UML wanted to show that it is not too obsessed with exploiting power turn by turn. Power is not our priority.

There is a fundamental question: Why can’t we accommodate human beings while we are ready to accommodate vehicles?

We fielded Krishna Sitaula as National Assembly candidate from Koshi only after reaching an understanding among coalition partners that he would be the upper house chair.

UK Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, on his Nepal visit, Gurkha pension issue and British assistance.

We concluded that no court can say that the Lalita Niwas land is not government land. We had strong evidence to prove that.

The party doesn’t equate an inclusive liberal democratic order with federalism. We should worry more about the ends, not the means.

The continuity of the present coalition is necessary to complete the remaining tasks of the peace process and for the effective implementation of the constitution.

In Nepal’s political history, one finds that those who have emerged overnight have disappeared as quickly.

The police adjustment process should be handled more cautiously as police personnel work with arms and ammunition.

The upper house needs more women who have worked in the field of women’s empowerment.

We must maximise hydropower generation to replace fossil fuels in our market and help the neighbours in their clean energy transition.

Besides undertaking regular development works, politics should also create hope in people. But frustration is palpable everywhere.

International forces have more influence than what we generally assume. They micromanage events here.

If the government improves its performance and undertakes result-oriented initiatives, we can’t break our understanding and ditch coalition partners.

Parliament could be given the power to decide the heir to the monarch, whether it will be eldest son or eldest daughter.

Santosh Pariyar, chief whip of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, shares insights on the central committee and parliamentary party meeting and its decisions.

Federal lawmaker and CPN-UML standing committee member Raghuji Pant on the latest trends in Nepali politics and his party’s approach on important national issues.

There should be a specific regulatory body, a powerful authority to oversee cyber affairs.

One year is not enough. We need at least two years to rebuild damaged structures.

Former Chief Justice Anup Raj Sharma, who also led the National Human Rights Commission, on a legion of issues related to presidential pardon and the constitutional rights watchdog.