Saroj Yadav fails the floor test in Madhes PA Despite Chief Minister Saroj Yadav's best efforts to save the government, he failed the floor test today, and the Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) is no longer in power for the first time in over six years. Nepal 06 Jun, 2024
Forceful adjournment of the Parliament: Conflicting political and moral consequence The disruption of the Parliament has dominated the headlines of the Nepali news media. Opinion 17 Apr, 2024
Head on collision of judiciary and executive: A perennial problem in Nepal The legislature, the executive and the judiciary form a trinity in parliamentary democracy. Its heart beat is the tripartite doctrine of power separation of these three propounded by Montesquieu. These three should be able to intersect one another without losing their respective independence. None of the three should look upon one another as opposed to each other. Opinion 29 Aug, 2023
Rule for the commoners, relief for the leaders: Height of discrimination Nepal has been governed by the new constitution drafted by the Constituent Assembly. Opinion 22 Aug, 2023
RPP playing Hindu card to fulfil its agenda ​​​​​​​Although the constitution of Nepal stipulates Nepal as a secular state, major political parties appear to be inclined towards Hindu politics with the exception of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, which openly advocates that the country ought to be a Hindu state. Kathmandu 18 Jul, 2023
EDITORIAL: Wrong decision The CPN-UML Secretariat has suspended the age bar provision for the party leadership, as was provisioned by the party statute, in a bid to woo former party members who had left the organisation. Opinion 14 Jun, 2023
Two, five, seven and now an eight-party coalition: Minimal winning or oversized? The number of parties in a coalition in Nepal is following an ever increasing trajectory and assuming the form of a multi-headed hydra. Opinion 07 Mar, 2023
Deuba, Dahal visit leader Nepal, wish him speedy recovery Leader Nepal was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on Friday after he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Kathmandu 21 Dec, 2022
CPN-US to reshuffle its incumbent ministers in coalition government CPN-US to reshuffle its incumbent ministers in coalition government Nepal 05 Jun, 2022
Problems in poll alliance: A rational mindset is the only solution A new ray of collaborative politics has illuminated the political horizon of Nepal with the members of the coalition government agreeing to go for a poll alliance in the forthcoming local elections. Opinion 13 Apr, 2022
Opponent bashing in politics: An appalling civic felony but not in Nepal Mahatma Gandhi is a peerless metaphor, our generation has never seen or heard him in person; neither do the people under the age of 54 years share the time-line with Martin-Luther King Jr as he was assassinated in 1968. Opinion 12 Apr, 2022