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  The Himalayan Times 30 December 2021 No to identity politics The end of the decade-long people’s war, fought by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) and led by Prachanda against the state, after the signing of the 12-point Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the then seven-party alliance in New Delhi had brought high hopes among the people of seeing a peaceful and prosperous Nepal. Since it entered into mainstream politics in 2063 B.S., this party has gone through a number of radical transformations, shifting from a guerrilla warfare unit to a key democratic force within Nepali politics. However, the party has poorly performed and failed to fulfill its promises made to the people, especially, low-income individuals and groups, during its decade long insurgency “Shrestha identifies key priorities of Maoist Centre “THT,December 26, Page 3) As it entered the competitive politics, the CPN (Maoist) revised its ideological goal from “New People’s Democracy” to “Democracy in th...

    Discard MCC  I am sure, you will find this VDO very interesting, if you haven't watched it, listening to Dr. Bhim Rawal boldly disclosing about the highhandedness of his boss K.P.Oli in his party related matters and accusing him of manipulating the party for his personal benefits. He had dared to challenge Oli for the UML Chair during the recent UML national convention and was defeated. However, it was encouraging to see him vying for the party's high post. Jibram Bhandari of YOHO Television interviewing Dr. Bhim Rawal If he was telling the true story about the on-going conspiracy for passing MCC through the Parliament, and other issues related to national integrity and sovereignty, then time looks running out of hand for the people to wake up for saving the nation from being semi-colonial nation through the MCC.    VDO link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uycNGJtQEMc  

  The Himalayan Times 17 December 2021 Old vs young generation Nepal has seen national conventions of the major political parties in the past few days. These political parties are supposed to hold their conventions in every four or five years to choose their new leaderships as per their constitution and party charter. All these parties are required to register with the Election Commission upon fulfillment of the procedures as established by law. If they fail to hold their conventions within the stipulated time, their registrations and recognition as the political parties will remain invalid.  In accordance with its constitution, the CPN-UML, one of the major political parties, held its 10 th national convention on November 26 to 28 in Chitawan with much publicity. As expected, K.P.Oli won the CPM-UML leadership by a huge margin against his opponent Bhim Rawal “UML National General Convention: KP Oli wins against Bhim Rawal by sweeping majority” (THT, Online November 3...