Confirming the decision of the Maoist centre's chairman over the phone with ANI, Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel said that Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda has said that "the coalition has lost its relevance" and walked out of the meeting venue.
The meeting where Leaders of four political parties onboard Nepal's caretaker government came together today to come to an agreement ended with no result.
"If the Congress is adamant on their demand of holding the position of President and PM then there's no need for a coalition. We would simply walk out from it. This same statement was made in Saturday's meeting and is also conveyed today. We have come to the conclusion in the meeting to walk
Notably, the discussion between political leaders and the incumbent governmnet is going on at the Prime minister's residence in Baluwatar to break the ice and seal the agreement about who will lead the government first.
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has also been making overtures to the coalition members including the Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre), coalition leaders are under pressure to strike a power-sharing deal among themselves.
"In the past, Japan did not have a strategy in South Asia. Japan supported many infrastructure projects in South Asia purely because Japan tried to contribute to the local society. However, since China expanded its influence in South Asia and provoked Japan in many places in the Indo-Pacific
In a press statement, the Nepal Health Ministry asserted that the new variant of Covid-19 has not been confirmed in Nepal so far. However, due to its growing influence in neighbouring countries, there is a need to be alert in the Himalayan nation as well.
Speaking at a seminar organized by the Center for Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism, the panelists said that Nepal needs to do better negotiations with China while executing projects under the BRI.
Chinese nationals in Nepal are involved in illegal activities from hacking the banking system to heinous crimes such as human trafficking, epardafas.com reported citing Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau Kathmandu.
On Friday, Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi issued a summon to Businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Congress leader Kamal Nath, in a money laundering case related to an alleged fertiliser scam.
French 'serial killer' Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, left for France on Friday after being freed from a 20-year spell in a Nepali prison, reported France24.