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Nepal: President Calls For All-party Meeting Over Political Turmoil, Three Leaders Boycott
The Himalayan nation Nepal trickled into unprecedented constitutional turmoil after Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli unilaterally dissolved the parliament.
Nepal s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari called for an all-party meeting on Tuesday to address the country s political fallout, an official statement released by the office of the President confirmed. However, My Republica newspaper reported that three former prime ministers Baburam Bhattarai, Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhala Nath Khanal have boycotted the meet as they questioned President s role in the row of the erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP). The Himalayan nation trickled into unprecedented constitutional turmoil after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s dissolution of the parliament, last year, which India called an internal matter .
Nepalese businessmen have protested against China both at Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani checkpoints at the Nepal-China border. They even accused China of imposing an unofficial blockade as container trucks loaded with importable consumer items have not been permitted to cross the Nepal-China border into Nepal. To harass Nepalese traders, the Chinese transporters even increased freight charges along the nearly 26 km stretch between the Chinese border point and the Nepalese border from RMB 15,000-16,000 to 60,000-65,000. The Nepalese traders have talked to the Chinese authorities on these issues, but there has been no positive outcome.
During the protests, they asked China to ensure smooth movement of containers from China to Nepal and to also abide by international trade laws and transit agreements. They also asked for China take the initiative to end the undeclared blockade.
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called an all-party meeting on Tuesday to discuss contemporary issues amid the political crisis that has gripped the country, with the ruling CPN-UML factions, including the one led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, making last-ditch efforts to strike a deal to sustain the government, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called an all-party meeting on Tuesday to discuss contemporary issues amid the political crisis that has gripped the country, with the ruling CPN-UML factions, including the one led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, making last-ditch efforts to strike a deal to sustain the government, according to media reports on Tuesday.
updated: Mar 14 2021, 22:52 ist
Nepal s CPN (Maoist Centre) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Sunday asked its ministers in Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli s government to resign en masse for breaching party discipline, amid their reluctance to quit the Cabinet.
This is the second time the splinter faction of the Nepal Communist Party has instructed its ministers in the Oli government to resign from their posts.
The Central Committee meeting of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) on Sunday asked Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Energy Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi to resign en masse for breaching party discipline, My Republica newspaper reported.