Kathmandu, May 5
Provincial lawmakers and local government officials in the Bagmati province who are close to the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML are highly likely to vote against the party’s official candidate Ram Bahadur Thapa in the National Assembly by-election to be held on May 20.
The rival group has decided to partner with the opposition parties including the Nepali Congress, the CPN-Maoist Centre and Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal. The alliance has also decided to field planning expert Khim Lal Devkota against Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa.
Devkota himself is considered close to the UML’s Madhav disgruntled faction. However, as the party has not officially split, he will contest the poll as the CPN-Maoist Centre candidate.
Bhrikuti Rai
April 16, 2021
Comments
Excavators and trucks lined up along the banks of the Indrawati river in Sindhupalchok. Photo: Bikram Rai
Industries that mine the riverbeds for stone and pebbles might be lucrative for local governments, but the environment is paying the price.
Like most locals from villages dotting the banks of the Indrawati in the Sindhupalchok district of central Nepal, Kamal Ratna Danuwar grew up with stories that revered the river. After all, the perennial waters of the snow-fed Indrawati nourished their fields and gave villagers bountiful harvests twice a year.
Danuwar remembers running barefoot along the banks of the turquoise river with a bamboo fishing rod in one hand and his game in the other. As a young boy, he was told that bringing back anything other than fish was a bad omen. “Not even a pebble,” he remembers his elders berating him. They believed anything brought back from the river would bring home angry spirits since the same river tha
As chief ministers go troubleshooting for Oli, provincial governance takes hit msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.