New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Nepal, where parliamentary election is scheduled for March 5, witnessed the beginning of formal campaign activities on February 16 that included public meetings, rallies, use of loudspeakers, among other related exercises, which will end three days before the date of the poll. This election can be described as among the most consequential elections since the abolition of the monarchy in the country in 2008. It comes in the wake of the youth-led Gen Z anti-corruption prot…
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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Days ahead of Nepal’s scheduled parliamentary election, former king Gyanendra Shah on Wednesday called for its postponement, warning that holding polls amid ongoing nationwide dissatisfaction could deepen political instability and spark further conflict, said media reports. Gyanendra Shah was removed by parliamentary decision in July 2008, ending the centuries-old monarchy in Nepal, according to the Kathmandu Post report.Yet ongoing political instability, frequent gove…
Kathmandu, Jan 10 (IANS) Nepal’s former King Gyanendra Shah on Saturday blamed the country’s political leadership for adopting an increasingly imbalanced foreign policy and conduct which is seriously affecting the country’s national interests. In an address to the nation ahead of the 304th birth anniversary of modern Nepal’s founder, Prithvi Narayan Shah — who is also his forefather — and National Unity Day on Sunday, the former monarch said the leadership’s failure to comprehend the count…