Provincial Politics The coalition party’s whip issued for supporting a vote of confidence to the Karnali CM Jeevan Bahadur Shahi. Karnali Provincial Chief had scheduled the vote of confidence for November 30, but it was postponed for December 1 after the opposition’s obstruction. On December 1, the main opposition again did not participate in the vote of confidence in … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (November 25 – December 1, 2021)
Federalism
News Digest: Federal Affairs (November 18 – 24, 2021)
Provincial Politics Lumbini Province Chief Amik Sherchan ended the ninth assembly session at midnight on November 17 without a decision. On the recommendation of the cabinet chief, Sherchan announced the end of the session during the opposition’s dispute. Due to the opposition obstruction, the assembly meeting of Lumbini has not been able to organize meeting for the last … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (November 18 – 24, 2021)
News Digest: Federal Affairs (November 11 – 17, 2021)
Provincial Politics On November 16, Province 1 Speaker Pradeep Kumar Bhandari postponed the Provincial Assembly (PA) meeting till 11:30 AM while the main opposition party CPN-UML did not participate in the PA meeting. Chief Minister Rajendra Rai called a meeting to take a vote of confidence from the PA. But the opposition did not take part in the meeting saying that the … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (November 11 – 17, 2021)
October Analysis: Federal Affairs
The country has been facing political turmoil for the last year and it reached extremes in dissatisfaction when former Prime Minister (PM) KP Oli unconstitutionally dissolved the federal parliament two times within six months, the ripples of which is still affecting federal and provincial government functioning. Province 1 and Bagmati are still in political unrest, and the … [Read more...] about October Analysis: Federal Affairs
News Digest: Federal Affairs (November 4 – 10, 2021)
Provincial Politics The new Chief Minister (CM) of Bagmati Province, Rajendra Pandey has won the vote of confidence in the provincial assembly on November 8. Out of the 109-member in the Provincial Assembly of Bagmati, CM Pandey received 59 votes in his favor while 43 votes were cast against him, five lawmakers were absent, and two chose to stay natural. Pandey was … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (November 4 – 10, 2021)