11/02/2011: Frustrated, Maoists not to join Khanal-led govt: Maoists to withdraw support if Khanal further ‘disregards’ the seven-point deal signed before the PM election (kp), Maoist latest move knocks Khanal for six: UCPN-M not to join govt, to support from floor; Three ministers appointed after seven days; Nepali Congress,others asked to join Cabinet (ht), JNK’s test as coalition on shaky ground, by John Narayan Parajuli and Bhadra Sharma (kp), Gyawali’s nay to separate force formation: A separate force comprising the PLA fighters cannot be formed despite an agreement for the same (kp), Maoists to stay in opposition, by Krishna Acharya (kp), We won’t join govt, says Bhattarai (ht), PM Khanal ‘doesn’t know’ about Maoist decision not to join govt (nn), UCPN (M) reiterates it won't be part of govt until UML commits to 7-pt pact (nn), Task cut out: There are huge hurdles for the Khanal government; but it may yet be the country’s best bet, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Progressive Coalition At Work, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), The goose strikes back: We should be more interested in why the near-agreement between the Maoists and the rest at Gokarna fell through than in the recent seven-point agreement, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), Trial by fire: The many difficulties faced by PM Khanal may well result in another extension of the Constituent Assembly, by Prashant Jha (nt), Khanal the Trojan: The seven-point agreement is a clear signal that the Maoists are manoeuvring themselves into pole position for the critical months ahead, democracy be damned, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt), One Crisis After Another (rn), Govt urged to enshrine child rights in new constitution; designate commissioner for children in NHRC (nn)
10/02/2011: PM aides ready draft statement (kp), Home is where their heart is: CPN-UML, Maoists continue to haggle over ministry of home affairs; PM Khanal hard-pressed to bring the budget before February 15 (ht), UML flexible on finance ministry, says Gyawali (kp), MJF soft on joining govt; Big Two remain at odds (kp), A rock and a hard place: The new government faces a challenge in appeasing critics (kp), UCPN (M) to abstain from Khanal-led cabinet (nn), Three UML ministers sworn in without portfolios (nn), Top leaders of major three parties to hold talks in Cambodia (nn) [??], Women and citizenship: Can the state, on the basis of unproven assumptions, curtail the rights of the half of its population?, by Reena Pathak Bashyal (kp), Feeble resistance to Limbuwan strike on Day IV: No respite for hundreds of passengers marooned in Dharan (ht)
09/02/2011: Culmination of year-long premeditated effort, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), 7-point pact: UML-Maoists to clarify further(kp), Don’t expect profit, Khanal tells aides (kp), No alternative to backing CPN-UML, says Bhattarai (kp), Haggling over ministry halts govt formation: Maoists continue to lay claim to home portfolio (ht), Portfolio sharing agreement elusive: Maoist Standing Committee meeting put off (ht), Tightrope Walking By PM, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn), Sincerity Needed (rn), Taskforce fails to settle dispute over portfolios; leaves it to top leaders (nn), Bigwigs alone cannot resolve disputed issues, by Khim Lal Devkota (kp), Be a sport: NC has to decide if it wants to be part of the collective history or if it wants to let the ‘left alliance’ steal the show, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Khanal’s brief, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), Momentum Is Finally Generated, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn), Wronged heroes, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep), Strike in eastern region hits life hard (ht), Nepal under Khanal: Options before India, by S.D. Muni (Tribune, Chandigarh), Isn’t Nepal Prez Yadav answerable? (tg)
08/02/2011: Our miracle, Maoists-UML say of deal: Say they are not bypassing other parties, its a new beginning, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Secret deal struck, admit Khanal, Dahal: Maoists won’t pull out over a ministry, says UCPN-Maoist chairman (ht), PM ready to revisit pact (ht), UML SC okays deal, with changes (kp), PM Khanal indirectly claims Finance Ministry for his party as expiry of ordinance budget draws near (nn), A false start (rep), Cabinet formation likely to further delayed (nn), Citizenship sole basis, rules SC, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp), OHCHR frets over rejected suggestions (kp), A perfect democracy: If Nepali democracy is in the process of attaining perfection, the UML has perfected the art of participating in it, by Aditya Adhikari (kp),Ethnic restructuring: Past delays show addressing issues of identity is not enough to ensure a timely constitution, by Prakash A. Raj (kp), No respite from strike spectre for the east: Hundreds of travellers stuck on the roads (ht), Transportation disrupted in eastern region for fourth straight day (nn), Ending The Culture Of Impunity, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti (rn)
07/02/2011: Khanal is in, without a Cabinet, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Premier fails to appoint ministers: Coalition partners wrangle over home ministry berth, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), UML, Maoists decide to move ahead 'in cooperation and understanding'; Dahal denies dispute over ministerial portfolios (nn), Khanal sworn in as PM: Forms high-level taskforce to find ways to end power outage crisis (ht), Maoist-UML agreement (kp), Betrayal of peace process, says NC, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp) [??], GOP conundrums: NC approach to new govt needs an overhaul (kp), Rights activists slam ‘secret’ deal (kp), Madhesi parties in oppn bench (kp), Quite a ploy (ht), Limbuwan strike hits eastern hilly districts (ht), TRC formation essential to ease conflict victims’ woes: Speaker (kp), No one’s puppet: Will the ‘left alliance’ adapt to the changed times or stick to non-democratic communist methods?, by Shyam K.C. (kp), The role of external factors in govt formation exaggerated, interview with Pradeep Gyawali (kp),The art of politicking, by C.K. Lal (rep), OHCHR-Nepal calls for implementation of UPR recommendations (nn)
06/02/2011: Sermon On Forming A New Government, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km), Seven-point agreement between Dahal and Khanal revealed (nn), New government to blaze a new trail (kp), UML internal dynamics kaleidoscope in shift mode, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Deal raises storm in UML Document read at meeting totally different from what was signed (ht), UML, UCPN (Maoist) pick ministers for Khanal cabinet (nn), New govt to bring full budget (ht), Leaders of new govt agree to bring full-fledged budget before Feb 16 (nn), PM-elect Khanal takes oath of office and secrecy (nn), Disgruntled NC faction raring to join govt, by Anil Giri (kp), NC spokesperson warns Maoist-UML coalition detrimental to peace process (nn), Nepal Army torture case reaches UN (kp),Hard Times Ahead For New Government, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
05/02/2011: Maoist-UML secret deal: Pact pledges creation of fifth security force; The left forces have agreed to execute power-sharing on long-term basis, by Tika Ram Pradhan (ht), ‘Peace, statute top priority’ (ht), Swearing-in scheduled for tomorrow, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), UCPN (M) to pick its leader in Khanal cabinet today (nn), Bhattarai faction also to participate in Khanal-led cabinet (nn), Maoists mull three young faces, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Bhadra Sharma (kp), Maoist-UML form 8-member taskforce to decide on power-sharing (nn), Sushil says NC will stay in opposition (ht), Won’t come on board: NC, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp), MJF-N to wait and watch (ht), Madhes parties at variance on joining govt (kp), Don’t miss out on statute deadline: Int’l community (ht), Lawyers shell discriminatory citizenship proviso (ht), Parents’ long wait for return of disappeared son (ht), New beginning for democracy, by Sukhdev Shah (rep), Congratulations (ht), Challenges in drafting the new constitution discussed (nn)
04/02/2011: Khanal wins Maoist support to become PM, by Arjun Bhandari and Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Khanal is elected new PM: Left-alliance backed by Maoists in offing, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), How the Maoist-UML deal was struck, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), 51 Maoist lawmakers
were averse to Khanal (kp), Finally, a result (ht), Starting over: There’s a new government; it has its task cut out (kp), UN, India, US, EU, Japan hail successful PM election, congratulate PM-elect Khanal (nn), PM-elect Khanal says peace, statute will be his top agenda; assures Maoist agenda won’t prevail in his govt (nn), PM elect Khanal starts homework to announce ‘small cabinet’ by Sunday (nn), UML calls for 'broader national consensus' for peace, constitution (nn), Opportunistic MJF sets conditions for joining UML-led govt (nn), Cautious NC to stay in opposition, but will support Khanal-govt for peace, constitution (nn), NC's loss: NC must move on from its mistakes and reach out to Khanal and the Maoists, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), "The extreme right and left are feeding each other": Maoist Vice Chairman Baburam Bhattarai talks about the political deadlock and the fissures in his party (nt),Power sharing, post-handover: Concrete steps are needed to create trust, not agreements on paper that are never implemented, by Madhav Kumar Nepal (nt), Shaktikhor waits: Maoist ex-combatants want an end to the uncertainty over their futures, by Dambar K. Shrestha (nt), Emerging challenges, by Jaya Raj Acharya (kp) [see part 2 (06/02/2011)]
were averse to Khanal (kp), Finally, a result (ht), Starting over: There’s a new government; it has its task cut out (kp), UN, India, US, EU, Japan hail successful PM election, congratulate PM-elect Khanal (nn), PM-elect Khanal says peace, statute will be his top agenda; assures Maoist agenda won’t prevail in his govt (nn), PM elect Khanal starts homework to announce ‘small cabinet’ by Sunday (nn), UML calls for 'broader national consensus' for peace, constitution (nn), Opportunistic MJF sets conditions for joining UML-led govt (nn), Cautious NC to stay in opposition, but will support Khanal-govt for peace, constitution (nn), NC's loss: NC must move on from its mistakes and reach out to Khanal and the Maoists, by Damakant Jayshi (nt), "The extreme right and left are feeding each other": Maoist Vice Chairman Baburam Bhattarai talks about the political deadlock and the fissures in his party (nt),Power sharing, post-handover: Concrete steps are needed to create trust, not agreements on paper that are never implemented, by Madhav Kumar Nepal (nt), Shaktikhor waits: Maoist ex-combatants want an end to the uncertainty over their futures, by Dambar K. Shrestha (nt), Emerging challenges, by Jaya Raj Acharya (kp) [see part 2 (06/02/2011)]
03/02/2011: PM poll poised for perplexities aplenty: With Gachhadar in the fray,today’s will be a four-way battle unlikely to yield outcome, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), First round of poll may be a non-starter: Dahal, Poudel, Khanal, Gachhadar file nominations; all hope to be new PM (kp), PM election today; conclusive results unlikely (nn), A hazy maze of numbers (ht), Maoist dilemma: To back or not to back Khanal? Office bearers to take a call today (kp), Frantic nomination move stirs up a hornet’s nest in Congress(kp), More the merrier: A Maoist or NC-led unity government the best option (kp), PM aspirants busy in political parleys to ensure their victory in today’s election (nn), UCPN (M) decides to support Khanal; Baburam faction registers note of dissent (nn), PM election underway at Legislature Parliament; Dahal withdraws candidacy, Khanal projected to win (nn), Nation finally gets a PM ending the six month long status quo (nn), Khanal elected as new PM (rep), Nation ends 7-month drought with Khanal as new PM, by Arun Rai (ht), Challenging Democratic Peace In Nepal, by C.D. Bhatta (rn), Nearing Consensus With Inconclusive Talk, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
02/02/2011: Leaders should realise their past mistakes, by Raghav Bir Joshi (kp), PM election process begins; nomination filing today (nn), UML fields Khanal, Maoists Dahal; NC meeting undecided on prime ministerial candidate, CC to meet today (ht), Oli does a volte face on Khanal’s candidacy (kp), UML issues whip to party lawmakers to compulsorily vote in favour of Khanal (nn),Congress sits on fence, Deuba stakes his claim (kp), NC fields Poudel as PM candidate (nn), Three major parties file nominations for PM post at House secretariat (nn), Madhesi parties flex PM poll muscle (kp), Six fringe parties pledge support to Maoists (nn),Women’s limited access to resources hindering growth: ADB (kp)
01/02/2011: Three-party meeting comes a cropper: Maoists see consensus chance slim; NC,UML living in hope of more meetings, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht), Same three faces likely to be in fray, by Phanindra Dahal and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Deuba faction against Poudel’s candidacy (kp), UCPN (Maoist) to forward Dahal as prime ministerial candidate conditionally (nn), Khanal again nominated UML's PM candidate (nn), Madhesi parties divided over PM election row (nn), PLA handover: Govt, Maoists lock horns over control (kp), There’s more to it than meets the eye, by Prakash Rimal (ht), Statute body bid to pave common path (kp) [after 8 months!!!], Constitution committee begins work (rep), By the people, for all people: Ensuring a common identity between drafters of the constitution and those for whom it is written is vital, by C.D. Bhatta (kp), ‘Women in policy making for equality’ (ht),Workshop to boost women’s empowerment begins in capital (nn), UNMIN: Bang to a whimper, by Damakant Jayshi (hsa)
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