Nepali Congress News

Kathmandu, Dec 19 Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who are now the largest party in the former kingdom, Saturday said they would go ahead with their decision to enforce a three-day general strike nationwide from Sunday after talks between their leaders and the ruling parties failed.

Around 100 Maoist cadres led by Maoist area in-charge Gokarnanath Neupane Gejendra beat up the three, including NC worker Bachchu Krishna Thapa over a dispute, according to Binod Pathak, a member of Nepali Congress , Nuwakot.

The Maoists pelted stones at Energy Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat in Baglung when he arrived there after inspecting the Madikhola hydropower project in neighbouring Parbat district on Friday.

Kathmandu, Dec. 16: The Maoists today marched into the heavily-guarded Durbar Square in Kathmandu and declared that the Nepali capital was part of the Newa autonomous region.

SINDHULI: UCPN-Maoist secretary CP Gajurel said on Saturday that a people's revolt is necessary due to the government behaviour.

Federation of Nepalese Journalists president Dharmendra Jha submits memorandum to Nepali Congress senior leader Sushil Koirala demanding to take action against the attackers of Tika Bista at the Nepali Congress central office in Sanepa, Monday, Dec 14 09.

Kathmandu, Dec 14 : Leaders of three major political parties of Nepal are meeting here today to find a solution to the prevailing political deadlock by finalizing a Common Resolution Motion .

Failing to tap the opportunity of several high level meetings to end the current political deadlock, the top political players have now turned to the only living founder of Nepali Congress and former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai for help.

Kathmandu, Dec. 12: Much of the Nepali establishment's mistrust of the Maoists stems from its suspicion that under the shadow of the current deadlock, the Reds are well on their way to creating a state within a state.

PANCHTHAR: Senior leader of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday charged that the UCPN are intending to impose authoritarianism by declaring the autonomous states with the backing of its combatants.

PARASI: UCPN Vice Chairman Dr. Baburam Bhattarai on Saturday accused the government of pushing nation towards confrontation by using excessive force to oppress landless squatters in Kailali.

Some Nepali Congress leaders have urged Nepal's President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav to impose the Presidential rule to complete the constitution-making process.

The meeting held to discuss on present political situation and the issues surrounding the Dudejhari incident of Kailali.

Page 1 of 2 Nepal rhetoric warms to violence By Peter Lee Nepalese Maoists have been conducting a month-long mass action to capitalize on their plurality in the Constituent Assembly and to achieve state power.

Police arrested the YCL in-charge Ajit Tamang, 24, of Samari VDC-1 in the district for beating up NC activist Chandra Bahadur Tamang, 25, on Saturday.

The taskforce aims at bridging the differences among political parties and resolving the problems facing the country.

Via the Katmandu Post : During the meeting of the committee held in Singhadurbar on Tuesday morning, the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML submitted a joint proposal and the UCPN and Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party tabled their separate proposals.

KATHMANDU: Chandra Prakash Gajurel, one of the senior Maoist party leaders, has claimed that the current movement waged by his party was solely to preserve the incumbent Constituent Assembly from being dissolved and also to draft the new constitution on time.

The Left enjoys an unprecedented strength in Nepal's parliament. As things stand now, a non-Left party securing a majority in the next elections, if and when they are held, is almost inconceivable.

The CA committee could not agree on a particular system of governance as the major political parties -- UCPN , Nepali Congress and CPN-UML -- stuck to their own models.