Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) The rise and fall of Nepal’s former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli can be traced between two uprisings set apart by over half a century. The 74-year-old’s political identity was crafted long before he became prime minister. He first came to national attention as a young activist in the Jhapa uprising, a radical Leftist movement in the early 1970s that challenged local landlords and state authority in eastern Nepal, bordering India.Over decades he moved from…
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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…