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Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ loses vote of confidence in Parliament

July 12, 2024 admin

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal delivers a speech before a confidence vote at the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ lost a vote of confidence in Parliament on July 12 after the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) withdrew its support…

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Constitutional changes on the agenda as new bloc is set to form government in Nepal

July 4, 2024 admin

Kathmandu Just less than two weeks ago, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ was oozing confidence. On June 22, he told his party supporters that he had control over the “magical number” to lead the government till the next election. “With magic, anything can be fixed,” he said. Since his election as Prime Minister…

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Won’t quit, would rather face confidence vote: Nepal PM Prachanda

July 2, 2024 admin

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Embattled Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has decided not to resign from the post despite an agreement reached between the country’s largest parties – Nepali Congress and CPN-UML – to form a new coalition government. In a meeting…

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Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Upendra Yadav quits in a setback for Prachanda-led government

May 13, 2024 admin

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and senior Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav on Monday tendered his resignation and his party pulled out of the government, a setback to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led coalition government. Mr. Yadav, also the Minister for Health and Population,…

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Public outcry drove Nepal’s king off the throne 16 years ago; now, protests are on to bring him back

March 12, 2024 admin

Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back. The capital of the Himalayan country is again teeming with demonstrators, this time demanding that Mr. Shah be reinstated…

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Nepal PM ‘Prachanda’ to seek third vote of confidence by March 13: Report

March 10, 2024 admin

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is seeking to hold his third vote of confidence in Parliament by March 13, days after he forged a new alliance with the CPN-UML, a media report said on Saturday. The third round of vote of confidence…

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