Province 1 Chief calls on political parties to form new government by 1 pm tomorrow - Khabarhub
KATHMANDU: Province 1 Chief Somnath Adhikari 'Pyasi' has invited political parties to submit claim for the formation of a new government in the province by 1
KATHMANDU, March 1: The Province 1 Assembly has officially named the province as Koshi Province, despite protests from some political parties that were pushing for an ethnicity-based name. The decision was made through a two-thirds majority vote in the Province 1 Assembly meeting on Wednesday, with 82 votes in favor of Koshi and only four votes against it.
BIRATNAGAR: Province-1 Chief Minister Hikmat Bahadur Karki said the naming of the province would be finalized on consensus. CM Karki shared his plan to name the province on consensus among all political parties representing the parliament. “We would finalize naming of the province soon in opportune time”, he said, adding, “Even if consensus was not […]
KATHMANDU: Province Chief of Province 1 Parshuram Khapung has given seven days to the political parties to submit the claim to provincial government. Chief Khapung called for the formation of the provincial government according to sub-section (2) of Article 168 of the Constitution. As no party has got the majority, the Chief Minister has given […]
BIRATNAGAR: Election activities are taking place in full swing following the conclusion of Tihar festival. As the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly come close, contesting political parties and independent candidates are reaching out to voters with baggage full of promises to woo them. Development activities and prosperity have […]
KATHMANDU, March 21: The CPN (Maoist Center) has directed its party members to prepare for the upcoming local level elections without coalition with any political parties.
Issuing a directive, the party has maintained that all forces of the party in Province 1 have been focused on the election. “If the party is defeated in the election, the citizens will be defeated,” reads the directive.
Harka Bahadur Nembang, MC’s Chairman of Province 1, has also issued a circular directing all the ward committees in the province to complete its meeting by March 29 and begin the election campaign at the ground level.
The party is conducting an election campaign in the province, dividing the 14 districts of the province into five commands.
The party has also directed its committees to finalize the list of candidates by April 8.
The Election Commission has asked the candidates to file nominations for the election on April 24 and 25. The election of the local level is scheduled for May 13.
BIRATNAGAR, Jan 12: Even though ruling party members of the provincial assembly of Province 1 have been saying in public that an 'agreement will be reached among political parties over naming the province', the process of formally deciding a name has been in limbo for the past several months while the provincial government awaits a nod from the center.
