A collection of commentaries and newsarticles on political, constitutional and socio-economic issues
The sceptics have won
The sceptics have won
19 May 2013More than two months have passed since Khil Raj Regmi was sworn in as the head of Nepal’s interim government. Its singular mandate was to pave the way for another election to the Constituent Assembly by June 21. ¶ Regmi’s appointment of prime minister as a (largely) consensus candidate among the parties split opinion in the country, as most things in Nepal do. Some viewed it as an ingenious move of Bhattarai and the large political parties that could ultimately help resolve the rather…Siddharth PoddarOct 4, 2015
We fool no one
16 June 2013On his visit to Yunnan province in China recently, vice president Parmananda Jha made an appeal to Chinese investors to put money in Nepal and benefit from the investment-friendly environment in the country. Among other things, he urged them to invest in sectors such as tourism, hydroelectricity and infrastructure development. ¶ Several of Nepal’s leaders traveling abroad over the past few months have made similar appeals for investment and similar assertions of an investment-conducive…Siddharth PoddarOct 4, 2015