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Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: CA Election In Nepal
Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 10:23 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
By the official account, the election for a constituent assembly (CA) is scheduled for April 10, 2008. The CA is for crafting a new Nepalese people's fundamental law called Constitution of Nepal. It has been postponed since 1950s. More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: O! Kantipur
Friday, 25 January 2008, 9:00 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Once the Nepalese poet called Bhanu Bhakta Acharya had called ‘Kantipur’ a beautiful ‘Kantipuri nagari’ almost comparing with a beautiful girl. Now, you have become a ‘Kathmandu’ – a city of chaos. Nobody knows who rules it but everybody attempts ... More >>
The Pros and Cons of Prachanda’s Call
Friday, 21 December 2007, 12:06 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
‘When the monarch is gone then the monarchists become the nationalists’ probably this is what the CPN-Maoist chairman has in mind when calling for the coalition of all three forces such as the democratic forces, the Maoists and the royalist nationalists ... More >>
Nepalese Politics In The Doldrums
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 10:48 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Three parties such as Nepali Congress (NC), Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist and Leninist (CPN-UML), and Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) are moving in a vicious circle of the Nepalese politics. These three parties represent three ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Peace Process in Nepal
Monday, 3 December 2007, 10:38 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
One year has already passed since the seven-party alliance (SPA) Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-Maoist) signed the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) on November 21, 2006 but a lasting peace is nowhere to be seen yet. ... More >>
Sujata Koirala and Monarchy
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 10:54 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
On Saturday, November 17, 2007, speaking at an interaction event held at the Reporters Club, Kathmandu, central leader of Nepali Congress (NC) and daughter of the NC President and Prime Minister Girija Prsad Koirala, Sujata Koirala said that the Constitution ... More >>
Imposing CA Polls on Nepalis
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 12:11 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
An election for a Constituent Assembly (CA) is to ensure crafting of a Nepalese people’s constitution that will ensure political stability and a lasting peace. This will be possible only when representatives of all Nepalis sit in the CA and craft a Constitution ... More >>
Nepal: Troubles Of Your Making
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 2:04 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
More than one year has passed since the People’s Movement in 2006 but Nepalis have seen only one trouble after another most of them are the makings of the seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Maoists. Both the parties failed to strictly honor the number ... More >>
Nepal: People’s Third Movement In The Offing
Monday, 14 May 2007, 12:57 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Some political parties particularly the Nepali Congress (NC) and Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) had been conspiring against the peace process, and had already called off the election for a constituent assembly that would have put back the derailed democracy ... More >>
Celebration For Marking A Loktantra Day In Nepal
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 7:09 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Starting on Monday, April 23, Nepalese people across the nation have begun the celebration for marking the first anniversary of the reinstatement of the democracy and people’s sovereignty in the country according to the Nepalese media. Democracy Day Celebrations ... More >>
Celebration For Marking A Loktantra Day In Nepal
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 4:13 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Starting on Monday, April 23, Nepalese people across the nation have begun the celebration for marking the first anniversary of the reinstatement of the democracy and people’s sovereignty in the country according to the Nepalese media. Democracy Day Celebrations ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Coalition Government in Nepal
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:48 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) formed a coalition government on April 01, 2007. This government was supposed to be formed in December 2006. More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Gaur Massacre
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 10:34 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Those killed in Gaur on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, no matter who they were: Maoists or Madheshis or Pahades, were the children of the same Mother Nepal. The history of Nepal was full of the palace massacres for grabbing power starting in 1846 and ... More >>
Deposed King Gyanendra Stretches The Truth
Monday, 5 March 2007, 8:33 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
On Feb. 19, 2007, the deposed King Gyanendra dared to come out strongly in his message to the nation [1] crediting his grandfather Tribhuvan for the democracy brought by the people in the early 1950s, and justifying his takeover of power on Feb. 01, 2005, ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Illusion or Reality
Monday, 29 January 2007, 12:40 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
I could not believe what “Senior Leader of the CPN-Maoist, Dina Nath Sharma said that the CPN-Maoist have decided to collect all the remuneration of the Maoist members of the interim legislature, and the parliamentarian-mobilization cell of the CPN-Maoist ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Peace still Elusive in Nepal
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 5:08 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) laid down its arms but its splinter party called Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) picked up the arms from where its parent party had left behind. As a result, peace has been as elusive as had been ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Change - Not Status Quo
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 11:34 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The seven-party alliance (SPA) had earned an enormous political capital during the People’s Movement in April 2006 but it has already squandered it putting the wrong person at the helm of the government. Nepalese people want a change but the current ... More >>
Republic or Not: Greatest Moral Issue
Thursday, 4 January 2007, 9:59 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has been not only pro-monarchy but also has been behaving as a monarch above law, and going against the tide of popular opinion for republic disregarding not only his commitments made to the people but also even ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: The Interim Constitution
Friday, 29 December 2006, 12:08 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
After the 16-hour-marathon discussion on the draft interim constitution, early in the Saturday morning of Dec. 16, 2006, the leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) signed on it ... More >>
Nepal's Interim Constitution: Its Features &Flaws
Thursday, 28 December 2006, 8:15 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
After the 16-hour-marathum discussion on the draft interim constitution, early in the Saturday morning of Dec. 16, 2006, the leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) signed on it ... More >>
