A handful of faded photographs has long been Suntali Rasaili’s only treasured moments of her teenage daughter, allegedly executed by Nepali soldiers at the height of the Maoist insurgency.
Ten Maoist parties including the UCPN (Maoist) have announced their merger in a bid to regain their strength in the national politics, leaders said. The new party has been named CPN-Maoist-Centre in a function held in the Nepalese Capital Kathmandu on Thursday.
The CPN-UML and the UCPN (Maoist), the two major allies of the K.P Sharma Oli-led government in Nepal, have decided to keep intact their current coalition, party leaders said.
Amid obstruction and protests by opposition parties, Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subas Chandra Nembang on Sunday announced a committee to initiate the voting process on contentious issues of the new constitution.
A breakaway faction of Nepal's CPN- Maoist, which is led by youth leader Netra Bikram Chand, has announced the formation of a new party, the faction leader said on Monday.
After suffering an unexpected and humiliating loss in the Nov. 19 elections for members the Constituent Assembly (CA), Nepal's UCPN (Maoist) is now in a dilemma over its future role in the country's political arena.
The High Level Political Committee (HLPC), a mechanism of political parties that back the government and CPN-Maoist have agreed to call a all-party conference to meet the demands of poll-opposing parties, leaders said on Thursday.
The CPN-Maoist's decision not to register at the Election Commission will likely derail the government's plan to hold Constituent Assembly Elections in November.
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