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Nepal’s Monarchy will be revived automatically

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Padma Sundar Lawoti
Vice Chairman, RPP-Nepal
Q: You, Mr. Lawoti arranged a grand meet of the Royalists just last week. What was the main purpose and objective of this meet then?( Read More )

Democracy and Nationalism are two faces of the same coin

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Madhukar Khanal
Central Committee member Nepal Students’ Union and Nepali Congress Kavre District Union member
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Floor Crossing: We wanted to get the country out of this political stagnation

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Nandan Kumar Dutta
Leader MJF, Nepal
First, tell us something about your political background? Dutta: I have been involved in politics for over four decades now. I began my political career with the Nepali Congress Party. I myself being based in the districts of Sunsari,...( Read More )

Fulfill our demands first, Get support

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Upendra Yadav
Chairman Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum-Nepal
Q: Why the Madhesi Alliance did not vote in the second round of elections to the post of the Nepal PM? It is being alleged that the country could not get the new Prime Minister because of the alliance and thus the country was pushed to...( Read More )

Organic Nepal: Buy Organic products and see the miracles

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Mukunda Subedi, Senior Journalist
Chairman, Grameen Foundation Nepal/Dhankuta FM
Mr. Subedi! You being one of the dedicated media personnel have been recently involved in social activities? What keeps you busy these days? Subedi: To tell you the truth, I have not totally quit the information sector. Yes,...( Read More )

Maoists cannot forget that they landed Kathmandu via New Delhi from Rolpa

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Mr. Chitra Bahadur K.C.
Chairman Rastriya Jan Morcha Nepal
Q1: Two years down the lane with the Republican order established in the country, rather than situation becoming normal it has deteriorated further? Whom do you think primarily responsible for the situation prevailing at the...( Read More )

Let us settle the Modality of PLA Integration first

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C. P. Gjaurel aka ‘Gaurav’
Secretary Nepal Communist Party-Unified Maoists
Q1: What is the possibility for consensus among major political parties? Gajurel: We are trying our level best but, at this moment nothing looks certain. Nevertheless, we will continue to get engaged in dialogue with other political...( Read More )

Nepal: Monarchy is still the symbol of National Unity

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Chandra Bahadur Gurung,
Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal
Q. On May 28, 2010 when majority of the parties stood in favor of Constituent Assembly tenure extension, your party was the only one against the decision. Why you stood against the decision? Gurung: The peoples’ mandate for CA was just...( Read More )

Nepali Congress does not take Maoists’ as a Civilian Party

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Govinda Raj Joshi
Central Committee member, Nepali Congress
Q1: Is your party trying to provide outlet from the current political deadlock or is it in favor of lingering the stalemate? Tell us when will the country find some solace from the no ending political dispute? Joshi: We are continuously...( Read More )

Resignation is not under PM Nepal’s control

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Upendra Yadav
Chairman Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum-Nepal
Q: The Government is not showing any intension to resign? What say you Mr. Yadav? Upendra Yadav: The Prime Minister had, May 28, 2010, committed that he will resign.  And, this is known to all and sundry. He should...( Read More )

I feel sad but not guilty

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Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah
Former King of Nepal
Grisma Raj Bhandari, Image Channel: How do I address you? Former King, Future King, an Industrialist or a common citizen? Gyanendra Shah: A common citizen. A person who wishes to serve his country. Q: Tell us how do you pass your...( Read More )

What is the benefit of having good relations with Western powers if we cannot maintain good relations with our immediate neighbors?

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Mohan Baidya Kiran
Senior Vice Chairman Nepal Communist Party-Unified Maoist
TGQ1: Even after the Unified Maoists’ Party lifted its indefinite strike, leaders of the so-called parliamentary parties have been openly claiming that they cannot take the Maoists at their face value? In this scenario as it prevails, what...( Read More )

There is no place in the world like Mother Nepal

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Paras Shah
Nepal's Former Crown Prince
Nepal’s former Crown prince Paras Shah who landed in Birgunj, April 28, 2010, to inaugurate a Community Hospital there also talked to the media. He looked in a cheerful and beaming mood and answered all queries posed by the journalists in...( Read More )

Nepal’s Republican order has been wrongly handled

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Rambhakta Thakur, PhD
Nepal’s Former Ambassador to Arab Republic of Egypt
As a former career diplomat who served this country with all the capacities and abilities and someone who has been the eye witness of several ups and downs that gripped Nepali politics at different intervals of time, how do you Dr. Thakur...( Read More )

India took Nepali Maoists as a political leverage, the policy has backfired: Dr. Lohani

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Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani
Ex- Foreign Minister, Nepal
Dr. Lohani please tell us what were the observations of Public Account Committee to Prime Minister’s Madhav Kumar Nepal’s claim that the MRP printing right was awarded to India due to excessive political and diplomatic pressure? Lohani:...( Read More )

Federalism can be a useful tool to unite Nepal

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Rishikeshab Raj Regmi
Former HoD Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Tribhuwan University, Nepal
Q1: It is widely believed that the 2001 Mysterious Royal Palace Massacre was the major turning point in the history of modern Nepal. How do you Professor analyze political and societal upheavals that have taken place thereafter? Professor...( Read More )

Nepal: Constitution drafting delay is deliberate which is unfortunate

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Professor Surendra K.C., PhD
Historian and Political Analyst
It is being analyzed that since the very pillar of the peace process and of the constitution drafting,  is no more in this world thus there will neither be peace nor the constitution draft. Do you agree to this general conclusion...( Read More )

We want a strong Nepal Army not a frail one

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Dev Gurung
Standing Committee member, Nepal Communist Party-Unified Maoist
Is it true that the Nepal Communist Party Unified Maoists’ Party is preparing to file a no Confidence motion against the government? Gurung: We have not taken any substantial decision in this regard as of now. The issue is still under...( Read More )

Referendum should decide fate of Nepal’s Monarchy

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Pyar Jung Thapa
Former Chief of Nepal Army
The integration issue has turned very costly to the entire peace process? Isn’t it? Thapa: I think the issue must be resolved through past agreements made and having a broader political consensus. The Maoists on the other hand...( Read More )

Five Questions

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    People are fed up, frustrated and tired with these political leaders of Nepal
    Dr. Hari Pandey , Florida, USA

    I have reservation on utilization of existing man power mechanism of our MOFA which are from old bureaucratic set up and are not...

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    Revived Nepal Monarchy could be collective strength of China and India
    Balkrishna Neupane , Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, Nepal

    There is no suitable alternative than the appearance of Army Rule in Nepal.

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    If Maoist forms government then what would be left other than continued ideological conflict?
    Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani , Vice Chairman, Rastriya Janshakti party, Nepal

    A government will not be formed which would, by extension, mean the miserable failure of the parliament body itself.

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    The timing of India’s Shyam Saran arrival in Nepal was dangerous
    Sushil Shrestha , Deputy SG, RPP-Nepal

    Perhaps the Maoists got the point and may have felt the same and thus we received “positive signals” from the Maoists to our...

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    Nepal’s Republican order has become defunct
    Experts ,

    Though the two major parties whether it is the Congress or the UML, may have come together again but the lobbies within still...

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India’s two pronged strategy for defense support to Nepal

TGW... 2009-07-23 No Comments

Here lay the significance of the Nepalese Minister Bidya Bhandari’s India trip and the prompt positive response of the...

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Can India & China afford...

Niraj Aryal2010-07-212 Comments

One former Indian ambassador to Nepal replied talking to the BBC few months back that whenever India and China meet it...

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