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UML's Rawal declares resignation from position of MP

KATHMANDU, July 18: Bhim Rawal, a lawmaker of the CPN-UML has declared his resignation from the position of member of parliament.  Rawal, who also led the UML task force [from the Madhav Nepal faction], said that he opted to resign from the membership of the House of Representatives (HoR) as he is not satisfied with the decision of the faction to vote in favor of Prime MInister Sher Bahadur Deuba. PM Deuba is seeking a trust vote from the lower House of parliament on Sunday.  Rawal was elected from Achham-1.  Other lawmakers belonging to the Nepal faction, however, are preparing to vote for Deuba.

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NC demands Home Minister Lamichhane’s resignation even today

KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress (NC), the main opposition, has escalated its call for the resignation of Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane. Upon the commencement of today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) convenes today, tthe session, Nepali Congress MPs stood up, disrupting proceedings. Responding to the disruption, Speaker Devraj Ghimire granted MP Ishwari Neupane the […]

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UML obstructs NA meeting demanding PM Dahal’s resignation

KATHMANDU: The meeting of the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday was disrupted by the CPN-UML demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”. As soon as the meeting began on Thursday afternoon, UML members stood up and impeded the proceedings. During the meeting, UML MP Bhairab Sundar Shrestha stated that the House would […]

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Pandey resigns as chief minister of Bagmati Province after being elected an MP

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Rajendra Prasad Pandey, has resigned from the post after being elected a member of the House of Representatives. Pandey submitted his resignation to the province chief Yadav Chandra Sharma.

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RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden resigned from the post of MP

Speaker Lingden announced his resignation at the meeting of the House of Representatives on Sunday.

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RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden resigned from the post of MP

Speaker Lingden announced his resignation at the meeting of the House of Representatives on Sunday.

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Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickeremesinghe elected president

JULY 20: Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring public order after months of mass protests. He roundly defeated party rival Dullus Alahapperuma, with 134 votes to 82 in the parliamentary vote on Wednesday. Sri Lanka's ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country last week. He bolted to the Maldives and then Singapore after thousands of protesters stormed his presidential residences and other government buildings, calling for his resignation. They had also called for Mr Wickremesinghe's resignation, who was appointed prime minister in May. Protesters burnt down his private home and also stormed his prime ministerial office in Colombo in demonstrations against his leadership. Protesters have consistently been calling for the former prime minister, now president to step down. However Mr Wickremesinghe has defied those calls. He automatically assumed the position of acting president after Mr Rajapaksa fled, and his victory on Wednesday means he will carry out the rest of the presidential term until November 2024. Sri Lanka is effectively bankrupt and facing acute shortages of food, fuel and other basic supplies. Mr Wickremesinghe will strive to restore political stability to Sri Lanka so it can resume stalled negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout package. Mr Wickremesinghe - an ally of the Rajapaksas - had been nominated by their ruling party the SLPP and was seen as the frontunner in the race. He faced a serious challenge from Mr Alahapperuma, a dissident MP in the SLPP and former education minister who gained the backing of the main opposition.

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Boris Johnson resigns: First leadership bids to become next prime minister

JULY 8: Tom Tugendhat is the latest MP to throw his hat into the ring, joining Attorney General Suella Braverman and Brexiteer Steve Baker who have shown interest. Mr Johnson plans to stay on as PM until a new successor is found by the autumn. However, many colleagues and opposition politicians want him to leave now - but he has already filled cabinet jobs. Mr Johnson resigned on Thursday, following two days of desperate attempts to cling onto power amid a flood of resignations. Nearly 60 Conservative MPs have quit government roles in recent days at both senior and junior levels, raising doubts about the government's ability to function. Speaking to his newly appointed cabinet on Thursday, Mr Johnson promised he would not use his remaining time in No 10 to make "major changes of direction". A timetable for the Tory leadership race is due to be confirmed next week and the new prime minister is expected to be in position by September. But unofficially, the contest is already under way. The chair of the foreign affairs committee Mr Tugendhat, launched his leadership bid by writing in the Daily Telegraph on Friday, promising tax cuts and "new energy and ideas" for government. "I have served before - in the military, and now in Parliament. Now I hope to answer the call once again as prime minister," said the former soldier, who has been a prominent critic of Mr Johnson. Attorney General Ms Braverman has already confirmed she will stand, while former Brexit minister Mr Baker said he was "seriously" considering running after being asked by people to do so. Sajid Javid, the former health secretary, and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps - who both revolted against Mr Johnson - are also considering putting their hats into the ring, the BBC has been told. Others tipped to run include Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and ex-Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. More declarations are expected in the coming days - but some senior Tories have already said they will not be running, including former Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and former Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised Mr Sunak on Thursday, saying he was "not a successful chancellor" and "not alert to the inflationary problem". Speaking on Channel 4 News, the Johnson loyalist said the PM had been an "exceptionally good leader" who had been brought down by some "relatively minor missteps that got taken out of all proportion". Transport minister Robert Courts said Mr Shapps, who he works alongside, would be a "great choice" and also suggested Ben Wallace, the defence secretary. "I think we need someone who's got experience, someone who is able to campaign... someone who's able to deliver," he told BBC Newsnight. It may not surprise you to discover that Westminster is a postcode which doesn't suffer a deficit of ambition. The wannabes will fight a popularity contest among Tory MPs in the next few weeks, and should two of them be left at the end of that process, Conservative Party members will get the final say over the summer. Somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 people will be charged with selecting the next head of our government on our behalf. It is a safe bet the next prime minister will be a very different character to Boris Johnson. Given the manner and motivations behind his toppling, being seen to ooze integrity and revere truth are qualities all the candidates will aspire to illustrate. But beyond that there will be an intriguing debate about what it means to a Conservative in 2022. When a new leader assumes office, the political landscape will instantly shift. Meanwhile, Conservative backbench MP and former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell said: "We need a complete break from the Boris years." Asked about what he would want in a new leader, he said someone with domestic and international experience and "someone who is patently moral and decent". MP John Baron said he thought a new leader should focus on the cost of living crisis, levelling up and helping the most vulnerable in society. It is important that "integrity" is at the heart of the government, he told the BBC. Any candidate for the leadership race would need to secure the backing of Tory MPs, with the final two candidates then going to a ballot of Conservative members. Some Tories are deeply unhappy that Mr Johnson is not quitting as PM immediately, with the former Prime Minister Sir John Major saying it would be "unwise" for him to stay until a replacement is chosen. Conservative MP Justine Greening said it was time for Mr Johnson to go and while he remains in No 10 "it's harder for the party and the country to move on". But Lord Vaizey who formerly served as a minister for David Cameron, said it was "fine" for the PM to continue "to act as caretaker". Getting rid of a prime minister can lead to "dissatisfaction" with party members and voters who elected them, he told Newsnight. The Labour Party has also threatened to try and unseat the PM immediately through a vote of no confidence, although this would need considerable support among Conservatives to succeed. According to Downing Street, Mr Johnson told ministers at a cabinet meeting on Thursday that he would not seek to implement "major changes of direction" or take "major fiscal decisions" while a caretaker PM. The prime minister's resignation followed a revolt by ministers over his leadership, which was sparked by the way he handled sexual misconduct allegations against former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher. Initially he tried to replace ministers who had quit, until it became clear that he had lost the confidence of the Conservative Party. In his resignation speech outside No 10 on Thursday, Mr Johnson said he had tried to stay on to deliver on his "incredible mandate" from the 2019 election. He cited various achievements including Brexit and the Covid vaccine programme. He said his departure was a result of the "herd instinct" at Westminster and it would be "painful" to not deliver on "so many ideas and projects". Mr Johnson also spoke to President Zelensky of Ukraine, reassuring him that his replacement would remain as committed to the war-torn country as he was. With inputs from BBC

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Boris Johnson: Why Conservatives are urging PM to resign

JULY 7: Months of unremitting political turbulence spiked on Tuesday when the health secretary and chancellor quit within 10 minutes of each other over the PM's handling of sexual misconduct allegations against a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). This triggered a trickle of resignations and letters of no confidence from junior ministers and MPs that on Wednesday became a flood. That evening, a group of senior ministers went to Downing Street to try to persuade the PM to resign. But so far Mr Johnson remains defiant and says he has no intention of resigning given his "colossal mandate" from voters at the last election. Cabinet ally Jacob Rees-Mogg dismissed the campaign against him as a "squall". Tory MP Andrew Mitchell told the BBC: "It's a bit like the death of Rasputin. He's been poisoned, stabbed, he's been shot, his body's been dumped in a freezing river and still he lives." So how did we get here? A drunken night out in Westminster Last Thursday Noa Hoffman, a 24-year-old just four days into her job as a political reporter for the Sun newspaper, broke the news that a Conservative MP had resigned from his role as a party whip following a boozy evening at the Carlton private members club. In his resignation letter, Chris Pincher told the PM he "drank far too much" and "embarrassed myself and other people". But the matter turned out to be far more serious: he is alleged to have grabbed two men at a private members' club, touching at least one of them on the groin. Two things then happened. The government briefed the media that Mr Pincher had recognised he had behaved badly and so would keep his job as an MP and face no further action. But behind the scenes Conservative MPs were furious. Similar allegations of sexual misconduct had been made against Mr Pincher in the past. Yet Mr Johnson had put him into a position of power as the party's deputy chief whip - enforcers who ensure MP discipline but who are also responsible for pastoral matters. How the official line changed The story then became about what Boris Johnson knew about Mr Pincher and when he knew it. For days ministers and Mr Johnson's spokesman insisted the prime minister was not aware of specific allegations against Mr Pincher when appointing him deputy chief whip. On Monday night that story collapsed when political correspondent Ione Wells revealed that Mr Johnson had in fact been made aware of a formal complaint about "inappropriate behaviour" by Mr Pincher when he was a Foreign Office minister from 2019-20. Tuesday saw a dramatic public intervention by the former top Foreign Office civil servant Sir Simon McDonald, who said Mr Johnson had been briefed in person about the complaint. Downing Street then told journalists that Mr Johnson had in fact known - but had "forgotten". On Tuesday Mr Johnson admitted it had been a "bad mistake" to appoint Mr Pincher. But the damage was done. Bombshell resignations The discontent erupted when Chancellor Rishi Sunak - responsible for the economy - and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit. In his letter Mr Sunak said the public "rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously". In a subsequent statement to Parliament on Wednesday Mr Javid said - with Mr Johnson looking on - that the problem "starts at the top" and "that's not going to change". Tuesday afternoon saw Mr Johnson call the rest of his cabinet to find out who was staying and who was going - so far the rest of the cabinet has remained loyal. Will Johnson resign? Or call a general election? On Wednesday Mr Johnson appeared before MPs in the House of Commons determined to ride out the storm. Asked by a Conservative MP if there were any circumstances under which he would resign - he replied that he would "hang on in there". "Frankly, the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when you have been handed a colossal mandate is to keep going and that's what I'm going to do," he said, referring to his landslide 2019 general election win. But the BBC's Chris Mason said you could feel, hear and smell the authority draining away from Boris Johnson and his exit from Parliament was greeted by opposition Labour MPs jeering "bye bye". Several cabinet ministers, including Home Secretary Priti Patel and Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, appointed on Tuesday to replace Mr Sunak, are among senior figures now telling Mr Johnson to step down. The prime minister could also face a second confidence vote as early as next week, after he was told by leading MPs that they would change Conservative party rules to allow it. Some have questioned whether Mr Johnson could seek to shore up his position by calling an early general election. However a YouGov poll on Tuesday showed that 69% of British people now thought that Mr Johnson should resign and more than half of Conservative voters also believed he should go. So a snap general election would also be fraught with risk. With inputs from BBC

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Minister Hamal resigns

KATHMANDU: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gajendra Hamal resigned from the ministerial position on Sunday.  Minister Hamal, who was appointed on Friday in the latest Cabinet expansion,  submitted the resignation letter to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.  According to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Minister Hamal reached Baluwatar [ PM’s official residence], called on PM Deuba and handed over his resignation letter.  His resignation comes at a time when questions were raised over his relation with Chief Justice Cholendra Sumsher JB Rana. At the same time, he is the only non-MP minister in the 25-member Deuba Cabinet.  “I used my discretion as I do not want to be dragged into controversy without any reasons. Though leaders from the party [Nepali Congress] advised me not to step down, I have made my mind to resign,” he said.  Meanwhile, Hamal's resignation was approved by PM Deuba.

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Minister Hamal announces to resign amid controversy

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