Nepali Congress News

Nepali Congress senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba called on CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya at his residence in Gongabu to call on the agitating party to take part in the electoral process.

Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala is heading for eastern Tarai districts on Monday to make preparations for the partys poll campaign.

New Delhi accorded a warm welcome to Sher Bahadur Deuba, senior leader of the Nepali Congress , reiterating its concern over the situation in Nepal and its prescription that an early election alone will lead the way to normalcy.

Former Prime minister and senior Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba returned home on Friday wrapping up his six-day official visit to India.

The district administration office here clamped curfew till 5 pm on Wednesday afternoon following a clash between the cadres of Nepali Congress and CPN-Maoist.

Nepal's former prime minister and Sher Bahadur Deuba Tuesday said his country was in a crucial phase of democratic transition and the government and the parties were working hard to ensure that the constituent assembly-cum-parliamentary elections were held by this November.

Top leaders of the major political parties, except UCPN , are meeting Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi, on Thursday to draw his attention to the recent decision of Nepal Electricity Authority to upgrade the capacity of Upper Trishuli 3 A hydropower project from 60 to 90 megawatts.

President Ram Baran Yadav and Nepali Congress chief Sushil Koirala held a discussion on moving the electoral process forward, on Wednesday.

Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala Tuesday stressed on the need of holding the Constituent Assembly elections within November this year under any circumstances, warning that failing to do will put democracy and nationalism at severe risk in the country He, however, claimed that much like the way monarchy was abolished and panchayat regime was ... (more)

Nepali Congress vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel on Monday said that the four major political parties which includes his party NC will extend all necessary help as well as support to the current election government to hold Constituent Assembly polls at the earliest.

Nepali Congress has called off and indefinite bandh imposed in Dolakha district from Monday demanding action against activists of UCPN aligned Youth Communist League who were involved in "attacking" NC activists.

Nepali Congress general secretary Krishna Prasad Sitaula has said that the government is making necessary preparations to announce fresh date of the Constituent Assembly election within two days.

Leaders from UPCN , Nepali Congress , CPN-UML and the United Democratic Madhesi Front have agreed on the proposal to downsize the 601-member Constituent Assembly to 491 members as proposed earlier.

UCPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Sunday the 'dilly-dallying' by the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are mainly to blame for the delay in the announcement of Constituent Assembly elections.

Nepal Students Union , the students wing of Nepali Congress, continued to demonstrate in front of government campuses in the capital and across the nation on Sunday morning , creating traffic disturbances by obstructing vehicular movement.

Charikot bazar, Dolakha has become tensed following a group of UCPN-Maoist cadres led by its district leader Bishal Khadka attacked Nepali Congress affiliated Tarun Dal district leader Sanu Shrepa on Sunday.

The country marked the 6th Republic Day on Wednesday, but with a division for the first time since it turned into a federal democratic republic.

Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidhya on Monday ruled out any possibility of unity between his party CPN-Maoist and UCPN ."There is no possibility of our party uniting with UCPN , said Baidhya, adding that the rumor about party unity was spread to scare the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML". "We parted our ways because we had political and ideological ... (more)

Chairman of the interim election government, Khilraj Regmi, has "strongly" urged the top leaders of major political parties to settle disputes over thorny election-related provisions within the next couple of days.

Nepali Congress central member Dr Shekhar Koirala has said that an environment conductive to election will be enabled only after the Chairman of Interim Election Council of Ministers resigned from the post of Chief Justice.