Power center shifts from Baluwatar to Balkot, parties other than NC discuss government formation
KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Talks on government formation have started at the private residence of CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli at Balkot. Discussions that failed in Baluwatar are now going to involve other political parties and their leaders in Balkot.
KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairman, KP Oli, has reached the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar to hold talks with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on government formation. This visit comes on the heels of the recent agreement to form an alliance comprising CPN-UML, Maoist Center, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP). The […]
Kathmandu - A meeting is being held at the Prime Minister's residence, Baluwatar, as a final attempt to reach an agreement on the power coalition for the formation of
Kathmandu - CPN Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', who reached the Prime Minister's Residence in Baluwatar to hold a decisive discussion on
KATHMANDU: A crucial meeting of the top leaders of the ruling coalition on government formation is underway at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar. Earlier, Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda engaged in one-on-one discussions on government formation. Before coming to Baluwatar, Prachanda held discussions […]
KATHMANDU: Top leaders of the ruling coalition have initiated discussions to form a new government at the earliest. Nepali Congress (NC) President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, and Chairman of United Socialist Madhav Kumar Nepal held a discussion at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar […]
Claims for new govt formation were rejected
KATHMANDU, May 22: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
President Bhandari dissolved the lower house of parliament as per Article 76 (7) and announced fresh parliamentary elections for November 12 and 19, at 1 AM on Saturday morning upon the recommendation of Cabinet meeting held on Friday midnight.
Earlier, Bhandari rejected the claims staked for the new government formation as per Article 76 (5). Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli claimed to have the support of a majority of lawmakers in parliament. While PM Oli said that as many as 153 lawmakers --- 121 from the UML and 32 from the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) --- supported him for new government formation, Deuba also claimed to have support of 149 lawmakers --- 61 from NC, 49 from CPN (Maoist Center), 26 from ruling CPN-UML’s Madhav Nepal faction, 12 from Janata Samajbadi Party’s Upendra Yadav faction and an independent lawmaker. The claims from both the leaders were rejected citing the lack of strong bases for new government formation as per Article 76 (5).
Following the rejection of claims for a new government, a Cabinet meeting was held at the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar and decided to recommend to the president to announce snap polls for November 12 and 19 later this year.
This is the second time that PM Oli dissolved the House. Earlier, he had unconstitutionally dissolved the 275-member HoR on December 20 last year which was restored by the Supreme Court (SC) verdict on February 23.
KATHMANDU, May 21: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is holding a press conference at his official residence in Baluwatar on Friday afternoon.
PM Oli is facing the media persons at a time President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s call for new government formation is being criticized by opposition parties and legal experts citing it is an unconstitutional move.
