Bharat Bhushan With the ascendance of Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda as Prime Minister of Nepal and India’s bete noir K P Sharma Oli playing king-maker, the Indian establishment has come a cropper in the Himalayan nation. It was betting the house on a favourite, Sher Bahadur Deuba, whose party, the Nepali Congress although short of majority… Read More Why India was blindsided in Nepal government formation
A perception that India is supporting ongoing instability in Nepal is likely to alienate its people and political parties. Media reports in India indicate that “political and government sources” prefer mid-term general elections in Nepal. The current political turmoil in Nepal has grown out of a leadership challenge to Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli from… Read More Bharat Bhushan – Himalayan chessboard: India fishes for advantage in unstable Nepal
Kathmandu: In an unprecedented move, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli recommended on Sunday the dissolution of the House of Representatives and that mid-term elections should be held on April 30 and May 10, 2021. Oli came to power in 2018 with two-thirds support in parliament, becoming the first prime minister in the last three the decade to receive such… Read More Kamal Dev Bhattarai: What Nepal Prime Minister Oli Hopes to Achieve by Dissolving Parliament
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