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Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: King Be Made President
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:11 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
On Nov. 27, 2006, writing from New Delhi, India, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Iran says, despite the agreement between the Government of Nepal and the Maoists to put the fate of the monarchy to vote, Senior Minister Gopal Man Shrestha has proposed ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Winners and Losers
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 12:21 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Judging from the latest six-point agreement reached between the seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) on November 08, 2006, more than eighty-year-old Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and about fifty-six-year ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Making Nepal Prosperous
Monday, 13 November 2006, 2:07 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) signed yet another landmark six-point agreement in the early morning of November 08, 2006, possibly setting a concrete step toward a new Nepal. If it is implemented ... More >>
Making Nepal Prosperous
Saturday, 11 November 2006, 1:05 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) signed yet another landmark six-point agreement in the early morning of November 08, 2006, possibly setting a concrete step toward a new Nepal. If it is implemented ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Why King Did Not Reply
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 12:26 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The High-Level Probe Commission (HLPC) set up for investigation into the atrocities committed by the security forces during the people’s movement against the despotic king in April 2006 sent a questionnaire to the palace on October 12, 2006, questioning ... More >>
Ranjitkar: SPA-Maoists’ Failed Deal in Nepal
Monday, 30 October 2006, 11:51 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Seven-party alliance (SPA) made a deal with the Maoists on jointly fighting against the despotic king reaching a 12-point understanding on November 22, 2005. Their common understanding was to go for elections for a Constituent Assembly which would write ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Shame on You
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 3:01 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Nepal has been plagued by the dynastic rule and the unscrupulous business community for centuries; the people’s movement in April 2006 was to put an end to those nuisances for ever; however, the recent development in the politics and the business community ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Champion or Naught
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 1:15 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Some political scholars think that Nepalis want to make current Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala a hero but he always tends to be a zero following the unethical policy of ‘deceive and rule’. If we take a look at the history of how he has ruled the ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Secret Deal In Nepal
Friday, 29 September 2006, 10:31 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
In the last week of August 2006 the Nepalese media were full of the stories about how the seven-party alliance (SPA) government attempted to smuggle in a plane load of weapons to Nepal. More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Coups And Kings
Monday, 25 September 2006, 1:25 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The Thai-army coup on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 is a good lesson for the Nepalese politicians particularly the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and his circle of politicians advocating for a ceremonial king in Nepal despite the people’s aspiration ... More >>
SPA and Current Political Situation in Nepal
Monday, 28 August 2006, 11:33 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
During the April Movement in 2006, Nepalis gave the seven-party alliance (SPA) a mandate for bringing a lasting peace in the country as the SPA has already reached the 12-Point Understanding with the Maoists on November 22, 2005. They hoped that ... More >>
Nepal: Stop Giving Assistance To Govt. Agencies
Monday, 14 August 2006, 3:44 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The recent Nepalese media have disclosed the Japanese aid to the broadcasting sector in bold letters. The US$ 8.1 million for any broadcasting media is too big sum to ignore. If this assistance were for strengthening the independent broadcasting sector ... More >>
Nepal Govt’s Policies & Programs for Fiscal 2006
Friday, 14 July 2006, 10:18 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
On behalf of the hospitalized Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, Deputy Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Oli presented the 34-point policy and program document [1] of the Government of Nepal for the fiscal year 2006 (2063) at the House of Representatives ... More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Maoists’ Quiet Revolution
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 11:12 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Eventually, Maoists successfully surfaced in the Kathmandu Valley on June 16, 2006. Maoists’ Supreme Leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal popularly known as ‘Prachand’, his spouse Sita Dahal, and the second-In-Command of the Maoists, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai ... More >>
Nepal Relapsing into Regression
Friday, 23 June 2006, 2:08 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
“If the King is not given the space, it might create a grave situation. Let not another revolt start just because someone has been looked over. I have saying ceremonial monarchy since long to give a breathing pace to the king. If the king is not given ... More >>
S.B. Ranjitkar: Koirala Family & Kingship in Nepal
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 11:03 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The second people’s movement in April 2006 [1] has amply demonstrated that Nepalis in general do not want the kingship as they have already suffered from the rule of the Shah dynasty and the Rana oligarchy – the offshoot of the Shah dynasty for 237 ... More >>
Resurrection Of Old Habits In Nepal
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 2:51 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
Even the blood of the protestors killed and injured by the security forces in the people’s movement in 2006 have not dried up on the streets of Kathmandu and of other towns in Nepal, the resurrection of the royalists has begun at the swearing-in ceremony ... More >>
House Declaration Ends The Shah Dynasty In Nepal
Friday, 26 May 2006, 3:14 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
On May 18, 2006, almost after a month from the day the king revived the House of Representatives [2] dissolved on May 22, 2006, the revived House of Representatives made Declaration effectively ending the 237-year old Shah Dynasty. More >>
Need for keeping People Vigilant in Nepal
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 2:54 pm | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
The people's movement in April 2006 succeeded to remove the dictatorial regime and bring back to life the House of Representatives dissolved on May 22, 2002. However, there is still a chance for the king to stage a comeback. More >>
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Sincerity of Nepal's King
Monday, 24 April 2006, 9:44 am | Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
After a fortnight from the start of the people's movement for restoration of democracy in Nepal, the king gave in, and speaking on the state-run Nepal TV at 7:00 P.M. on April 21, 2006 declared that he was giving the people's power that he got for safekeeping ... More >>
