MARCH 28: The ruling alliance is set to convene a meeting today at 4 PM to discuss the expansion of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister's secretariat has confirmed that the meeting will solely focus on the matter.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress Pre
KATHMANDU, June 22: The ruling alliance is scheduled to hold a meeting at 3 PM on Wednesday.
According to a leader of Nepali Congress (NC), the meeting will dwell on issues of Cabinet reshuffling.
The meeting is likely to be attended by the key leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist) and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP).
The ruling alliance in recent days has been preparing for a Cabinet reshuffle.
Earlier on June 5, the CPN (US) recalled its ministers from the government and proposed the new names for the position which pressurized other coalition members to reshuffle the Cabinet.
KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The ruling alliance is scheduled to hold a meeting Thursday to make a final decision regarding the ratification of the Millennium Corporate Challenge (MCC).
The meeting has been summoned for 3 PM at the Prime Minister’s office residence at Baluwatar, according to Ramesh Malla, personal secretary of Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of CPN (Maoist Center).
A meeting of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and MC’s Chair Dahal took a decision not to table the MCC in Wednesday’s parliament meeting and summoned a meeting of the ruling alliance.
KATHMANDU: Leaders of the five coalition partners held a meeting on Sunday.
The meeting, held at the official residence of the prime minister in Baluwatar, dwelt mainly on the issue of Cabinet expansion.
The leaders, however, failed to forge concrete consensus, leaving Cabinet expansion in limbo.
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, who was appointed prime minister on July 13 following the Supreme Court’s mandamus, is yet to form a full-sized Cabinet. The Deuba-led Cabinet has six members including Deuba himself.
KATHMANDU, September 12: A meeting of the ruling alliance is scheduled at 10 AM on Sunday.
The meeting will be held at the Prime Minister Office Residence at Baluwatar to discuss the alliance’s strategies and Cabinet expansion, according to Bhanu Deuba, chief secretary of PM Deuba.
Meanwhile, the CPN (UML), main opposition party, has been obstructing the house sessions questioning the role of Agni Prasad Sapkota, the speaker of the lower house of parliament.
“Today’s meeting will mainly discuss how the house sessions can be conducted amid obstruction from the opposition party,” said Upendra Yadav, chairperson of Janata Samajbadi Party.
At the time when PM Deuba has been unable to give a full shape to his Cabinet even after two months of his appointment, rifts are likely among the alliance, warns experts. Deuba currently has five member Cabinet including four ministers and a state minister.
KATHMANDU: At a time Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing criticism for inordinate delay in forming a full-fledged Cabinet, the top brass of the ruling alliance have held a meeting at the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar, Kathmandu.
The meeting, held on Thursday afternoon, dwelt on Cabinet expansion, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and strategies in the upcoming House meetings.
The meeting also analyzed Wednesday’s House obstruction by main opposition CPN-UML.
Shortly after the meeting, Durga Poudel, vice-chairperson of Rastriya Janamorcha said that the meeting did not take any crucial decisions though it discussed various matters.
Speaking during the meeting, PM Deuba urged the leaders of the ruling alliance to facilitate Cabinet expansion and resolve the respective issues.
KATHMANDU, August 30: The ruling alliance of five political parties are currently holding a meeting at the Prime Minister Office Residence at Baluwatar.
The meeting is likely to discuss the expansion of the Council of Ministers, budget introduced through ordinance, appointments in constitutional councils, Jay Singh Dami incident, release of Resham Chaudhary among many others.
The ruling alliance includes the Nepali Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist Center), CPN ( Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha Party.
The meeting has been attended by Prime Minister and President of NC, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of Maoist Center, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairman of CPN ( Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal, Chairman of JSP, Upendra Yadav and Chairman of federal council of JSP, Dr Baburam Bhattarai among other leaders.
