Madhesi Parties

Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and senior Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav on Monday tendered his resignation and his party pulled out of the government in a setback to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led coalition government.

These opinions ranged, at one end of the spectrum, from the Rashtriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N), a recently formed conglomerate of the numerous disgruntled Terai parties, to the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) or UML at the other end, with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) falling in between while tilting to the Left,...

Nepal's ruling Maoists on Thursday offered to hold talks with minority ethnic parties that withdrew support for the coalition because of long-standing differences over a new constitution.

CPN-UML would not agree to amend Nepal's new constitution under pressure from any "external force," former prime minister and party chairman KP Sharma Oli said today.

Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari today gave a fresh call to all political parties to form a majority government after the deadline given to them for forging consensus expired without yielding any results.

An alliance of agitating Madhesi and other minority groups seeking more rights and representation in Nepal's new Constitution today snubbed Prime Minister KP Oli by boycotting an all-party meeting called by him to resolve the current political crisis.

In fresh trouble for Nepal government, a coalition of seven Madhesi parties and around two dozen ethnic groups today decided to re-start protests to press for their demands relating to more rights, adequate representation and re-demarcation of provincial boundary.

Nepal's ex-prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, who in a major jolt to Prachanda-led UCPN-Maoist had quit the party four months ago, today formed his political outfit comprising former Maoists and claimed it will emerge as an alternative force in the country hit by Madhesi protests.

An ailing Sadbhawana Party president Rajendra Mahto today stoutly denied that the Madhesi Morcha, an alliance of four parties of Nepal's Terai region demanding amendment to the country's statute, has split.

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the political developments in the Himalayan nation.

Indian Ambassador Ranjit Rae said today the country will support the bid for seeking political consensus among the government, opposition and agitating Madhesi political parties in Nepal.

Around 100 people were today injured in Nepal's historical Janakpur town as agitating Madhesis clashed with security personnel, less than two weeks after the country's first woman President escaped unhurt in a similar showdown over the controversial new Constitution.

Nepal's Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal today offered his party's mediation to "act as a bridge" between the government and the agitating Madhesis to end the months-long political impasse in the country.

Nepal today decided to clear key highways and border points blockaded by Indian-origin Madhesis for over two-months, affecting the supply of essential goods to the land-locked country, a day after four protesters died in police firing.

Talks between Nepal government and Madhesi groups agitating over the country's new Constitution today ended inconclusively, but Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa said the dialogue was moving in a positive direction.

Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and senior Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav on Monday tendered his resignation and his party pulled out of the government in a setback to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led coalition government.

These opinions ranged, at one end of the spectrum, from the Rashtriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N), a recently formed conglomerate of the numerous disgruntled Terai parties, to the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) or UML at the other end, with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) falling in between while tilting to the Left,...

Nepal's ruling Maoists on Thursday offered to hold talks with minority ethnic parties that withdrew support for the coalition because of long-standing differences over a new constitution.

CPN-UML would not agree to amend Nepal's new constitution under pressure from any "external force," former prime minister and party chairman KP Sharma Oli said today.

Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari today gave a fresh call to all political parties to form a majority government after the deadline given to them for forging consensus expired without yielding any results.

An alliance of agitating Madhesi and other minority groups seeking more rights and representation in Nepal's new Constitution today snubbed Prime Minister KP Oli by boycotting an all-party meeting called by him to resolve the current political crisis.

In fresh trouble for Nepal government, a coalition of seven Madhesi parties and around two dozen ethnic groups today decided to re-start protests to press for their demands relating to more rights, adequate representation and re-demarcation of provincial boundary.

Nepal's ex-prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, who in a major jolt to Prachanda-led UCPN-Maoist had quit the party four months ago, today formed his political outfit comprising former Maoists and claimed it will emerge as an alternative force in the country hit by Madhesi protests.

An ailing Sadbhawana Party president Rajendra Mahto today stoutly denied that the Madhesi Morcha, an alliance of four parties of Nepal's Terai region demanding amendment to the country's statute, has split.

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the political developments in the Himalayan nation.

Indian Ambassador Ranjit Rae said today the country will support the bid for seeking political consensus among the government, opposition and agitating Madhesi political parties in Nepal.

Around 100 people were today injured in Nepal's historical Janakpur town as agitating Madhesis clashed with security personnel, less than two weeks after the country's first woman President escaped unhurt in a similar showdown over the controversial new Constitution.

Nepal's Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal today offered his party's mediation to "act as a bridge" between the government and the agitating Madhesis to end the months-long political impasse in the country.

Nepal today decided to clear key highways and border points blockaded by Indian-origin Madhesis for over two-months, affecting the supply of essential goods to the land-locked country, a day after four protesters died in police firing.

Talks between Nepal government and Madhesi groups agitating over the country's new Constitution today ended inconclusively, but Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa said the dialogue was moving in a positive direction.