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Kathmandu- CPN (Maoist Center) has called its Central Committee meeting for February 10 to select the party’s 15-member office-bearer team.

 Though it has been more than three weeks since its held 8^th convention of the party, Maoists have not been able to elect its office bearer team.

Issuing a circular, CPN (Maoist Center) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the CC meeting that takes place in Kathmandu will select the office-bear team and give full shape to the party’s CC and Standing Committee. 

Kathmandu- Rastriya Prajatantra Party(RPP) has said that Election Commission(EC)’s instructions remove Hindu state and monarchy from its party’s statute goes against the letters and spirit of the constitution.

An office-bearer meeting of the party on January 23 decided to seek legal remedies against the EC’s unconstitutional move. RPP is likely to knock on the door of the Supreme Court against EC’s letter.

Earlier, EC has dispatched a letter to the pro-monarch party to remove the Hindu state and monarchy from party’s statute stating that such provisions are against the constitution of Nepal 2015.   

Kathmandu- CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has tested positive for Covid-19.  A PRC test conducted on January 22 showed Covid-19 positive, according to party leaders.  Oli has been in isolation in his residence Balkot, Bhaktapur. The main opposition leader was supposed to convene a press conference on January 23.

Kathmandu-- CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that postponement of local elections is not acceptable to his party. Issuing a press statement concerning the contemporary political situation, the main opposition leader firmly opposed the ruling coalition’s reported plan to hold the elections of the national parliament deferring the elections of local governments which is supposed to take place in April.

 Oli, however, said that his party is ready to face any elections. Our party has always stood in favor of a fresh mandate and we are firm in our position, we are ready to face elections any time, says Oli.  There are divergent views inside the ruling coalition regarding the elections.  Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is preparing to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the elections. Similarly, the ruling coalition is planning to hold consultations with Election Commission. 

At least seven civilians, including four women, were killed and nine others wounded when a bomb blast hit a minibus in Herat city, capital of Afghanistan's western Herat province, Xinhua reports.

"Seven dead and nine wounded were admitted to Herat Regional Hospital following a bomb blast in Herat city Saturday evening," Harif Jalali, physician-in-chief of the hospital, told Xinhua.

According to local residents, the incident occurred when an improvised bomb planted in a minibus was detonated in Police District 12, a Shiite-dominated neighborhood in the city, 640 km west of Afghanistan's Kabul. Some of the wounded were in critical condition.

EC asks RPP to remove ‘Hindu state and Monarchy’ from party statute

Kathmandu-

Election Commission(EC) has dispatched a letter to Rastriya Prajatantra Party(RPP) requesting the latter to remove words like ‘Hindu State and Monarchy’ from the party’s statute. The EC has said that these words go against the constitution adopted in 2015.

 Party leaders have objected to the EC letter stating that they cannot remove their core values like Monarchy and Hindu state. The key political agendas of the party are the revival of a Monarchy with a Hindu state. Party chair Rajendra Lingden has not provided any public reactions concerning EC’s letter.

EC asks RPP to remove ‘Hindu state and Monarchy’ from party statute

Kathmandu-

Election Commission(EC) has dispatched a letter to Rastriya Prajatantra Party(RPP) requesting the latter to remove words like ‘Hindu State and Monarchy’ from the party’s statute. The EC has said that these words go against the constitution adopted in 2015.

 Party leaders have objected to the EC letter stating that they cannot remove their core values like Monarchy and Hindu state. The key political agendas of the party are the revival of a Monarchy with a Hindu state. Party chair Rajendra Lingden has not provided any public reactions concerning EC’s letter.

China has provided two million syringes under a grant which have been delivered on January 22. The assistances come at a time when there are reports that scarcity of syringes is hampering the vaccination program.

“China fully empathizes with Nepali people suffering from the recent pandemic. In light of the needs of Nepal, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal provided to Nepal two million syringes under the grant, which have been delivered on January 22, said the Chinese Embassy in a press statement.

With a view to helping Nepal in its fight against the pandemic and realizing its economic recovery, China will keep close coordination with Nepal and provide assistance in anti-pandemic supplies within its capacity, the Embassy said.