Nepali Congress parliamentary board election on Saturday

October 6th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Maoist chairman Prachanda has dismissed news reports that he offered Prime Minister's post to Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala during a secret meeting held at former royal aide Lokman Singh Karki's house on Sunday. Speaking at a programme here on Monday, Prachanda said, "The rumours that he offered support to Koirala as the next Prime Minister were baseless.

September 24th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Maoist chairman Prachanda has said that his party would table 'no confidence' motion in the parliament against the UML-led government if there's no agreement to resolve the question of civilian supremacy. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Prachanda said the Maoist party would try to reach an understanding with the UML and the Nepali Congress till October 7, but it would go for no confidence motion if the talks failed.

August 26th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has said that she failed to accompany Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in his maiden visit to India purely due to health reasons. At the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party office where she was summoned to furnish clarification as to why she dropped out of Prime Minister's visit to India, Koirala, said that there were no other intentions behind it other than the sudden illness she developed on the eve of departure.

August 14th, 2009 KATHMANDU - He created a storm by choosing to visit China immediately after assuming office last year as republic Nepal's first prime minister. Now Maoist supremo and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda is poised to create yet another controversy by heading for Moscow.

June 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepals Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Wednesday expanded his 11-member cabinet to induct 10 new ministers. However, the protracted squabble with allies over power sharing continued even three weeks after Nepal assuming office with the parties from Terai not sending any new faces to the cabinet.

June 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - After a week of political deadlock over the distribution of ministerial berths among the coalition partners, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will finally expand his cabinet today. Addressing a meeting of the CPN (UML) parliamentary board here this morning, the Prime Minister said the cabinet would be expanded and the new ministers would be sworn in by 2 pm today.

June 6th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Even as Nepal's lawmakers Saturday decided to send a team to the western region, where there are growing claims of attacks on villagers by India's border security force - the Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB), the Indian embassy here denied the allegations. In a statement issued here, the embassy said it had "cross-checked the factual situation with relevant Indian authorities" who clarified that "there has been no violation of international border or any attacks upon Nepali nationals by Indian border guard forces".

May 22nd, 2009 KATHMANDU - The advisory committee on parliamentary procedures has decided to hold the election for new Prime Minister on Saturday. During a meeting on Thursday, the committee has also handed over the authority to Speaker Subas Nemwang to decide the issue of Maoist's resolution against the President's decision to block the government decision to sack the army chief.

May 14th, 2009 KATHMANDU - A meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC), the CPN-UML and the Nepal Sadbhawana Party is underway here today as an attempt to the new government formation. The Nepali Congress and the UML have urged the Sadbhawana Party to come up with a clear opinion on the issue.

May 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda met Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to discuss the political scenario in the aftermath of his resignation. According to Nepali Congress vice president Ram Chandra Poudel who was present during hour-long meeting, Koirala asked Prachanda to cooperate in forming a government of national consensus.

March 31st, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepali Congress along with three other political parties presented their respective concept paper at the meeting of the Constitutional Committee here today. Presenting the concept paper which is basically a draft of a new Constitution at the meeting held in Singha Durbar, Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala stressed the need to adhere to democratic principles and norms while writing the Constitution.

March 31st, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to go for a parliamentary system in which the executive Prime Minister will be elected by the parliament and president will remain as ceremonial head of state. The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the main opposition party decided to go for parliamentary system despite objections from few CWC members led by Narahari Acharya.

March 28th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala has refuted speculations of the party joining the government at current situation. Speaking to Constituent Assembly members at parliamentary party office here on Friday, Koirala said he had rejected Prime Minister Prachanda's proposal to join the government.

March 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood met Prime Minister Prachanda at latter's official residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday. According to Prachanda's press advisor Om Sharma, they discussed army integration,onstitution drafting process and the present political situation.

January 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - After controversial Assam MP Mani Kumar Subba and golden-voiced Bollywood singer Udit Narayan Jha, it is now the turn of a communist minister from Nepal to become embroiled in a dispute about his nationality. Ram Chandra Jha, the local development minister in the Maoist-led government of Nepal and a member of the decision-making central committee of his party, the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), has been dragged to court amidst growing allegations by the ruling Maoist party that he is actually an Indian citizen who falsified documents to sport a Nepali identity.