahat, by Pravat Kumar
Jha (ht), Separation
anxiety:
The Nepali judiciary is passing through one of
its most difficult times, given the fact that
the sitting Chief Justice has taken the helm of
the executive, by Chandra Prasad Luitel
(kp), CA
Election,
Security And Worrying People, by Prem Khatry
(rn), Stunted
growth:
Political culture, by Astha Lama (rep)
19/08/2013: EC
says
elections as scheduled even if Baidya stays out,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Going
to
polls by sidelining CPN-M not acceptable: Nepal
(nn), No
compromise
on election date: Khanal (nn), Govt,
33-party
alliance negotiation put off (kp), Meet
demands
before parleys on polls: CPN-Maoist (ht), HLPC
snub
comes as bitter pill for FSP; FDF-N inked pact
without addressing concerns: Thakur (ht), Ashok
Rai
party likely to start month-longprotest today
(kp), The
UML’s
response to our demands has been half-hearted,
interview with Ashok Rai (kp), Children
still
live with conflict-era shrapnel, by Kashiram
Dangi (kp), Going
the
distance: An elected CA will at least allow the
airing of ethnic, regional demands (kp) [This will only happen if the
party leaders change their mind and stop to
intervene into the work of the elected
representatives of the people as they did with
the first CA!!!], In
a
hole: Only a nationally elected legitimate body
can help Nepal get its transition back on track,
by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp), Vision
for
change: Fighting monoculturalism, by Manjit
Mishra (rep)
18/08/2013: HLPC
flexibility
puts CPN-M in quandary (kp), 33-party
alliance
eager to join polls (ht), Poll
date
unchangeable: Dahal (kp), Dahal
in
bid to curry favour with Baidhya, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), 5,000
voters
registered (kp), First
day
sees unexpectedly high numbers (ht), Janajatis
seek
Public Service Act revision: Argue that dual
certification of identity for govt job
reservation is illogical, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), NHRC
seeks
justice for Doramba victims (kp), Progressivism
and
rigmarole: Asking where our literature stands
internationally is quite close to asking where
our progressivism stands, by Abhi Subedi
(kp), Insurgency
or
crime? The Blurred Borderline, Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn), Aided
Dependency, by Madan Regmi (rn)
17/08/2013: 1
week, says EC of voter listing time (kp), Voter
registration resumes for seven days in all 75
districts (nn), 33-party
bloc
sticks to round-table demand (kp), Talks
between
govt, 33-party alliance end on positive note
(ht), 33
party-alliance
'positive' towards participating in 2nd CA polls
(nn), Deserted
by
Yadav, FSPN to toughen stance (kp), MJF-D,MJF-N
vying
for deal credit: Gachhadar says UDMF played key
role,Yadav says his alliance did it (ht), Sarita
Giri’s
hunger strike continues on fourth day (ht),
No
agreement
with dissidents on election postponement:
Bhattarai (nn), Koirala
chairs
High Level Political Committee for one month
(nn), Now,
YAN
decides to deploy cadres to polling stations,
by Bedraj Poudel (kp) [Obviously,
it is the parties' intention to turn the polling
stations into battle fields! This procedure is
against all democratic norms and makes free and
fair elections impossible!!], Adhikari
murder
probe hits hurdle: Cops in dilemma after govt
prosecutor’s vague reply, by Surya Prakash
Kandel (ht), Help
us:
International community and impasse, by
Prakash Bhattarai (rep)
16/08/2013: Moral
bankruptcy:
If you want to understand why Nepal is still
poor, there is your reason; With this kind of
plunder and impunity, the country doesn’t stand
a chance (nt), HLPC,
Yadav-led
front agree on 585-member CA, by Pranab
Kharel and Bhadra Sharma (kp), SLMM
finally
agrees to participate in Nov 19 polls following
late night 6-point agreement (nn), HLPC
continuing
talks with 33-party alliance, Ashok Rai (nn), Who
will
bell the cat? All political actors want polls
postponed, but no one wants to come out and say
it outright, by Muma Ram Khanal (nt), Ready
to
postpone poll date: Mahat (ht), UCPN
(M)
not in favor of election postponement: Dahal
(nn), EC
reopens
voter registration for a week tomorrow: Warns
parties not to speak against republican system,
secularism (ht), Voter
registration
can't be extended for two weeks: EC (nn), Thabang:
Angry and frustrated, by Hira Bahadur
Ghartimagar (rep), The
memory
of Krishna Prasad: The grieving parents of
Krishna Prasad Adhikari are helping pry open the
door of impunity by forcing the state to
investigate their son’s killing, by Kanak
Mani Dixit (kp) [A good
statement for justice but you should mention
that the politics of impunity and injustice is
the common work of UCPN-M, CPN-M, NC, CPN-UML,
the army leadership as well as the monarchy and
its henchmen! Please don't decry the Maoists
alone! All these so-called top leaders are
guilty!], Fair
probe
sought into Adhikari killing (ht), Kids
living
with shrapnel inside (ht), Political
scene:
Expectations from women, by Mani Dixit (ht),
The
price
of peace: Rs 20 billion: that is how much it
cost to integrate 1,421 ex-combatants into the
national army, by Rameshwor Bohara (nt)
15/08/2013: Flexible
on
deferring polls, HLPC now says, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), HLPC
ready
to reschedule polls: But CPN-Maoist has to
commit in writing that it will contest election,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Divide
and
conquer: If the FSP and MJF-N are weaned away,
Baidya will be isolated in poll boycott
(kp), Koirala
defends
presidential move in apex court (ht), Voter
registration
set to reopen (kp), Chitwan
DPO
set to begin Adhikari murder probe, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), Adhikari
murder
case re-opened, by Surya Prakash Kandel
(ht), , Bhattarai
signals
party’s U-turn on federalism (ht), EC
bars
leaders from making ‘unnecessary’ foreign trips,
by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Bhadra Sharma (kp), CA
election
campaigning: Real agendas sidelined, by
Dilli Raj Khanal (ht), Building
an
accountability system: Laws Alone Are Not
Sufficient, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Misplaced
priorities:
Leaders and election, by Bhagirath Basnet
(rep), Poll
date
not set in stone, interview with Upendra
Yadav (rep)
14/08/2013: EC
on
horns of a dilemma (kp), Dahal
spews
venom against justice seekers: Condemns govt
move to probe into nine-year-old killing
(ht), Call
to
probe war-era crimes: Dahal issues ‘polls will
be hit’ warning: Says matter ‘ill timed’ and
against peace pact kp) [Justice has far higher priority than deals
that are broken by the politicians every day!!!],
Govt,
Baidya-led
alliance hold first talks albeit sans success
(kp), Krishna
Prasad
Adhikari murder case: UCPN-M chairman’s remarks
draw flak (ht), Nothing
to
cheer about (kp), HLPC,
FDF-N
narrow down differences on issues, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), Talks
with
FSP positive (ht), Local
elections
impossible on Nov 19: Uprety (ht), Leaders’
Delhi
visits: A matter of turns, by Birendra P.
Mishra (ht), Poll
possibilities:
The negligence of the government and parties,
along with differing geopolitical interests, is
contributing to the uncertainty over elections,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
13/08/2013: HLPC
to
wrap up parleys with dissenters this week
(kp), Talks
moribund
as CPN-M refuses to budge: Final round of
dialogue tomorrow, but foregone conclusion is
that it’s just a formality (ht), Talks
with
Upendra Yadav's party ends inconclusively
(nn), Prez
happy
with efforts of major parties to win over poll
opposing outfits (nn) [??], Registration
of
voters may be re-opened (ht), Nepal
will
have yet another Chief Justice PM if election
doesn’t happen: NC leader (nn) [???], Stay
against
identification of war victims: SC takes
exception to terms such as armed conflict
(ht), War-era
crimes:
Govt acts legally for now, but larger problem
‘here to stay’, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), Dekendra
Thapa
remembered: ‘Govt shielding four suspects’,
by Prakash Adhikari (kp), NSP
sit-in
against CDC report (kp), Justice
delayed:
While the TRC is being formed, investigations
into conflict-era cases will need to be
initiated (kp), HLPC
urges
govt to forward TRC ordinance (ht), Of
heroes
and villains: A profound sense of sacrifice and
devotion for the exploited and oppressed people,
along with a sound political ideology, has made
Baburam Bhattarai what he is, by Resham
Thapa and Dhruba Raj Adhikari (kp), Spoils
of
war: The Maoist insurgency, more than any
exogenously driven campaign or development
intervention, helped empower women socially and
economically, by Ranjita Sapkota (kp), Polls
apart:
An election is necessary in order to preserve
the achievements of the people’s movement,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Rule
of
law: People-police partnership must be
implemented to create a society free of fear and
uphold the rule of law while protecting the
people’s dignity, by Kishor Kumar Lama (kp),
Election Is A Must, by Govinda Bahadur
Tumbahang (rn), Taking
CA
Election To The People, by Prem Khatry (rn),
Undemocratic
democracy!, by Sukhdev Shah (rep)
12/08/2013: CPN-M
in
no mood to contest polls: Big III; Its demand
for fully proportional system against democratic
norms: NC, by Prakash Acharya (ht), CA
polls
now may lead to conflict: Baidya (kp), Govt
seeks
media help for CA elections (kp), CDC
report
violates constitutional provision: Thakur
(ht), YCL
to
deploy 200 cadres in every polling station:
Congress, too, ready with Tarun Dal cadres; EC
cries foul (kp) [????],
YCL
to
deploy 200 cadres in each booth during assembly
elections (ht), Poll-affecting
deals
a ‘no-no’ (kp), Not
all
convicts barred from polls: Regmi to SC
(kp), EC
invites
observers to apply for November election
monitoring, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Nepali
people
never launched a revolution to remove monarchy,
interview with Kamal Thapa (kp) [Kamal Thapa was ex-king
Gyanendra's right hand while suppressing Jana
Andolan II in April 2006! He was one of the
persons who was most responsible for the
atrocities against the people then!!], The
Indian
obsession: Sidelines, by C.K. Lal (rep)
11/08/2013: Baidhya
has
a week to join election: Sapkota; Says 33-party
alliance doesn’t have the wherewithal to disrupt
polls (ht) Congress
finds
Dahal’s strategy dubious, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), CPN-M
exclusion
from HLPC was a mistake: Nepal (ht), NC
to
strain every nerve to appease dissident parties
(kp) [??], Madhes
student
unions burn CDC report: Say constituencies
should be increased in line with population
growth, by Binod Ghimire (kp), Madhesi
students
burn CDC report (ht), Bhaidhya's
Dilemma
And Future Of Election, by Bishnu Rijal (rn)
10/08/2013: Hard
truth:
constituency drawing (rep), MJF-Nepal
thumbs
down to CDC report (ht), Hear
us
or faceprotests: Yadav (kp), Nov
elections,
govt change are ‘non-negotiable issues’: UCPN
(Maoist), CPN-UML give Baidya one week to make
up mind, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-Maoist
wants
talks continued (ht), RTI
Act
‘insignificant’ to indigenous people (ht), Thapa
for
parliament, monarchy to co-exist (kp) [Monarchy has already killed
itself!!], RPP-Nepal
presents
alternative model (ht) [What a nonsense!!], Vote
observers
to be invited within a week: Individuals and
institutions failing to submit reports during
the last CA blacklisted, by Binod Ghimire
(kp), Cost
of
citizenship, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep)
09/08/2013: CDC
proposes
1 population threshold for all 3 regions, by
Pranab Kharel (kp), Don’t
change
constituencies frequently: CDC, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Madhes
parties
slam constitution delineation report, others
laud it (kp), Opening
up
voter registration 'window period' very much
likely: Election Commissioner PB Thakur
(nn), FSP
labels
HLPC ‘irresponsible’ (ht), CPN-Maoist
to
talk to govt ‘next week’ (kp), UML
'ready'
to listen to Baidya if he’s for polls (kp),
AHLPC
gives
up on CPN-M; disucces army deployment for
election security, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Getting
cold
feet: For a party to refuse to go to the polls
because it may not fare well, undermines
democracy and its own credibility (nt), De-schooling
doctor
Baburam: Knowledge neither gives you autocratic
power to hold everyone else’s knowledge in
disdain nor a clean chit to do as you wish,
by Suman Khadka (kp), Fluid
political
landscape: Extremists and political actors in
the plains have found a fertile breeding ground
in the state of statelessness and discontent,
by Anurag Acharya (nt), Insecure
elections:
If we must have elections in November, better
ensure they are proper elections, by Bihari
K. Shrestha (nt), The
Nepali
make up: Is our sense of Nepaliness so fragile
that we need to get worked up about every
perceived slight against our nationalism?,
by Trishna Rana (nt), Diversity
and
knowledge: Tapping indigenous minorities, by
Manohara Khadka and Shova Ale Magar (ht), Nepalis
IPs
movement: Still a long way to go, by Dev
Kumar Sunuwar (rep), What
Is
The Need For Nepal?, by D.M. Thapa (rn)
08/0872013: Can’t
wait
for poll-shy parties for more than 3 days: HLPC,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), HLPC
sees
no hope of deal with alliance of 33 dissenting
parties: To make efforts to convince Yadav-led
FDF-Nepal, FSP, by Prakash Acharya (ht), CPN-M
proposes
all-party govt under Regmi, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Ashok
Rai's
party presents five-pt demand before HLPC
(nn), Poll
dancing:
Talk aside, swift action is needed to resolve
election-related outstanding issues (kp), Conspirators
against
CA election will be driven away by YCL: Dahal
(nn), Chitwan
hard
hit by Tarun Dal bandh (nn), Poll
security
plan ‘in a week’, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Misusing
names
of parties, armed outfit for extortion, by
Ankit Adhikari (kp), Extorters
land
in police net: Former Maoist combatant among the
two arrested in City (ht, Bid
to
press for rights of indigenous people (kp),
Identity
federalism,
inclusion Madhes parties’ agenda, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Maoist
chief
regrets 3 mistakes, by Prem Nepali (kp), The
three
mistakes of Dahal’s life: ‘Mea culpa,did not let
Girijababu become prez’, by Rishi Baral
(kp), Parliamentary
system
is obsolete and hence a failure in South Asia:
Bhattarai (nn) [Not
the system has failed but the parties and their
leaders! Nepal needs new leaders!!], NHRC
to
govt: Probe conflict-era murder Govt decision to
not address cases related to the insurgency
flayed (kp), Hard
to
right wartime wrongs: Minister (ht) [??], Smoke
and
mirrors: The resurgence of interest in the
monarchy can be attributed to the failure of
major political parties and a reassertion of
Khas nationalism, by Pramod Mishra (kp), The
Revival
Of The Monarchy!, by Gyan Basnet (rn) [One should better think of
the revival of the dissolved CA that has been
undermined and finally smashed by incompetent,
power greedy and tradition oriented high caste
party leaders!!], Thapa
lays
out RPP-N agenda (ht), Design
for
delimitation: Voter population, not census,
should be the basis for constituency
delimitation as it addresses population increase
and limits over-representation, by Tej
Prasad Adhikari (kp), CDC
submits
report to govt; no changes in constituencies
(nn)
07/08/2013: Talks
with
Poll-opposing parties: On Day 1, HLPC gets long
list of demands, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), 33-party
alliance
sticks to poll deferral demand: First day of
talks with the High Level Political Committee
leaders hardly goes anywhere (ht), Chances
of
poll-opposing parties taking part in election
slim: Dahal (nn), Prepare
for
struggle, MJF-N tells cadres (ht), Banda
hits
9 districts in the East (kp), Army
mobilisation
on cards for poll security, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht) [??],
EC
passes
media monitoring directives: Press Council Nepal
protests; Election Commission chief says PCN can
act against violators (ht), Leaders
pile
pressure for budget for their areas: Govt yet to
publish second part of fiscal book giving
details of programmes for district level
(ht), Pressure
Builds
Up For Election, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
06/08/2013: Talks
with
agitating parties from today: Hopes high for
deal with MJF-Nepal, FSPN; Baidya-led alliance
‘hard’ to convince (kp), Dissenting
parties
to sit for talks today, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), HLPC
starts
formal talks with poll-weary alliances (nn),
Poll
postponement
major agenda of 33-party bloc, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), MJF-N
wants
PR seats increased (kp), CPN-Maoist
seeks
donations to foil upcoming CA election, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp), Make
haste:
Election preparations (rep), Referendum,
if
CA fails, says MK Nepal (ht) [?? How shall this work?],
Sexual
minorities
to file candidacy for CA polls: Hope to ensure
their rights through participation in national
level politics, by Basant Sharma (ht), The
great
divide: In the coming months, it will be really
interesting to see how Nepali politicians use
social media to woo the youth, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp), Limbuwan
outfit
enforces bandh in eastern districts (nn)
05/08/2013: Voter
registration:
Can be reopened if polls not hit: Regmi
(kp), CDC
gets
another week, report ‘not to change much’
(kp), HLPC
eyes
'first and final' talks with poll-shy parties
(kp), 33-party
alliance
to set agendas for talks, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), HLPC
fixes
separate dates of talks with 33 parties
(nn), Negotiation,
agitation
to go together, says MJF-N (kp), CPN-M
starts
Bajhang anti-poll campaign, by Himal Joshi
(kp), President
intensifies
talks with parties: CPN-UML to stick to 11-point
deal, 25-point presidential decree (ht), Majority
polled
undecided who to vote for (ht), Disenfranchised
voters:
The EC must find a way to accommodate the large
number of missing voters to institutionalise the
fundamental values of democracy, by Dipendra
Jha (kp), Leaders'
Pilgrimage
To New Delhi, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
04/08/2013: HLPC
to
sort crucial issues in a week: Baidya party to
get a third talks invite Key HLPC meet today,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp) [This sounds like the peace initiative of
Sher Bahadur Deuba in 2001 when he had neither
an agenda nor real will to discuss the then
Maoist demands!!], HLPC
sends
third invite to Baidhya and Co, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), CPN-Maoist
'happy'
over the content of talks invitation letter
(nn), Disgruntled
parties
seek single HLPC position, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), Baidya
cannot
disrupt, boycott poll, interview with Pushpa
Kamal Dahal (kp), Election
media
monitoring: EC, Press Council at loggerheads
(kp), Millions
meant
for war-hit embezzled, by Surendra Kafle
(ht), Staking
claims:
If we don’t take a stand and assert ourselves,
we’ll soon lose any say on how the region, and
ultimately our own nation, is governed, by
Slok Gyanwali (kp), Hazards
of
youth: Inspiring youths to participate in
politics is one thing but radicalising them
towards militancy is unforgivable, by Safal
Ghimire (kp), Road
to
oblivion: If the CPN-Maoist has any agenda at
all for the people, elections are the most
suitable opportunity to put them before the
people, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Focus
on
democracy: Koirala's India visit, by Dinesh
Bhattarai (rep)
03/08/2013: Dahal
proposes
586-member assembly (ht), CPN-M
cannot
foil elections: Dahal, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), 33-party
bloc
agrees to talks, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Ban
wants
HLPC to bring all parties on board (kp), Bring
agitating
parties on board for CA polls: UN (ht), A
year's enough (rep), EC
likely
to open voter registration, but briefly, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Decision
to
reopen voter registration likely today (ht),
EC
contemplates
providing 'window period' for voter registration
again (nn), Dominance
of
politics in media inevitable in transition:
Editors (kp), Members
of
banned outfit arrested: Bomb-making materials
seized; Police claim blasts in Capital foiled
(ht), SC
reschedules
hearing on Regmi-led govt (ht), Kakre
Bihar
row: Locals protest against plan to set up
Buddha idol (nn) [???], Kamal
Thapa
announces signature campaign for establishing
'Hindu nation' (nn), The
desperation
of foot soldiers: What have former People’s
Liberation Army soldiers been doing with their
lives since cantonments were disbanded a year
ago?, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp), In
short
supply: Political leadership, by Bhagirath
Basnet (rep), Seal
the
Deal, by Gopal Thapa (nn)
02/08/2013: Candidate
nomination
on Sept 23, 26: Public will get a day to file
complaints against candidates; EC still awaits
CDC report, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), EC
comes
out with election schedule (ht), CDC
seeks
another term extension: Commission chairman
meets Regmi, pleads for 10 more days (kp), Prez
to
Dahal: Pacify poll-opposing parties (kp), CPN-M
burns
poll code copies (kp), 33
parties
set ablaze code of conduct (ht), Eight
parties
hold talks with govt (ht), YCL
cadres
brazenly flout election code, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), YCL
cadres
attack ambulance carrying patients to Bharatpur
(ht) [Obviously, the
parties think they have the constitutional right
to rob the people!], FSPN
plans
‘civil society meet’ (kp), Assault
on
Dalits: Women commission blames cops, parties,
by Weena Pun (kp), Lost
crown
and country: The country is crying out for
someone to step up. But it’s not you, Mr
Gyanendra Shah, by Pranav Budhathoki (nt), Elections
and
perpetrators: Just as the United Nations vets
soldiers going on peacekeeping missions, persons
credibly accused of atrocities must be barred
from election candidacies, by Kanak Mani
Dixit (kp), The
illusions
of understanding, by C.K. Lal (kp), An
impending
loss: Women’s representation in the second CA
will decline, by Erisha Suwal (rep), Revolution
comes
full circle: Until the contradiction within the
Maoist party is resolved, Nepal’s peace process
will not have closure, by Muma Ram Khanal
(nt)
01/08/2013: Apex
court
orders prompt hearings on ‘serious’ cases,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), Nonstop
hearing
must in serious crime cases: SC (ht), Regmi
govt’s
constitutionality test postponed (ht) [This is because of the
non-separation of powers!!], Delimitation
Commission
seeks more time (nn), SLMM
‘open’
to 601 CA seat idea: Wants voter registration
re-opened; EC says not possible if polls are to
be held in Nov (kp), UDMF
seeks
30 more days for voters’ registration, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Govt
sends
talks invite; CPN-M undecided (kp), Hard-line
party
warns poll supporters, by Manoj Basnet (kp),
CPN-M
to
consult with allies before talking to govt
(ht), Tread
carefully:
It would be wise to apply political pressure,
not force, against the Mohan Baidya group
(kp), Limbuwan
announces
protests (ht), Protest
to
secure women’s fair share in CA (ht), Going
for
growth: Weak governance, political instability,
the energy crisis and corruption remain major
challenges for economic growth, by Saloman
Rajbanshi (kp), Political
transition:
Election is the only way, by Arjun Narsingha
K.C. (ht)
31/07/2013: CDC
wanted
to rearrange all 240 seats: Ex-member, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Debt-ridden
conflict
victims will not get to vote: Panchthar folks
had kept citizenship certificates as collateral
for loan,which they failed to pay (ht), SLMM
constituents
against poll tie-up with FDRA allies (kp), CPN-M
cadres
picked up for wall-chalking (kp), CPN-M
chalking
out strategies to disrupt poll, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), Chances
of
CPN-M participating in polls 'becoming slim':
Shrestha (nn), Maoist
affiliated
YCL shuts down schools, colleges in Chitwan to
protest arrest of cadres involved in ‘donation
terror’ (nn), Madhes
parties
reposing trust in hill community (kp), Buddhist
followers
picket Singha Durbar: Want Buddha idol in Kakre
Bihar,anti-secular laws scrapped (ht), Kakre
Bihar
protesters picket Singha Durbar (kp), Govt
‘quietly’
preparing for local body polls (kp), Many
to
one: Cultural nationalism cannot, and should
not, be the future of a harmonious and
prosperous Nepal, by Bipin Shah (kp), The
king
who lost: Gyanendra gave up power without any
bloodshed and gracefully left the royal palace,
by Keshar Bahadur Bhandari (kp), Grand
plan
to revive monarchy under way: Baburam Bhattarai
(kp), Bhattarai
has
always been against monarchy, interview with
Shekhar Koirala, Nepali Congress (rep)
30/07/2013: CA
Member
Act in line with constitution, EC tells apex
court (kp) [??],
33-party
alliance
to reject in writing HLPC talks offer, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), Thapa
wants
HLPC scrapped pronto (ht), Cooperation
with
ex-king slammed (ht), UCPN
(M)
leader claims former king is only distributing
part of the property he robbed from state coffer
to flood victims (nn), Amid
discord
fears, UCPN (Maoist) begins candidate selection
process (kp) [The
grassroots members should have a decisive say in
this process!], Kakre
Bihar
idol row: Protesters to go ahead with Singha
Durbar gherao plan (kp), Koirala
doubts
polls in present situation (ht), New
front
seeks more time (ht), Royal
pipe
dreams: That some public intellectuals are
beginning to cast doubts that republicanism was
a primary agenda of Janaandolan 2 is a very
dangerous development, by Prabhat Jha (kp),
Presumed
innocence:
Transparency in the financial and criminal
background of election candidates is necessary
for voters to elect qualified representatives,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp), An
interim
sacrifice: Instead of engaging in unnecessary
publicity stunts in the media, Bhattarai needs
to be more honest about his plans and vision,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Maoist
parties
face off in run-up to CA polls: Possible
confrontations portend problems as they could
ruin the election environment (ht), The
conflict
in Nepal: Of greed and grievance, by Umesh
K. Bhattarai (ht), CPN-Maoist
cadres
arrested for anti-election activity (nn), Election
date
can be altered: Khanal (nn)
29/07/2013: HLPC
split
on March 13 pact, firm on poll date, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Baidya
party
gets ‘final’ talks invite from HLPC (kp), CPN-M
told
not to violate poll code (ht), We
won’t
take part in election, FSP tells prez (ht),
FSPN
announces
protest programmes (kp), Polls
calling:
Parties now need to focus more on MJF-N, FSP
than CPN-Maoist (kp), Madhes-centric
parties
up election tempo in earnest, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Act
on
code violations, EC tells govt, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), As
CA
polls await security plan, MoHA wends its way,
by Ankit Adhikari (kp), Include
economic
agenda in election manifestos: FNCCI (kp), Dalit
commission
alleges political intervention, by Weena Pun
(ht), Former
king
asks people to come forward to ‘save the
country’ (nn), Missing
in
election: Large number of missing voters and
conflicting sets of data could call into
question the legitimacy of November election,
by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Far-left
and
far-right forces don’t want constitution through
CA, interview with Jitendra Dev (kp), Impunity
And
Crime, by Madhab Regmi (rn), Forged
consciousness, by C.K. Lal (rep)
28/07/2013: UCPN
(Maoist),
NC, UML step up election gear: The parties are
finalising their election manifestos;
Constituency delimitation issue not a thorn in
their flesh (kp), No
backtracking
on March 13 agreement (ht), Finish
off
anti-poll forces, Dahal tells YCL (ht) [Gahal will have to take
responsibility for every crime that may be
committed by his youth organization in this
context!!], Security
worsening:
MJF-N (kp), Partners
take
Baidya to task: Smaller parties in alliance
demand clarification of his ‘royalist’ remarks
(kp), Kakre
Bihar
idol row: Protesters serve Tuesday ultimatum
(kp), Limbuwan
members
grab land in Damak (ht), Anatomy
of
revolutions: How effective have our revolutions
been at fundamentally changing social structures
and dominant values?, by Sagun S. Lawoti
(kp)
27/07/2013: Election
code
violation: EC reluctant to take CPN-Maoist to
task: Passes the buck on to the government,
saying the party has not registered for polls,
by Ram Kumar Makat (ht) [The
former king has also not registered!], MoFA
concerned
about envoys’ activities (kp), Don't
misread
bid to unify Madhesi forces: TMDP (ht), Police
steps up vigilance against JP Gupta for
hobnobbing with armed outfits (nn), Focus
on
polls, by Madhav Kumar Nepal (rep)
26/07/2013: CDC
gets
10 more days to file report (kp), CDC
lacks
team spirit, claims member (ht), 86
parties
get vote sign, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Govt
comes
up with integrated election security plan
(nn), HLPC
moots
moving Cabinet share of CA seats to FPTP group,
by Pranab Kharel (kp) [Unbelievable!!],
CPN-Maoist
anti-poll
drive begins, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Riders
for
alliance with royalists: Monarchists must agree
on secularism, republic (ht) [But monarchy and Hindu state
are the fundamental matters of Neplai royalists!
So, stop this nonsense talk!!], UCPN
(Maoist)
teams fan out across country for campaigning
(kp), MJF-N
leader
shot at: Rajan Mukti-led outfit claims
responsibility (kp), Social
Democratic
Party joins protests in Capital, by Weena
Pun (kp), Probe
committee
formed to investigate Belbari mob assault on
Dalits (nn) [The
formation of such probe committees is the normal
procedure aimed at doing nothing!!!], Compensate
Dalit
woman, say NGOs (ht), Plain
preferences:
The question of elections should be a secondary
matter; the focus should be on how to produce a
constitution, by Aditya Man Shrestha (kp), SC
notice
on women’s representation (ht), Parties,
People
And Polls, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Democratic
deficit:
The pretentions of senior party leaders with
democracy stand at odds with their internal
authoritarianism, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Elections:
Get
Set, Go!, by Keshab Poudel (sp), It’s
All
Dhoos, Kamreds!, by Dipak Gyawali (sp), Recurring
constitutional
challenges: Mere symptoms of a lager desease,
by Ankit Dhakal (sp)
25/07/2013: EC
okays
poll symbols of 59 parties (kp), 59
political
parties granted election symbols (ht), Election
Commission
asks CDC to file report in 15 days, by
Bhadra Sharma and Pranab Kharel (kp), Less
voters
in Doti (ht), Election-weary
HLPC
fed up with talks-shy CPN-Maoist (kp), Thapa
hints
at royalist-Baidya party alliance for
‘nationalism’ (kp), Monarchists,
CPN-Maoist,
to collaborate if polls deferred (ht), Humanitarian
aid
only thru govt channels: EC (ht), Ex-king
defies
EC directive (ht), I
will not give upchief justice post, Regmi tells
SC, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Outraged!
Mob
thrashing of two Dalits in Morang is emblematic
of an unequal society (kp), Probe
assault
on Dalit woman: NHRC (ht), Fork
in
the road: Nepal has two choices: the democratic
path to a constitution or the road to strife,
instability and ultimately, destruction, by
Pramod Mishra (kp) [The
current political 'leaders' have already chosen
the latter way long ago!!], Three
strikes:
Discrimination of women, by Lula Belinfante
(rep)
24/07/2013: SC
now
allows listing without citizenship cards
(kp), SC
vacates
stay against EC move (ht), Voter
registration
drops in Valley, by Samik Kharel (kp), CDC
deadline
expires today; seeks more time to report
(kp), Taskforce
divided
on constituency delineation, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Can
EC
act against ceiling violators? (ht), BRB
fires
verbal salvo at Gyanendra (kp), Send
Gyanendra
to jail, growls BRB: Says if he were in power,
he would have jailed him, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht), Royalists,
Maoists
will cooperate to safeguard country’s
sovereignty: Thapa (nn), Himani
Trust
hits poll code hurdle (kp), EC
may
allow distribution of humanitarian assistance
(ht), Donors
wow
'strong' lection support (kp), Still
invisible:
Women in politics is crucial to encouraging
their participation in all other sectors
(kp), Watching
the
vote: The role of local and international
observers is key to ensuring a free and fair
election, by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp), Royals
of
republic: Leaders’ lavish lifestyles, by
Barsha Paudel (rep)
23/07/2013: Statutory
hurdles
haunt constituency delineation, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Voters’
registration
down in Taplejung (ht), Code
in
place; final voter tally on Aug 20 (kp), Election
Commission
makes voters' list public (nn), Code
of
Conduct for CA elections takes effect, by
Arjun Bhandari (ht), Code
of
concern: EC must remain vigilant and take action
when code violations are discovered (kp), Parties’
apathy
‘hurting’ women CA representation (kp), Women’s
participation
in polls stressed (ht), FDF
seeks
round-table talks bases (kp), FDF
not
participating in polls HLPC told no point
joining election process in present situation
(ht), CPN-M
to
disrupt CA polls: Baidhya (ht), Ex-king
can
join ‘nat’lism’ stir: Baidya (kp) [Strange mind! Please tell
why so many people had to die for the abolition
of the feudal system??], Former
royals
on charity mission in Dhangadi: Relief
distribution violates Code of Conduct, says EC
(ht) [They are
distributing public property either!!], Topi
photo
sought for citizenship: Supreme Court calls
petitioner, defendants to clarify stances
(kp) [???????], Change
from
within: Each component of society must work to
bring about the change we desire, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp), Free
and
fair elections Challenge of proper observation,
by Krishna Man Pradhan (ht), Parties
to
crime: Political corruption, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep)
22/07/2013: Election
code
of conduct comes into effect today, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Electoral
role:
Application at SC against citizenship petition
(kp), Overwhelming
public
support for CA polls, finds THT survey (ht),
Political
parties
unaware of Election Education Centre (ht), Rai-led
FSPN
shifts position on polls: Says the party will
foil the CA elections held under existing
circumstances, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Old
allegations:
If there’s dark ‘foreign hand’, so much the
reason that parties go to elections (kp), Elections
and
the Everyman: If elections are held and the
composition of the CA remains more or less the
same, what will be the implications for ordinary
citizens?, by Daulat Jha (kp), Writ
seeks
just representation of women in state mechanisms
(ht)
21/07/2013: Constituency
delineation:
Political parties’ support absolutely essential
(ht), Foreign
intervention,
claim 33 parties (kp), 33
parties
urge int’l community not to support polls:
Accuse missions in Nepal of interfering in
domestic affairs; Say sovereignty weakening
(ht), Youngsters
sceptical
about CA elections (ht)
20/07/2013: Constituency
delineation:
CDC likely to re-work on areas where population
has gone up, by Pranab Kharel (kp),Give
Madhes
121 constituencies: MJF-D (ht), TMDP
slams
apex court ruling (ht), China
trying
to convince Baidhya for November polls, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht), CPN-M
ready
for talks with HLPC, says Dahal (ht), Baidya
to
Dahal: No talks for now (kp), The
view
from here, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
19/07/2013: How
geared
up are stakeholders for poll (ht), Baidya-led
bloc
agrees to sit for dialogue ‘next week’: Move
follows UCPN (M) chairman’s ‘unconditional’
talks offer, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), Dialogue
must
be unconditional: Gajurel (ht), Political
talks
crucial for Nov polls, says EC, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Govt
invites
33 parties for talks (kp), Constituency
delineation:
8-member panel to seek ways to clear statute
hurdles (kp), Royal
republicans:
It is fine to be a republic, but it is more
important to be a ‘democratic’ republic, which
those who pushed the republic do not seem to
favour, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Abuse
Of
Religious Freedom: Loss Of Identity, by
Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang (rn), A
federation of factions: Almost everyting is on
hold until the internal power struggle within
the UCPN (M) is sorted out, by Muma Ram
Khanal (nt), In
the
global blind spot: Nepal is in serious need of
rebranding and restoring self-esteem, by
Trishna Rana (nt)
18/07/2013: CDC
may
advise govt to keep FPTP seats intact (ht),
Disgruntled
parties
get talks invite: No word yet from
CPN-Maoist-led alliance on what it has decided
(ht), CPN-M
‘welcomes’
HLPC invite; seeks open talks: Party urges big
four to sit for unconditional dialogue, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Roshan Sedhai (kp), Best
laid
plans: The roundtable conference needs strategic
planning (kp), Roundtable
Conference:
Is It Possible?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Polls
can
be deferred if HLPC agrees (ht), Madhes
parties’
unity bid yet to bear fruit, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Multicultural
myopia:
Recent silence of Madhesi politicians and
intellectuals harms multiculturalism and
inclusive democracy, by Dipendra Jha (kp), Ripe
for
reform: Political patronage is ruining Nepal’s
anti-corruption efforts and reaping impunity,
by Rup Kumar BK (kp), Buddhists
set
to launch agitation (ht), Issues
And
Interests, by Mukti Rijal (rn)
17/07/2013: More
voters
register in Valley, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), EC
says
gap of 3.8 million voters not unjustified
(ht), Koirala
tells
NEFIN not to be incited by Dahal (ht) [??], Directionless
Politics
Casts Shadow On Polls, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn), Still
there:
Untouchability, by Dhan Bahadur Mijar (rep),
Big
four
pledge to prepare draft of constitution within 6
months (nn) [Once
again you misunderstand the interim
constitution: The new constitution has to be
written by the elected representatives of the
people in the CA without intervention by party
laeders!!!], Govt
ready
to postpone polls if it helps in forging
consensus among parties: Minister (nn)
16/07/2013: Voter
registration
drive ends; 12.1m in new list, by Bhadra
Sharma and Samik Kharel (kp), Citizenship
card
a must, rules SC (kp), Constituency
seliniation:
Political parties now mull over three options,
by Pranab Kharel and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Dahal
vows
help for Janajati stir for rights (kp), Dahal
assures
backing for NEFIN’s PR seats concern (ht), Dahal’s
call
for agitation irresponsible: Koirala (nn), Dahal
to lead HLPC from today (nn), CPN-Maoist
to
take allies to poll talks, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), 33
parties
reiterate prior stance on poll (ht), CPN-Maoist
to
defy election in present condition: Gajurel
(nn), HLPC
holds
talks with three fringe parties (ht), Table
talk:
A roundtable conference can be a test of the
CPN-Maoist’s sincerity towards polls and the
constitution drafting process, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Nicely
done:
Army integration, by Abhya B. Chettry (rep)
15/07/2013: Constituency
deliniation:
Constitutional complications staring HLPC in the
face (kp), Constituency
delimitation
hits hurdle (ht), Home
ministry
issues over 600,000 citizenship certificates in
1 month (kp), Thousands
turn
up in late rush for voter ID (ht), UCPN
(M)
will support NEFIN's street protests against
decision to lessen number of proportional seats:
Dahal (nn), CPN-M,
its
allies to chart out joint plan, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), EC
ready
to register CPN-Maoist (ht), 3
Madhes parties hold unity talks (kp), Outfit
issues
stern warning (kp), Get
serious:
If elections are not held soon, the transition
can become permanent (kp), Broken
justice:
The upcoming election is an opportunity to
increase the role of conflict victims in the
transitional justice process, by Ram
Bhandari (kp), Holding
a
roundtable alone cannot provide solutions,
interview with Padma Ratna Tuladhar (kp), Framework
of
Madheshbad: Sidelines, by C.K. Lal (rep)
14/07/2013: Prelim
round-table
talks today: HLPC asks the CPN-Maoist to fix
venue and time by 10am for negotiation, by
Kamal Dedv Bhattarai (kp), Baidya
wants
formal HLPC invite, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), CPN-Maoist
to
talk to major parties (ht), Voter
roll
update: Madhes-based parties seek deadline
extension (kp), Madhesi
forces
air their dirty linen in public: Throw slings
and arrows at each other (ht), Would-be
voters
swarming Kathmandu election office, by Samik
Kharel (kp), Failure
to
launch: Despite the tall talk of revolution, the
CPN-Maoist lacks the stamina and spirit
essential to launch an armed rebellion, by
Jainendra Jeevan (kp), House
sans
adults: Nepali Politics, by Murari Sharma
(rep)
13/07/2013: China
visit
won’t affect our election stand, says Gajurel
(kp), Statute
thru
round table conference: Gajurel, by Arjun
Bhandari and Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Ashok
Rai
warns of decisive anti-govt stir (ht
13/07/2013), Denied
citizenship,
journo moves court (ht)
12/07/2013: Parties
engage
in hectic parleys to hold round-table conference,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Pranab Kharel (kp), Efforts
on
to induct anti-poll forces: Khanal (kp), Ex-EC
chief
casts doubt polls will be held in November
(ht), Masked
intentions:
Interim governments should concentrate on
running day-to-day state affairs and leave
decisions with long term consequences for the
country to elected governments, by Shyam
K.C. (kp), Politics
of
diagnosis: Nepal’s political leaders who parrot
democracy, justice and rule of law seemingly go
to any extent to reject the same ideals they
claim to uphold, by Jagannath Lamichhane
(kp), Wounds
that
haven’t healed: Thousands of women across Nepal
are still seeking justice for war time rape,
by Toofan Neupane (nt), When
war
becomes a memory: Comrades who fought alongside
each other have charted out different futures
for themselves, by Amir Joshi (nt), Breaking
up
and making up: National and international
political constellations are all in favour of
November polls, by Anurag Acharya (nt), "Young
Contestants
Will Win Polls", interview with Udaya S.
Rana (sp), Regmi
and
November Polls, by Tilak Rawal (sp), Uncertain
Course:
Although CPN-Maoist leaders have agreed to
negotiate on the elections, it is premature to
say the election will be held on November 19,
by Keshab Poudel (sp)
11/07/2013: EC
allows
chartered planes, helicopters in 11 districts,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Parties
can
hire chopperfor 11 districts (ht), EC
voter
roll move challenged in SC (kp), 32
anti-election
parties flay Baidya talks team decision: Say
will form separate bloc if CPN-M continues to
‘use’ them, by Roshan Sedhai (kp), What
goes
around: Govt and HLPC must convince all parties,
no matter how small, to participate in elections
(kp), Madhesi
leaders
differ on election issues (ht), No
melting
pot: Without pluralism, inclusivity and the
acceptance of heterogeneity, democracy cannot
succeed anywhere, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Upcoming
Election:
For What?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn), Challenges
ahead:
Regmi govt’s role, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada
(rep), Parties
controlling
Election Commission, interview with Surya
Prasad Shrestha (rep)
10/07/2013: Constituency
re-work
hits roadblock, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Election
code
to come into effect from mid-July (kp), Parties
prepare
for round table meet on spec, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Bring
anti-poll
parties on board: India; ‘It will be good if we
see all stakeholders, political parties and
groups take part in the polls’, by Anil Giri
(kp), Khurshid
lays
stress on timely Constituent Assembly election:
Says India hopes new CA will draft constitution,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht), Mohan
Baidhya
to explain to Chinese leaders party’s decision
(ht), CA
polls,
alliance with UCPN (M) Baidya’s agenda, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), CPN-M-led
fringe
parties furious: Decide to form team to talk
only with Baidhya (ht), Parties
‘most
corrupt’ institutions in Nepal, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Cancer
of
corruption afflicts state organs: Nepali
parties, Parliament, bureaucracy, judiciary most
corrupt: Transparency International (ht), Triumph
of
triviality: The government and leaders of the
major parties need to get their act together to
ensure that slated election for the second CA is
not another wasted opportunity, by Bipin
Shah (kp), Free
and
fair election: Security challenges, by
Ratindra Khatri (ht)
09/07/2013: CDC
advised
to increase PR seats in denser areas (kp), All-party
round
table in the offing, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), CPN-Maoist
announces
5-member talks team (kp), CPN-M
forms
talks team in answer to HLPC call: Keeps its
govt change, poll deferral stances intact; Says
dialogue, agitation to go hand in hand (ht),
Indian
minister
arriving on day-long visit today: Likely to sign
MoU on 800 vehicles for polls, by Anil Giri
(kp), India
provides
764 vehicles for election purpose (nn), How
the
Yeti rules: Foreign meddling, by Bishal
Thapa (rep), Idle
talk:
Nepal lacks risk-takers, doers and makers;
instead, it has talkers, critics and wild-goose
chasers, by Zhou Shengpin (kp), Culture
And
Nationality: Need Is To Promote Them, by
Prem Khatry (rn), The
November
vote, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (rep), Political
parties
most corrupt in Nepal: Survey (nn)
08/07/2013: Constituency
delineation:
Civil society members differ on basis (kp),
CDC
seeks
civil society’s suggestions (ht), EC
updating
voter: roll sans citizenship, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), MoHA
prepares
poll security plan, by Anil Giri (kp), CPN-Maoist
sets
bottomline for poll talks (kp), CPN-M
wants
its demands fulfilled before talks: Adamant that
Regmi-led govt should be changed and poll date
altered (ht), CPN-Maoist
forms
talks team led by Baidya (nn), Letting
go:
The tendency of politicians to remain in power
for decades is a serious problem (kp), Let
them
eat cake: The trapping of power and wealth have
made the privileged class indifferent to the
plight of the marginalised, by Pranaya SJB
Rana (kp), Politicians
beware!
Probability of dictaturship, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep)
07/07/2013: HLPC
ready
to go distance to woo ‘defiant’ CPN-M;
Rescheduling the polldate, govt ouster
'non-negotiable' terms, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), HLPC
decides
to be flexibleto the maximum (ht) [Then please dissolve your
own illegitimate committee!], Scrap
HLPC
to hold election, says Thapa (ht), Baidya
party’s
talks rider to Big 4 (kp), Bhagat
Singh
gears up for CA polls (kp), Level
playing
field: The abuse of public resources during
campaigning and voting must be dealt with to
ensure fair elections, by Narayan Rai (kp),
Rise
above:
Despite worldwide movements for equal rights and
representation, Nepali women remain
disadvantaged, whether in politics, education,
legal rights or economic status, by Rama
Bashyal (kp)
06/07/2013: Poll
alliance
elusive in dearth of Madhesi parties’ ideology,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), TMDP
presses
for 2008 poll code (ht), Dhanusha
security
upped as outfits threaten to thwart polls
(ht), CPN-M’s
model
for consensus, by Prakash Acharya (ht), CPN-Maoist
sets
new conditions for consensus (nn), Another
milestone
achieved in peace process: 1,352 former Maoist
combatants complete basic army training,ready to
serve the nation (ht), 1,352
ex-combatants
now Army personnel (kp), New
entrants
say dawn of a new era, by Baburam Lamichhane
(ht), ‘The
weakness
is ours’: Former Chief Election Commissioner
Bhoj Raj Pokhrel on the 2008 CA polls, and the
lessons to be gleaned from it, by Samik
Kharel (kp)
05/07/2013: Lawyers
divided
over temp judges hearing Regmi case, by
Pranab Kharel (kp), SC
reschedules
final hearing on CJ-led govt (ht), Lawyers
to
CDC: Don’t make major changes (kp), Appeal
to
delineate 35 constituencies only (ht), Final
party
count ‘will be less’ than 139 (kp), Nepali
Congress
ready to discuss all issues with CPN-Maoist:
Paudel; Says cannot be flexible on scheduled
poll date (ht), 1352
ex-combatants
complete army training (nn), Sworga
Dwari
shrine reclaims 140 ropanis of land from UCPN
(M) (nn), A
Muse On Election Constituency Delineation,
by Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang (rn), Here
we
go: Doomed to repeat it; Our leaders haven’t
learnt from history, by Trishna Rana (nt), Lumpenization
of
public life in Nepal, by C.K. Lal (rep), Step out
of the freezer, Comrades!, by Prashaant
Singh (rep)
04/07/2013: Poll
date
set, but people not so confident yet: High time
govt acted to inspire confidence, by Ajaya
Bhadra Khanal (ht), Regmi
urges
Dahal nto help bring all parties to ballot
(ht), Baidya
stays
loose amid anti-election posture, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp), CPN-M
poll
disruption programmes soon (ht), 12
Tarai
armed outfits unite to ‘foil’ Nov polls
(kp), Supreme
Court
to test legitimacy of Regmi-led govt (ht), Show
cause
notices on election ordinance (ht), Remain
apolitical,
experts tell CDC (kp), Nationalist
nomenclature:
The call to rename schools with ‘foreign’ names
harkens back to the Panchayat days when the idea
of a unitary Nepali identity prevailed, by
Deepak Thapa (kp), Nowhere
people:
Govt must accept its culpability in pushing its
citizens to migrate and its negligence in
safeguarding their rights and welfare, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), Dr.
Bhattarai's
resignation: Some Unmitigated Issues Within
UCPN-Maoist, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Costly
aversion:
Social media and CA polls, by Arun Rai (rep)
03/07/2013: Increase
constituencies
in line with population: Madhes parties
(kp), Make
population
basis: Madhesi parties (ht), CPN-M
to
go all out to foil polls: Party says all doors
for dialogue closed, by Roshan Sedhai (kp),
CPN-M
to
deploy disruption dastas at polling booths,
by Rishi Baral (ht), UN
chief
pledges whole-hearted support for polls
(kp), Hold
local
polls too: UML (kp), Conflict
victims
yet to get relief, by Rajendra Nath (kp), The
spirit
of compromise: The success of political
compromise in a democracy depends on the
attitude and behaviour of political leaders as
well as how citizens mobilise in support of
causes, by Rajju Malla Dhakal (kp), Strange
bedfellows:
Ultra-leftists dislike elections and the
Kathmandu elite hates federalism and inclusion,
by Dipendra Jha (kp), Over
their
heads: The common people in Nepal are generally
not aware of the process of policy making,
by Rajeev Thapa (kp), Shortfall
in
the peace process: Points to revisit, by
Umesh K. Bhattarai (ht), Tough
task:
Delineating constituencies (rep)
02/07/2013: CDC
interacts
with parties: Debates on whether only 35
constituencies can be realigned, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Population
alone
not a basis: Non-Madhesi parties; Case made for
inclusion of geography,international standard as
criteria for delineation (ht), The
most
important ‘uneasy alliance’ in Nepali politics,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), CPN-Maoist
in
‘foil-poll’ mood (ht), CPN-Maoist
leaders
seek paramilitary force formation, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), Comrades
in
crisis: The CPN-Maoist must abandon violent
revolt and embrace the path of peace and
constitution, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Free
for
all: Impunity and adulteration (rep), UN
Secy
Gen stresses on credible, democratic polls
(nn), Dalit
movement
against Rautahat case on the wane: Rights
activists, by Weena Pun (kp), Ceremonial
change:
Recent assertions by Dalits, Kamlaris and other
underprivileged groups point to a society still
entrenched in social hierarchy and
discrimination, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), Effectiveness
of
election code of conduct: When money and muscles
thrive, by Birendra Prasad Mishra (ht), Dahal-nomics
explained, by Sukhdev Shah (rep)
01/07/2013: Cabinet
chairman
regrets CA dissolution (kp), Convict
provision
in CA act: SC seeks explanation (kp), cause
election ordinance (ht), Show
on
biasedCDC, 17 parties meeting today (kp), EC
likely
to re-open party registration process (kp),
Bhattarai
refuses
to budge; party calls July 19 plenum: Dahal says
people want to see him and his deputy go
hand-in-hand, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Confrontation
if
govt goes ahead with polls: Leaders, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp), Keep
talking:
CPN-Maoist must adopt a strategy involving
negotiation, not violence (kp), A
constitution made through this election will
have no meaning, interview with C.P. Gajurel
(kp), Madhesi
parties
aspire to become national parties, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht)
30/06/2013: Bhattarai
‘gives
up’ Maoist veep post: Announcement follows
charges against him of promoting factional
politics by CC members, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Bhattarai
resigns
as UCPN-M vice-chairman (ht), Regmi, Dahal
in
bid to bring CPN-M on board (ht), CPN-M
confirms
CA vote boycott plan, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp), Can
Madhesi
parties unite to form a single force? Not until
they give up their ministerial ambitions and
lust for power and plum posts: Experts, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Dissecting
democracy:
Nepalis endorse federalism in the Nepal
Democracy Survey: Round III, by Krishna
Hachhethu (kp), Constitution
chimera, by Murari Sharma (rep)
29/06/2013: Watchdog
demands
code of conduct for election observers (ht),
November
elections:
Helicopter use, if allowed, would still mean
‘violating code’, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-M
to
seek army’s help to halt poll: Gajurel (ht),
Seven
injured
in dispute over access to temple (ht), Local
Governance
In Chaos, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
28/06/2013: Leaders
ask
EC to shed ‘harsh’ poll code terms, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp) [The
task is not to make the HLPC and other party
leaders happy!!], Party
or
people: There are still many difficulties on
route to CA polls without major parties publicly
voicing their differences with the EC, by
Shyam K.C., Retain
previous
PR ratio: NMSP (ht), Fears
grow
of Dalit privileges being trashed in upcoming
Assembly, by Weena Pun (kp), Local
democracy
in chaos: Election is the solution, by
Pranav Bhattarai (ht), Identity
and
equality is all that indigenous women want,
by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (rep), Battle
for
the ballots: Now that November polls look
probable its back to the good, bad, and ugly in
politics, by Anurag Acharya (nt), "Proposed
Polls Meaningless", interview with Mohan
Vaidya (sp), "Polls
Inevitable", interview with Sujata Koirala
(sp), Government's
Honeymoon: Retired, Not Tired, by Keshab
Poudel (sp)
27/06/2013: CEC
‘political
moves’ get on HLPC members’ nerves, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Constituency
delimitation:
Collision likely over geographical names, by
Pranab Kharel (kp), CDC
got
to go the limit to delimit constituencies: Will
Kathmandu get more seats — three to five, or
will some Tarai districts lose? (ht), Not
there
yet: CA composition and constituency delineation
will be controversial issues in days to come
(kp), TMLP,
Sadbhawana
in unification parleys (kp), Round
table
possible ‘only if CPN-Maoist agrees to election’
(ht), No
change
of guard, no new poll date: Four major forces
not averse to other demands of disgruntled
parties (ht), CPN-M
to
put forth riders for poll participation
(nn), Power
to
the people: It is not just politicians who have
failed Nepal’s sovereignty; traditional elites
and patriot-intellectuals have compromised it no
less, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Polls
are
ploy to Sikkimize Nepal, interview with Dev
Gurung (rep)
26/06/2013: Ad-hoc
elections:
The EC’s efforts to reform Nepal’s electoral
system for greater credibility were politically
thwarted, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), In
full
shape, CDC talks work process (kp), Panel
to
delineate constituencies begins work:
Contradictory statutory provisions could
complicate its functioning, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Convict
provision
in poll act challenged in court (kp), SC
moved
against CA election ordinance (ht), EC
wants
poll-opposing parties in by mid-August, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Parties
open
to round table conference idea, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Baidhya
dismisses
talk of unity with UCPN-M: Tells Dahal to create
environment for participation in poll, by
Tika R. Pradhan (ht), MK
Nepal
alleges political meddling in Rautahat case
(kp), Dalits,
non-Dalits
unite to end discrimination (kp), More
equal:
President Yadav’s recent medical trip
perpetuates our feudal past (kp)
25/06/2013: Uninspiring:
100
days of Regmi (ht), EC
code
to ban election extravaganza: Political parties
must avoid chartered choppers, planes No wall
paintings, loudspeakers, by Samik Kharel
(kp), 42
parties
seek resumption of party registration process
(kp), CPN-M,
FSP,
FDFN set riders to join election process: Say
all-party conference should be held to start new
political course, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), CPN-Maoist-led
alliance
to go solo against polls, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), NC,
UML
in bid to woo disgruntled parties: Say they will
agree to all demands but change of govt, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), Free
and
fearless: Credible elections will require a
voting environment free of violence intimidation
(kp), Yang
welcomes
CA election date, assures support, by Anil
Giri (kp), Bill
the
President: Until the country has the same health
package for all its citizens, the state cannot
treat the President, by Suman Khadka (kp), President’s
health
condition ‘absolutely normal’ (ht), All
rise:
Vilifying Prachanda, by Bishal Thapa (rep)
24/06/2013: Discontent
as
poll govt marks 100 days in office: Govt lists
announcement of election date as its major
achievement (kp), Govt
makes
public its 100-day report (ht), CPN-M
firm
on sabotaging CA election (ht), How
the
party was forced into a corner, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht), CPN-Maoist
wants
formation of all-party govt if it is to take
part in November election (nn), Two
parties
not to join protest hands with Baidya bloc,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp), FSP
refuses
to be part of HLPC, Cabinet: Adamant on 60 per
cent seats under PR system in the new CA
(ht), Resolve
prickly
issues through talks: FDRA (ht), UCPN
(M)-Morcha
election alliance not in the making at least for
now, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Poll
security-weary
EC floats multiple options, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Commission,
secretaries
to dwell on code today (kp), Rs
1b
for outreach campaign, by Samik Kharel (kp),
Former
Kamlaris
warn fresh unrest: Ask govt to implement deal
within mid-July, by Weena Pun (kp), Attack
On
Dalit Community: Shame On Loktantra, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
23/06/2013: NC
to
‘propose’ 3 provinces in new federal set up,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Pranab Kharel (kp), Koirala
nay
to Madhes autonomous state (kp), UCPN
(Maoist)
‘ready’ for HLPC, Cabinet shake-up (kp), Rejig
Cabinet
to include agitating parties: Sapkota (ht),
Sharma
says
CPN-M will take part in polls (ht
23/06/2013), Is
SP
giving the cold shoulder to UDMF? (ht), Gachchadhar
tries
to woo FSP as alliance of poll-opposing parties
starts to disintegrate (nn), Dang
farmers
return seized land, by Durga Lal K.C. (kp),
Political
visions
and hierarchies: It is futile to expect all
groups of people to share a common vision but
without a shared vision, how can they work to
restructure the country?, by Abhi Subedi
(kp), Let
people
choose: CA part 2, by Anil Shah (rep)
22/06/2013: November
polls
to cost EC, political parties a fortune, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Accessible
to
all, by Bhadra Sharma and Roshan Sedhai
(kp), Declare
Sharma
CJ, says legal fraternity (ht), 18-party
front
to topple election government (ht), Parties
interfered
in Rautahat investigations: Dalit activists,
by Weena Pun (kp), Reinvigorated
YCL
eyes CA elections, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
21/06/2013: Pvt
sector
urges EC to check forced donations during polls,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Gagan
wants
HLPC gone (kp) [!!!],
HLPC
should
be scrapped, Regmi should resign from CJ post to
appease dissident parties: Thapa (nn), CDC
faces
constituency delimitation hurdles, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Dissident
parties
eye a broader alliance, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), Dealing
with
dissent: All parties must be brought on board
the political process, as elections will only be
justified if all political forces participate,
by Jeetendra Dev (kp), Pressure
piles
on parties to join elections (ht), Regmi
govt’s
constitutionality test on July 4, by Ananta
Raj Luitel (ht), Regmi
appointment:
Place all petitions together, says SC (kp),
No
legal
bar on one person at EC helm two times: Uprety,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), Activists
demand
immediate release of Rautahat report, by
Weena Pun (kp), National
scene:
Political class fails to act, by Mukti Rijal
(ht), The
despair
of bourgeoisie, by C.K. Lal (rep), Closed
minds
and shutdowns: Politicians think they can punish
the people and still get their support, by
Dhana Hamal (nt), True
reconciliation:
Setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
will not by itself ensure truth or
reconciliation, by George Varughese and
Tamar Luster (nt)
20/06/2013: CPN-M
misses
EC consultation, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), CPN-M
into
forming ‘people’s govt’ (ht), Madhesi
Morcha
meeting on Saturday; agenda alliance (kp), Congress,
Madhesi
forces may join hands for upcoming polls, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Inclusiveness
to
protectcountry, says ex-king, by Shyamsundar
Shashi (kp) [The
non-inclusive state and the suppression of
ethnic and regional cultures and languages has
been the basis of the Shah state for more than
200 years!!], All
for
one: Towards new polls (rep), Abide
by
poll timetable, EC urges parties (ht), Violent
polls
in the cards, interview with Gagan Thapa
(rep), CA
seats
should not exceed 491: Sushil (nn) [Then reduce the number of
FPTP seats to not more than 160!!], Comrades
no
more: One expected the Maoists parties to abhor
the continued existence of the Kamlari system,
but both remained inexplicably mute, by
Deepak Thapa (kp)
19/06/2013: CPN-UML
sees
Congress as main rival in CA elections: Expects
a tough fight from UCPN (Maoist), Madhes parties
(kp), Baidya-led
alliance
for interaction (kp), CPN-M
demands
alright, save govt change: Deuba (ht), Poll
process
time table announced (ht), 22
PLA
men quit army training (nn)
18/06/2013: HLPC
to
seek agitating parties’ ‘bottom line’ (kp),
CPN-M
settles
on all-party council, by Roshan Sedhai (kp),
Roots
of
evil: Providing power and agency to women can
considerably weaken the patriarchal mindset
(kp), Carving
constituencies:
Voter population, issues of inclusion and
gerrymandering pose challenges to constituency
delimitation, by Tej Prasad Adhikari (kp)
17/06/2013: EC
readies
codes of conduct for poll, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), 42
poll-opposed
parties bring nation to a halt (kp), Proceed
carefully:
Agitating parties should be pacified in a manner
that doesn’t jeopardise the political process
(kp), A
host of challenges stare parties in face, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Pranab Kharel (kp), NHRC
calls
for end to banda practice (kp), Courting
comrades:
Why is the largest party in the erstwhile CA so
desperately seeking electoral alliances with
fringe parties?, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Unless
we
pose a threat to the state, our issues will not
be addressed, interview with Durga Sob,
National Dalit Commission (kp), The
Koirala
complex: Sidelines, by C.K. Lal (rep)
16/06/2013: Govt,
HLPC
trying to win over poll-opposing parties:
‘MJF-N, FSPN will be part of poll process if
their demands are met’, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), Urge
to
bring dissidents on board, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), Gurung
dares
govt to hold polls on Nov 19 (ht), Amend
constitutional
process first: Bhusal (ht), Nationwide
bandh
called against announcement of poll date affects
life partially (nn), Defections
gain
ground in Madhes, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Chairman,
divided:
From a purely pragmatic perspective, the call
for Khil Raj Regmi to resign as Chief Justice is
correct, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Great
expectations:
Republicans have failed on all counts, from
nation building and constitution writing to the
preservation of national integrity and social
harmony, by Jainendra Jeevan (kp), Government
Not
Out Of The Woods, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Hard
work
begins: New CA election, by Peter W. Bodde,
US ambassador to Nepal (kp)
15/06/2013: Join
in,
Regmi tells poll-opposing parties: Says govt
under him was a necessity, not his choice; he’s
detached himself from judiciary (kp) [This is not true Mr Regmi!
Those parties do not oppose elections but HLPC
and your government which are both illegitimate!
As Chief Justice you should be well aware that
there would have been a constitutional way to
solve the legitimacy crisis!!], Step
down
as CJ, civil society asks Regmi (ht), Regmi
seeks
support to ensure free, fair polls (ht), International
community
lauds vote date declaration (kp), Plaudits
pour
in for poll date announcement (ht), Got
a
date: November 19 election (rep), HLPC
to
convince agitating parties to go to the polls
(kp), Gachchhadar
gets
his turn to head HLPC (nn), Baidya,
Yadav,
Rai answer with protest programme, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), Three
agitating
forces to enforce strike tomorrow (ht), ‘Ensure
13
pc Dalit representation in CA’: Rights activists
say number of Dalits may fall in new CA (kp)
[Thanks to the HLPC
ambitions this is for sure also for women,
Janajati and Madhesi!!], Bhattarai
for
more proportional representation to bring
dissidents on board (nn), Election
authority
geared up for CA vote (kp), EVM
plan
may not materialise (kp), Deficit
Of
Democratic Values, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
14/06/2013: Govt
sets
November 19 date for CA polls: Poll ordinance
sent to Prez; disputed threshold provision
removed, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Govt
sets
CA election date for November 19: Scraps
threshold proviso; Those convicted of heinous
crime disqualified from contestingpolls ,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Regmi
address
the nation; urges broad support for fair polls
(nn), Prez
approves
election ordinance sans threshold (nn), HLPC
lauds announcement of poll date, will hold talks
with dissident parties (nn), Poll-opposing
parties
threaten joint protests, by Roshjan Sedhai
(kp) [They do not oppose
elections but the illegitimate and senseless
procedure! The current way only opens the door
to many more years of power fighting by the
traditional and failed party elites without
producing a new constitution for an inclusive
federal state!], ‘Constituency
marking
plan beset with hurdles’, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Baidhya
threatens
to write statute from street (ht), Seven
families
await compensation for government-acquired land,
by Binod Tripathi (kp), Silent
alarm:
If the demands of the marginalised remain
unaddressed, their frustration could explode,
by Rup Kumar BK (kp), Street
protests:
Playing havoc with mobility, by Ashish
Gajurel (ht), Breaking
views:
As elections look more probable, the mainstream
media also becomes an extension of the political
parties, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Toughness
Required, by Tilak Rawal (sp), Polls
Apart, by Keshab Poudel (sp)
13/06/2013: EC
centre
to command 100,000 security personnel for
elections: Joint Election Operation Centre to
check poll-related violence, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Curfew
in
Jumla after NC, CPN-Maoist slug it out (kp),
7
parties’ Dalit wings to continue sit-in protest
across country, by Weena Pun (kp), Eyes
on
the prize: Without a broader agenda and vision,
Madhesi leaders will remain unsucessful in
electoral politics, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Teaching
peace;
Need for peace education, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep)
12/06/2013: Minister
says
govt planning to announce poll date by June 15,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), HLPC
urges
Regmi to declare poll date (ht), Quick,
quick:
New election date (rep), CPN-Maoist
‘donation’
letters evoke insurgency-era fears, by
Dilliram Khatiwada (kp), EC
seeks
enough budget for poll (ht), Is
Phulkaji
evil? Pictures of reality that journalists
produce can form or solidify a destructive
opinion, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp), State
not
there for poor and oppressed, interview with
Shanta Chaudhary (rep), Vision
for
tomorrow, by Sher Bahadur Deuba (rep)
11/06/2013: HLPC
authorises
govt to take a call, by Bhadra Sharma (kp),
Parties
pass
on prickly issues to Regmi-led govt, by
Prakash Acharya (ht), EC
to
parties: No ‘donations’ (kp), Banda
in
Rajbiraj to protest ex-king Gyanendra’s visit,
by Jitendra Khadga (kp), Dalits
announce
protest programmes (kp), One
of
us: Politicians merely reflect the society we
live in, they do not drop in from another planet,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp) [Yes,
but they only reflect a small elite section of
society!], Boosting
national
morale: Any attempt to bring about unity through
forced homogenisation is bound to be suicidal,
by Ranadhoj Limbu-Angbuhang (kp)
10/06/2013: First
things
first: A revived Constituent Assembly is the
best option to institutionalise the gains of the
republican era, by Erisha Suwal (kp), HLPC
talks
go pear-shaped again (kp), No
headway
at HLPC meeting: Govt likely to decide
unilaterally (ht), HLPC
decides
to allow govt to finalise election ordinance;
agree on 2-5 pc threshold for next general
election (nn), UML
sticks
to stance on election law issues (kp), Rautahat
Dalit
settlement attack: District chief thwarts bid to
locally reconcile case; National Human Rights
Commission seeks justice for victims, by
Shiva Puri (kp), Unite
and
conquer: Dalit groups need to politically combat
caste-based discrimination at all levels
(kp), NHRC
condemns
attack on Dalits (ht), More
action
needed (ht), Where's
the
will? (rep), The
door
to polls will open and we will have elections,
interview with Neel Kantha Uprety (kp), Setting
qualifications
for lawmakers: A comprehensive law is required,
by Gyan Basnet (ht), Transporation
strike
in five districts surrounding Ktm Valley
(nn)
09/06/2013: Two
for
the price of one: Holding the CA and local
elections together will save costs and end
people’s suffering, by Khagendra N. Sharma
(kp), Parties
deadlocked
over threshold (ht), Govt
to
parties: Agree within 2 days; Suggests removing
threshold provision from the proposed draft of
the CA Member Act, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), Interest
groups
behind the mushrooming of parties, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), Thakur
urges
Madhesi unity for elections (ht), The
right
stand: Maoists and CA polls, by Mohan Bukram
Singh (rep), 14
injured
in Dalit settlement attack, by Shiva Puri
(kp), Dalits
thrashed
over entry into temple (ht)
08/06/2013: HLPC
sets
date with Regmi to settle poll law issues
(kp), Vote
threshold
still a bone of contention, by Prakash
Acharya (ht), Parties
delaying
CA polls: Uprety (ht), CA
polls
only way to end impasse: UML leader; Says
Regmi’s presence or absence does not count
(ht) [The impasse will
stay as long as these current leaders have any
say! They only want elections to continue their
power fights for years!!!], Govt,
Kamlaris
ink deal; protests end, by Weena Pun (kp), Govt
to
address ex-kamlaris’ demands (ht), CPN-M
to
halt protest during rainy season (kp)
07/06/2013: EC
proposes
Nov 14 election date: Government says it will
announce any date before November 22 for the CA
polls, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Regmi-given
deadline
ending today; leaders ooze optimism, by
Pranab Kharel and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), FDFN
gives
one-week ultimatum (ht), Bring
parties
on poll track, EU to Khanal (kp), Govt-Kamlari
talks
‘positive’ (kp), Accord
still
elusive in kamlari negotiations (ht), Banda
continues
in western Tarai (kp), War’s
legacy:
a gun culture; The conflict may be over, but a
new survey shows high levels of violence because
there are so many guns around, by Sulaiman
Daud (nt), Elections
and
the un-democracy: Elections are meant to promote
democracy, not defeat it; which is why care must
be given to planning an inclusive, independent
exercise, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Including
the
excluded: The only way to justify Nepal’s
painfully long transition is to ensure election
rules that level the playing field, by
Anurag Acharya (nt), The
republic
turns five: The triumph of consensus over due
process, by Maneet Dhungel (rep), Clutching
at
strands of straw, by C.K. Lal (rep), Enforcement
of
anti-untouchability law still weak, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep)
06/06/2013: Prez
urges
top leaders to let go of discord (kp), Prez
intensifies
political parleys to simplify process for
holding CA election (nn), Way
too
long: Path to new CA polls (rep), Supreme
Court
asks Regmi to explain his double role (kp),
West
Madhes
not on leadership map, by Pranab Kharel
(kp), Baidya,
Rai,
Yadav on the same wavelength, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), Eight-party
Front
puts up bold front (kp), Upendra-led
alliance
issues seven-day ultimatum to govt (nn), FDFN
to
give govt one week ultimatum (ht), RPP
chief
backtracks on threshold provision (ht), Govt
panel
to probe ex-Kamlari’s death, by Weena Pun
(kp), No
progress
in kamlari talks: Protesters in no mood to give
continuity to discussions (ht), Banda
hits
west Tarai (kp), Breaking
barriers:
Bonded laborers, by Michael Rosenkrantz
(rep), 9th
anniversary
of Badarmudhe incident: Victims demand
perpetrators be brought to book; Say they want
guilty punished, not relief package announced by
govt, by Surya Prakash Kandel (ht), Conflicting
interests:
Party vs nation, by Prakash Chandra Lohani
(rep)
05/06/2013: UCPN
(M),
some Madhes parties mull poll alliance, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Pranab Kharel (kp), Failing
to
hold CA election within November will put
democracy at severe risk: Koirala (nn) [which democracy?], Govt-Kamlari
dialogue
inconclusive, by Weena Pun (kp), Freed
kamlaris
stage rally in Capital city (ht), Kamlari
banda
hits Tarai (kp), 'Freed
Kamlharis'
enforce second day of Terai bandh (nn), War
cry:
Kamlari protests (rep), The
only
option is damage control, interview with
Ishwar Pokharel (rep)
04/06/2013: HLPC
agrees
on 491-strong CA: Yet to settle other election
issues; Leaders hope for deal soon (ht) [May the idea of an inclusive
CA rest in peace as demanded by the NC, the
greatest veto player in in respect to federalism
and inclusion!!], Regmi
gives
big four parties a deadline to act: Says govt
will make moves if deal bid fails (kp), UML
urges
Regmi to endorse ordinances, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Rai
laughs
off four-party ‘syndicate’ (kp), Bandarmude
victims
turn down government aid: Say they want justice
first, not dev projects, by Bimal Khatiwada
(kp), Divided
they
fall: Our civil society leaders have become
fragmented, partisan and insular, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), Democracy
in
reverse: Need for local elections, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep), Terai
region
hit hard by day-long bandh imposed by Kamlharis
(nn)
03/06/2013: Eight-man
taskforce
fails to resolve contentious issues: HLPC
meeting today to discuss proposed CA Member Act
2013, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Squabbling
parties
put polls on back burner (ht), HLPC
fails
to settle poll issues: Members agree to find
solution as per the spirit of March 13 pact
(ht), Deal
with
dissent: Efforts should be made to accommodate
dissenting parties in the political process
(kp), Let
The
Government Decide, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn),
Big
four
set to go for 491-member CA; dispute on other
poll issues remains (nn), CA
election
by mid-December: Commissioner Thakur (nn), Clash
leaves
Charikot tense (ht), Dolakha
hit
hard by NC's indefinite bandh (nn), NC,
UCPN
(Maoist) agree to bury hatchet; Dolakha bandh
called off (nn), Fears
of
EVM plan in CA election turning a fiasco, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp), Without
elected
representatives, Nepal is not a democracy,
interview with Upendra Yadav (kp), Politics
of
belonging: The citizenship process has
deliberately been complicated to discourage
Madhesis from seeking citizenship, by
Dipendra Jha (kp), Existential
angst:
UML-Maoist Hostility, by Mahabir Paudyal
(rep)
02/06/2013: NBA
says
Regmi must quit as CJ: Bar reiterates his
appointment is against the principle of
separation of powers, by Prakash Baral (kp),
Govt
talks
with poll-opposing parties turn a damp squib,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), 33
parties
to change stir mode (kp), NC
backs
equal quota system for CA election (ht), Mahato
for
alliance with Dalits, Muslims, Janajatis
(ht), Time
to
regroup: NEFIN and Janajati politics, by
Arun Rai (rep), Kin
of
conflict victim struggling for justice, by
Rajendra Nath (kp)
01/06/2013: In
the
wake of failure: A year since the demise of the
Constituent Assembly, and crisis appears to have
deepened further in Nepali politics, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), The
republic:
While the evil-doers sit inside Tundikhel and
enjoy the circus acts on Republic Day, the real
jantas are outside the gates, by Guffadi
(kp), It’s
official,
May 28 is country’s National Day (kp) [??
The current politics have nothing to do with res publica!!], Tough
task
ahead for HLPC panel, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp), HLPC
meeting
fails as parties dig in heels (ht), 33
parties
warn govt of shutdown (ht), TMDP
stands
against election threshold (ht), Crunch
time:
Disagreement over election (rep), Deuba
gets
Delhi invite, UML’s Nepal may be next, by
Mahesh Acharya and Devendra Bhattarai (kp) [Nepal's politicians still
need instructions from India!], India
asked
for 1,000 vehicles for CA polls, by Anil
Giri (kp), EC
gets
tough on party registration, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp), I’ll
resign
if Regmi returns: Acting CJ, by Prakash
Baral (kp)
31/05/2013: 60
parties
seek registration on last day: Adamant, CPN-M
stays out of it; EC says it won’t wait for
Baidya, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Number
of
parties registered with EC reaches 134 as
deadline ends: CPN-Maoist and otherfringe
outfits did not apply (ht), Number
of
political parties registering with EC reaches
140 on last day (nn), Panel
to
settle poll law dispute (kp) [There cannot be enough
panels to waste the next years!!], HLPC
sets
up taskforce to iron out differences pertaining
to poll laws: Panel to submit recommendation
before Monday (ht), Between
a
rock and a hard place: Nepal’s political players
should finally learn that the only way to reduce
outside interference is to put our own house in
order (nt), Call
for
33pc CA seats for women, by Weena Pun (kp) [This is only possible if 60%
of the future CA members will be elected through
the proportional lists!!], Madhes
gears
up for polls: Common symbol, flag on agenda,
by Pranab Kharel (kp), JP
Gupta,
SS Bhandari in bid to unify or ally their
parties (ht), Lawati
threatens
to reinstate monarchy (kp), ‘SC
delaying
case meant to decide Regmi’s fate’ (ht), Strike
affects
eastern districts (kp), The
rot
at the bottom: The uncertainty over politicised
student union elections reflects doubts over
national elections, by Trishna Rana (nt), Limbuwan
strike
against FSU election hits life in east (ht),
Half
the
sky: Effective interventions must engage men to
address social norms that legitimise male power,
control and the use of violence, by
Sambriddhi Kharel (kp), Muslim
women
seek their rights, by Rakesh Chaudhary
(rep), Our
political
culture: Of carpetbaggers and sukul-goondas,
by Mani Dixit (ht), Who
is a Nepali?, by Prashaant Singh (rep), Just
want justice: Parents of youth murdered during
the war are themselves illegally detained,
by Dambar K. Shrestha (nt), Hard
To
Tell When: Despite the consensus among the
political parties to hold the election, they are
yet to agree on the election date, by Keshab
Poudel (sp)
30/05/2013: On
6th
Republic Day, country looks divided: Govt
organises special official event; civil society
shuns it to hold protest programme near CA
building (kp) [Nepal
is not a republic but an oligarchy of male high
caste party 'leaders'!!], Boycotts
overshadow
Republic Day: NBA, civil society members choose
to give official celebrations a miss (ht), Conflict-hit
see
no reason to celebrate (ht), NC
leaders
Koirala, Deuba skip Prez high-tea (kp), Nation
still
struggling to institutionalise achievements:
Prez (kp), Seven
eastern
districts hit hard by Limbuwan group's strike;
CPN-M enforces bandh in Rupandehi (nn), Out
with
the old: The term Dalit has negative
connotations of caste stereotypes and should be
replaced, by Rajendra Senchurey (kp), Political
decisions:
Rules of the game are nothing more than
makeshift, patchwork with hardly any logic
behind them, by Narayan Manandhar (kp)
29/05/2013: Govt
for
poll date even if consensus bid fails, by
Anil Giri (kp), Nefin
airs
CA seat concerns (kp), SC
writ
seeks Regmi gone as CJ (kp), Truth
and
consequences: The TRC ordinance ignores
consultations with victims and doesn’t address
their aspirations, by Suman Adhikari (kp), Time
to
reflect: Six years of Republic Nepal (rep) [Nepal is a republic only on
paper! In practice treats a handful of high
caste male party leaders the country as their
property!!], Election
date
nowhere as leaders promised (ht), Fringe
Madhesi
parties support Thakur’s unification initiative
(ht)
28/05/2013: Political
schism
deepened after CA demise, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp) [The party leaders'
behaviour after the 2008 elections was
unconstitutional in many ways, but for one year
now Nepal is in a state of fundamental
illegitimacy!!], SC
show-cause
on Regmi appt (kp), Show
cause
on CJ as govt head (ht), Jungum
asked
to clarify petition further, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), Civil
society
to boycott official R-Day events (kp), Koirala
skips
High-level political panel meeting (kp), NC
president,
deputy disagree on Regmi’s resignation as CJ,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Leaders
sit
for talks, fail to touch upon agendas: Are
reluctant to budge from their earlier stances,
by Prakash Acharya (ht), 67
parties
registered with EC (nn), FSPN
registered
with Election Commission (kp), We
are
not against election: Baidhya (ht), NHRC
Chair
comes down heavily on govt, parties : Blames
them for deteriorating rights situation (ht)
27/05/2013: On
‘quit
as CJ’ demand, Regmi refuses to budge: Says
parties have no right to seek resignation
(kp) [If he does not
understand that he has no constitutional right
to be chief justice and head of the executive at
the same time, then he has failed in both
positions! The way of his nomination as head of
the executive has been unconstitutional either!!],
Take
the
bait: Regmi could resign as CJ (rep), Minister
rules
out resignation of Regmi as CJ (nn), SC
issues
show-cause notice over appointment of Regmi as
govt chief (nn), Not
too
many: Govt must push for consensus on electoral
laws, announce poll date (kp), Sadbhawana
Party’s
Madhes banda throws life out of gear (kp), Protests
off
after truce with govt (kp), Govt
assures
Mahato of polls by Nov 23 (kp), 54
parties
apply for registration (kp), FSPN
to
register today (kp), Criminals
for
candidates: Allowing convicted criminals to
contest elections will set a dangerous legal
precedent, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), There
is
no reason why elections will not be held in time,
interview with Surya Bahadur Thapa (kp), Mixed
bag:
Anti-Caste Act, 2011, by Bijay Vishwakarma
(rep)
26/05/2013: Congress,
UML
to call Regmi to quit Chief Justice post
(kp), Govt,
HLPC
on the outs as crucial talks today, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), UN
chief
to parties: Overcome obstacles to hold timely
polls (kp), Madhes-based
parties
hint at broader alliance, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), TMDP
in
bid to cobble up Madhesi unity: MJF-Nepal,
MJF-Democratic and Sadbhavana, however, choose
to stay away, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), 2
ministers, Indian envoy meet Mahato in hospital
(kp), Terai
region
affected by Sadbhawana bandh (nn), Not
the
same old story: It will be counter-productive to
go for new CA elections without reflecting on
the limitations of the old one, by Kumar
Sharma (kp), The
glass
ceiling: Local polls and leaders, by Bijay
Kumar Shahi (rep), Dalit
Civil
Society launches anti-touchability campaign
(rep)
25/05/2013: HLPC,
govt
to talk thorny poll issues (kp), HLPC,
govt
to talk election progress (ht), Police
break
Mahato’s death fast: Sadbhawana Party chairman
admitted to Bir Hospital ICU (kp), Mahato
evicted
from protest site, hospitalised (ht), Clean
until
proven guilty, Regmi, Karki tell court, by
Pranab Kharel (kp) [Says
the Chief Justice to his law court! He cannot be
called guilty, but he is not fit for this
position!!], Decision
to
withdraw murder case rejected (ht), Move
afoot
to sever school teachers’ ties with parties
(ht), Youth
in
politics, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht)
24/05/2013: Politics
churns
in crucial Madhes: Madhesi leaders opt ‘pressure
tactics’ to establish themselves as credible
force in polls, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Mahato’s
health
deteriorates (ht), Mahato
evacuated
from indefinite hunger strike venue; admitted to
ICU (nn), UCPN-Maoist
on
same page with Congress, UML? (ht), The
newspeak
of neocons & republican high, by C.K.
Lal (rep), Nefin
not
for single ethnic identity-based federalism:
Kumal, by Om Astha Rai (rep), Syndicated
federation, by Bihari K. Shrestha (nt), Unfinished
business:
Wars leave a mess, it’s up to the warriors to
clean it up when they stop fighting (nt), United
by
lifelong grief: For the parents of the victims,
the war never ended, by Rameshwor Bohara
(nt), No
peace
after war: A former Maoist guerrilla and a
health worker write compelling accounts of what
they lived through during the conflict, by
Kunda Dixit (nt)
23/05/2013: Congress,
UML
to put up united face on poll laws, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), 2
parties to Regmi: Ignore Maoist plans (kp),
NEFIN
opposes
proposal to slash CA seats, threshold (nn),
Last
resort:
CPN-Maoist should realise and convince its
cadres of the benefits of contesting election
(kp), Politics
and
conflict resolution: Shortfalls in peace process,
by Umesh K. Bhattarai (ht), The
situation
is not favorable for polls, interview with
Ashok Rai (rep), Justice
delayed:
Cases of disappearances (rep), 'Impunity
has
further entrenched in Nepal' (nn)
22/05/2013: First
amend
statute, then form CDC: Gupta (ht) [This constitution can only
be amended by the parliament that has been
elected by the people, not by party leaders who,
in part, have even been rejected in 2008!!],
What
parties
are doing to ensure CA elections: Don’t seem
ready to yield even an inch to go the distance
(ht), 35
parties
apply for place in EC book (kp), Mahato
launches
death fast (kp), SP’s
Mahato
resortsto fast unto death: Casts doubt on
whether CA poll will be held (ht), Ready
to
have ex-king as party candidate if he changes:
Mahara (kp) [???
You forget that he has staged a coup and that he
suppressed the people in times of emergency and
Jana Andolan II in the most brutal way!!],
We
will
write the constitution from the streets itself:
Baidya (nn), Poll
ordinance:
UML, NC discuss contentious issues (nn), Koirala
in
favour of 491-member CA (ht), NC,
UML
reiterate commitment on 1 PC PR threshold
provision (rep), Comfortably
numb:
The parties cannot hold the poor hostage in the
name of transition (kp), Defending
democracy:
Is the foundation of democracy so fragile that
one needs to fear an individual like Karki?,
by Dhiraj Pokhrel (kp), Revenue
Vs
Service, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn), What's
new?
RJP-RPP unity, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
21/05/2013: No
talks
for now, says CPN-M, again (kp), Sadbhavana,
govt
talks inconclusive (ht), Thapa
hits
out at ‘4-party syndicate’ (kp), Court
moved
against plan to have 10,000 signatures (kp),
Pvt
sector
unites against donation terror, strikes: Calls
for free, fair, peaceful election that will lead
the country towards economic prosperity
(ht), State
should
end injustice and discrimination, interview
with Om Gurung (kp), New
CA
should promote pluralism and development, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Local
democracy
in peril: Elections to local bodies and the
Constituent Assembly should be held in tandem,
by Mukti Rijal (kp), A
thin veil: Discrimination and constitution,
by Ganesh Bhattarai (rep), Report
stressing
need of inclusiveness in media submitted
(nn)
20/05/2013: Dispute
over
electoral laws: Regmi tells leaders to find
common ground (kp), FDRA
to
name common candidates (ht), SP
calls
it off in districts, puts it off in capital
(ht), CPN-M
obstructs
mobile camp (ht), The
other
red line: Postponing elections to bring the
CPN-Maoist on board is meaningless, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp), We
will
not accept federalism without identity,
interview with Nagendra Kumal, president of NEFIN
(kp), Short-sighted
leadership:
Larger issues obscured, by Mukti Rijal (ht),
Demon-cracy:
Obstacle
to democracy, by Barsha Paudel (rep), The
PEON
power, by C.K. Lal (rep)
19/05/2013: Major
parties
at odds over poll date (kp), ‘Regmi
to
go if he turns an autocrat’ (kp) [???], Mahato
announces
fast-unto-death (kp), Rayamajhi
agrees
with NC, UML poll law demands (ht), Foreign
hand:
The President missed his chance to right wrongs,
by Jainendra Jeevan (kp), The
sceptics
have won, by Siddharth Poddar (ht), Practice,
not
preach: Inclusion in political parties (rep)
18/05/2013: Judiciary
rapped
for attack on Kantipur (kp), RJP,
RPP
decide to merge: To go to the polls as the
Rastriya Shakti Prajatantra Party, by Binod
Ghimire (kp), Sadbhawana
seeks
CA poll date pronto (kp), MJF-N
may
give elections a miss (ht), Revise
election
laws, demand fringe parties (ht), The
path
to Polls, by Anup Ojha and Bhadra Sharma (kp),
The
progressive
mind: Open letter to Baburam Bhattarai, by
Madhu Ghimire (rep), Whither
justice, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
17/05/2013: "Inclusion"
in
political parties: Is it merely a popular
slogan?, by Meghraj Rasaili (rep), Fed
Dem
Front urges govt to scrap PR threshold (kp),
HLPC
meet
under Khanal a dud (kp), Appointments
made
by: Bhattarai govt to be scrapped (ht) [??], Koirala
assures
33 pc quota for women in CA poll (ht) [Also for the FPTP
candidates??], Baidhya
calls
for fresh consensus for solution (ht), Fringe
parties
ask govt to forgo threshold, provision for
10,000 signatures (nn), Diplomatic
privilege:
Roads to infinity, by Mani Dixit (ht), In
contempt
of the republic: Nepal’s judiciary must lead the
country out of the political morass it helped
create, by Anurag Acharya (nt), Sooner
or
Later Political Dues Will Have To Be Paid,
by D.M. Thapa (rn)
16/05/2013: NEFIN
new
chair warns of stronger movement (ht), Dahal
assures
33 per cent representation for women in
Constituent Assembly (ht), Numbers
game (kp), Proportional
rep
threshold: Dahal wants provision removed, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), PR
threshold
could be dropped, govt hints (ht), Rift
over
letting convicts contest, by Prakash Acharya
(ht), Explain
Karki’s
nomination, Supreme Court tells Regmi (kp),
SC
issues
show cause notice on Karki’s appointment
(ht), Govt
may
declare missing Maoist weapons illegal, by
Phanindra Dahal (kp), SC
seeks
Kantipur’s court articles (kp), SC
wants
to see ‘contempt materials’ printed in Kantipur
(ht), Civil
society
group to boycott Republic Day event (kp), Sadbhavana
Party’s
hunger strike unto death spreads to 22 districts,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (kp), Election
is
what matters, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Access
denied, by Semanta Dahal (kp), Please
explain:
Electoral rhetoric, by Shreya Paudel (rep)
15/05/2013: Regmi
reply
to apex court in TRC case: Pardon for war crimes
‘conditional’, by Pranab Kharel (kp), Khanal
takes
HLPC leadership (nn), HLPC,
opposition
talks not held: Four forces don’t want
elections, says Ashok Rai (ht) Talks
with
parties yield no result (ht), Agitating
33
parties picket CIAA (kp), Baidya
rules
out possibility of talks with govt (nn), Reason
over
passion: CPN-Maoist’s rigid poll stand
(rep), Sticking
points
in poll laws: UCPN (M) proposes govt take final
call on thorny issues, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp), EC
chief
advises Regmi to be flexibile on electoral
reforms (ht), Okay
poll
Act, EC tells govt, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), No
record
of foreign money spentin CA polls (ht), Kumal
takes
over Janajati body reins (kp), Kumal
wins
NEFIN Chair (ht), Karki
and
anarchy: The hullabaloo over his appointment is
all ritual, what happened backstage is not yet
known, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), In
deep
trouble: Karki appointment, by Ajit N.S.
Thapa (rep)
14/05/2013: Cabinet
invites
CPN-Maoist for talks: Party says not until govt
meets its conditions (ht), Govt
in
‘final bid’ to woo 33 parties (kp), Form
constituency
fixing body: HLPC (kp), HLPC
to
make efforts to get agitating parties on board,
by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Congress
task
force to suggest fewer provinces, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp) [The
less provinces exist, the better can the
domination of the male Tagadharis continue in
the future federal states as well!!], Contempt
case
against Kantipur Publications (ht), Court
contempt
case against Kantipur daily (kp), The
great
card myth: When the nation has no direction,
leaders use nationalism to hide their
shortcomings, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (kp), Wheeler
dealers:
Behind Karki's appointment, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep)
13/05/2013: Parties
scrambling
for key Nefin positions, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp), Five
vie
for top NEFIN post (nn), Idle
HLPC’s
calibre now in question (kp), Today's
HLPC
meet to dwell on threshold, election date
(nn), Poll
ordinances:
Parties have four days to decide: Govt (ht),
Govt
‘plans’
to send poll ordinance to President (kp), Karki
appt
fallout: Prez political advisor tenders
resignation, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), PIL
against
Karki appointment (kp), People’s
movement
only option: CPN-M (ht), Bandh
hits
life in Tarai: Sadbhavana warns of hunger strike
in all districts (ht), TMDP
for
two federal provinces in Tarai (ht), If
RAW
is blackmailing the Maoists, all Nepali
political forces should rescue them,
interview with Shankar Pokharel, CPN-UML (kp), Uprising
ahead:
Delay tactics to put off the CA poll will
backfire and lead to more aggressive movements,
by Dipendra Jha (kp)
12/05/2013: Janajatis
determined
to secure ethnic federalism, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp), CPN-UML
picks
nationalism as party’s election agenda: ‘Foreign
forces’ behind Karki’s appointment as CIAA
chief: Khanal (kp), Poll
date
within a few days: Poudel (kp), ‘Karki
appt
blot in history’ (kp), Parties
debate
‘agreed’ threshold system (ht), CPN-UML
says
firm on one pc threshold: Demands that court
convicts must be barred from election (ht),
Debate
on
constituencies heats up: Madhesi leaders,social
scientists point out risk of clash of interests
(ht), Unions
revoke
shutdown call (kp), Unexplained
suspicions:
Mystical politics and rumour-savvy political
bravado characterise Nepali politics, by
Abhi Subedi (kp)
11/05/2013: SC
allows
PIL against Karki appointment, by Pranab
Kharel (kp), SC
annuls
rejection order on Karki appointment writ
(ht), Warring
parties
seek Nov election date (kp), Poll
date‚
ordinance likely in a week (ht), Civil
society
members protest at MJF-L office (kp), CPN-UML
to
pitch for directly-elected PM (ht), Gachhadar
bats
for identity-based federalism (ht)
10/05/2013: Govt
tries
to end poll feud in all-party meeting today,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Multiple
identity-based
federalism, says Khanal, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp), CPN-Maoist
urges
Prez to resign (kp), NBA
skips
Regmi-attended event (kp), Lawyers
shun
Law Day event protesting presence of election
govt chief (nn), SC
orders
registrar to accept writ against Lokman's
appointment (nn), Federal
Socialist
Party to be registered at EC, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp), Govt
discusses
poll issues with parties, 33-party alliance
boycotts meet (nn), Victims
against
amnesty (ht), System
failure
in Nepal: First, Khil Raj Regmi was made
head-of-government. Now ‘Operation Overwhelming
Force’ has succeeded in appointing a
corruption-accused royalist to head the
anti-graft body, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Role
Of
Election In Consolidation Of Democracy, by
Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang (rn), The
Minority
Report: Social harmony improved in Madhesh/Tarai
(rep), On
life
support: Our obsession with the see-saw of
day-to-day politics means we have lost sight of
the big picture and are actively repeating old
mistakes, by Trishna Rana (rep), Regular
Coincidence:
The recent political controversy is nothing more
than a regular coincidence in Nepali politics
known for controversies and political upheavals
as its basic characteristics, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), What
Democracy
is not all about? Exit of the Monarchy in 2008
May gave birth to a dangerous euphoria—a sort of
cacophony—in favor of democracy in Nepal, by
Yubaraj Ghimire (sp), Federalism
Based
On Identity Necessary, by Sanjaya Serchan
(sp), No
Meaning
Of Such Poll, interview with Mohan Baidya
(sp), "Nepal
has
achieved a lot in the peace process",
interview with Asko Luukkainen, Ambassador of
Finland to Nepal (sp)
09/05/2013: Breaking
down:
Karki’s appointment and parties’ unprincipled
compromise is bad news for democracy (kp), Black
day;
Karki's appointment (rep), Amid
oversight
concerns, Karki assumes office; 2-member CIAA
board dangerous: Experts (kp), Heads
of
constitutional bodies assume office: CIAA chief
vows to effect a change within fortnight
(ht), From
where
will Karki begin? The head of anti-graft body
has challenges galore with pending cases abound,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Prez,
party
offices in blame game of sorts, by Phanindra
Dahal (kp), FB,Twitter
abuzz
with Karki appt stricture, by Samik Kharel
(kp), Civil
society
leaders picket Congress office (kp), NC
leadership
keeps mum (kp), UML
meeting
terms decision unlawful (kp), Karki's
appointment
as CIAA chief has UML fuming at prez (ht), Agitating
student
unions call off today’s strike programme
(kp), Move
comes
under lawyers’ body lash (kp), Bandh
rescheduled
for May 12 (ht), UCPN
(M),
NC sharply divided over proportional seat number,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Sadbhavana
puts
forth 10-point demand: Asks govt to announce
poll date immediately (ht), Foot-dragging
is
their agenda: The political parties are in no
hurry to hold polls because they are scared of
losing, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Balancing
act:
The forthcoming elections will determine
Prachanda’s position in Nepali politics, by
Siddhartha Thapa (kp), Second
CA
election: The only way out, by Ratindra
Khatri (ht), Hasty
poll
date notice could invite problems, interview
with Chief Election Commissioner Nilkantha Uprety
(rep), Lokman
scandal
and ambassadorial appointment, by Gopal
Thapa (nn)
08/05/2013: Karki
appt
should not spoil poll process: Prez; Honouring
public sentiment, Lokman must give up aim:
Koirala, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), NC,
UML
want Karki decision reviewed: In a meeting with
Regmi, UCPN (Maoist) and SLMM remain adamant
(kp) [The top leaders of
Nepal's four self-claimed overlord parties have
taken the decision together! Why do some of them
change their mind only two says later? Karki
should have never been nominated! This is only
another proof of the leader's incompetence!!],
Constitutional
posts:
Regmi urges prez to okay proposal; Tells
Congress, UML leaders no provision to revoke
Karki's name (ht), Civil
society
representatives picket UCPN (M) office (kp),
Protest
against
Karki nomination continues (kp), President
office
snubs students |