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	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (born 1924) is a Nepali political figure.
		He is a member and former president of the Nepali Congress Party, and is known for his long intraparty rivalry with Girija Prasad Koirala.
		Bhattarai is outspoken as well as very diplomatic politician of Nepal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Krishna_Prasad_Bhattarai (219 words)

	Appendix -1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		They were of the view that as chairman Bhattarai’s defeat was the consequence of internal sabotage engineered by Mr Koirala, all those involved in the act including Mr Koirala should be immediately taken action against by the party.
		The 36 MPs of the party in power not heeding to chairman Bhattarai’s request rebelled openly against their own party and remained absent from the meeting of parliament when the motion of thanks was to be voted.
		In this context, two members of the dissolved House of Representatives Hari Nepal and Ganesh Pandit and two political activists Durga Subedi and Lok Krishna Bhattarai filed a lawsuit at the supreme court challenging the constitutional validity of the act of dissolving the House of Representatives on July 26.
	www.hri.ca /partners/insec/Yb1994/Append_1.shtml (6178 words)

	::PeaceJournalism.com - The Peace Media Research Center's e-magazine::
		Senior leader and former Prime Minister K. Bhattarai emerged out of a long political hibernation and made his views regarding the contemporary political situation public at a programme held recently in the capital.
		Speaking at the inauguration of a new public debate platform on Saturday, the octogenarian leader emphasized that the present political impasse in the country could be resolved only by means of a meaningful dialogue between the pro-constitutional forces.
		Bhattarai's remarks were instantly lapped up by the media, both government and private, though presented and interpreted by each according to its needs.
	peacejournalism.com /ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=7575 (979 words)

	BBC News \| South Asia \| Bhattarai sworn in as Nepal PM
		Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has been sworn in as Nepal's new prime minister.
		Mr Bhattarai was appointed as prime minister last Thursday, after the Congress won 110 seats in the 205 member parliament.
		Mr Bhattarai's main tasks include poverty alleviation and providing better education and healthcare.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/south_asia/357351.stm (360 words)

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		This election echoes that of 1990, the first for the new democracy, in which the NC won a majority of seats and thus was able to govern alone.
		Rivalry between Koirala and supporters of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, who had been interim prime minister after the fall of the monarchy, were frequently blamed for the party's loss.
		She could recognize Bishnu Prasad Shrestha since he was the husband of her sister.
	www.trekinfo.com /news/news99-3.html (6575 words)

	Political Development in Nepal 2001
		In fact, the formation of new cabinet intensified the rift in the party at a time when all the opposition parties in the parliament were demanding the resignation of premier Koirala on his alleged involvement in Lauda Jet Air Deal and were blocking the parliamentary sessions.
		While K. Bhattarai boycotted the meeting, other had decided to: wage anti-corruption campaign in the districts, including campaign against violence, support the Prime Minister against opposition and call on premier Koirala not to opt for mid-term election.
		Chief Maoist ideologue Dr. Baburam Bhattarai in an article published in Kantipur daily on June 2 pointed out to the "conspiracy" of domestic and international factors in the killing of king Birendra, Queen Aishorya, Crown Prince Dipendra and other royal family members and appealed the army and people to revolt against the new King.
	www.fesnepal.org /reports/2001/political_report01.htm (8495 words)

	Uncertain prospects in Nepal
		Top N.C. leaders, including Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, who has been projected by the party as its new prime ministerial candidate, told Frontline that fragile and short-lived coalition governments had proved totally incapable of saving the country from the quagmire.
		Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is contesting from the eastern constituencies of Morang I and Sunsari V. He faces a rebel N.C. candidate in Morang I. Elections in Kathmandu I and Kathmandu II were countermanded following the death of Manmohan Adhikari.
		N.C. leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai is contesting from Kathmandu I and Parsa constituencies, and CPN(ML) leader Bamdev Gautam from Bardia I and Kathmandu I. RPP president Surya Bahadur Thapa faces opposition from within his party in his home constituency of Dhankuta II.
	www.hinduonnet.com /fline/fl1610/16100460.htm (1516 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Koirala's party bags 30 seats, surges ahead in Nepal
		Former prime minister and former Nepali Congress president Krishna Prasad Bhattarai today successfully broke a hoodoo, winning his maiden parliamentary seat as his party surged ahead in the field in the third general elections in the Hindu Himalayan kingdom in nine years, grabbing 30 of the 46 seats filled so far.
		Septuagenarian Bhattarai, in his fifty-year-long political career, had so far failed to win a parliament election -- but the wrong was today set right.
		The Nepali Congress had gone into this general election projecting Bhattarai as the next prime minister if the party is to form the next government in the kingdom.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/may/18nepal.htm (232 words)

	tribuneindia... World
		KATHMANDU, June 28 — The month-old Nepali Congress Government of Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai received its first major setback here when the main opposition Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxists-Leninists) swept the biennial elections to the Rashtriya Sabha, the Upper House of the Nepalese bicameral Parliament.
		KATHMANDU, June 28 (UNI) — The month-old Nepali Congress Government of Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai received its first major setback here when the main opposition Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxists-Leninists) swept the biennial elections to the Rashtriya Sabha, the Upper House of the Nepalese bicameral Parliament.
		The NC electoral tie-up with the CPN (ML) and RPP (Chand) also failed to click on yet another seat which figured in the yesterday’s Upper House balloting — the mid-western region seat — since local-bodies elections in the region could not be held in view of an armed insurgency by Maoists there.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jun29/world.htm (2460 words)

	rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/Former Nepal prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
		epal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai are the senior-most leaders of the Nepali Congress.
		Koirala replaced Bhattarai as the PM a few weeks after the hijack of IC 814 in December 1999 through an internal party struggle.
		Known for his honesty in public life, the former prime minister spoke to Special Correspondent Josy Joseph in his home on the outskirts of Kathmandu about the crisis in his party and anti-India sentiment in Nepal.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jan/16inter.htm (490 words)

	International Nepal Solidarity Network » Bhattarai rejects king’s proposal
		Former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has rejected King Gyanendra’s proposal for him to accept to become Prime Minister.
		Bhattarai told Maharjan that the King should first restore democracy in the country.
		bhattarai is an opportunist who has repeatedly declared himself a “royalist.” although he would love to become prime minister again, he only refrained from taking up on the king’s offer because he knows that whoever perches atop the prime minister’s hot seat will get his behind burned.
	66.116.151.85 /?p=3185 (884 words)

	Asia: Country Report
		When Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (no relation to the rebel leader) took office in May, he said that quelling the Maoist movement would be his government's top priority.
		Although Bhattarai is a former newspaper editor and leader of Nepal's pro-democracy movement, he nevertheless seemed willing to clamp down on the press in pursuit of his anti-communist objective.
		CPJ sent a letter of inquiry to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on January 21, urging him to look into the circumstances of the journalists' detention and to determine whether police acted improperly in conducting the January 5 raids.
	www.cpj.org /attacks99/asia99/Nepal.html (1117 words)

	ICL - Nepal Index
		This decision is contrary to the 1994 holding regarding the suggestion to dissolve parliament by Girija Prasad Koirala (NC).
		April 1990: Partyless Panchayat system is abolished after a people's movement organized by Nepali Congress and several left parties.
		Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (NC) heads an interim government.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/np__indx.html (1513 words)

	King begins consultations to defuse Nepal political crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Kathmandu - Nepal\'s beleaguered King Gyanendra on Monday began consultations with senior Nepalese politicians as protests against the king snowballed across Nepal on the 12th day of a pro- democracy general strike.
		Royal Palace sources said the king met with Surya Bahadur Thapa of the Rastriya Janshakti Party and the senior leader of the Nepali Congress, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.
		Bhattarai told journalists that there was no question of \'democracy not being returned to the people,\' but he said he was against going to a constituent assembly as demanded by the seven political parties organizing the strike.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /southasia/printer_1156026.php (344 words)

	HR Champion Century' Award to Former Prime Ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Chairperson of the opposition party CPN (UML) Manmohan Adhikari and former Nepali Congress President Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, both senior politicians and former prime ministers, were jointly honoured with the first Human Rights Champion Century Award at a special function in Kathmandu on February 19, 1998.
		The award was conferred on them by Mrs Hasina Devi Shrestha, the widow of martyr Ganga Lal Shrestha, who had attained martyrdom decades ago in the hands of cruel Ranas for his unflinching struggle for democracy in the country.
		Former Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, who headed a tripartite interim government that played crucial role to give the country the present Constitution, said that a joint effort of the Nepali Congress and the leftists had made the popular movement and restoration of democracy in the country successful.
	www.hri.ca /partners/insec/programs/update.shtml (1088 words)

	Asia Times: Nepal smarts at Indian tongue-lashing
		KATHMANDU - The Prime Minister of Nepal, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, has long been expected to formally announce his upcoming visit to giant southern neighbor, India, to strengthen bilateral ties.
		Meanwhile a high-level probe ordered by the Bhattarai government into the embarrassing lapse in security at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) which enabled the hijackers to board the Delhi-bound IC-814, was made public, Thursday.
		The month-long investigation found that though no Nepalis were openly involved in aiding the hijack, security personnel on duty at the airport, ''failed to do their job properly'' on December 24.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/BB01Df01.html (762 words)

	Nepal king meets former prime ministers
		King Gyanendra met former prime ministers Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Surya Bahadur Thapa separately at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace.
		It should be restored," Bhattarai told reporters after he came out of the palace.
		Similarly, former prime minister and president of Rastriya Janashakti Party Surya Bahadur Thapa said he has suggested to the king to hold talks with the constitutional forces.
	in.rediff.com /news/2006/apr/18nepal.htm (139 words)

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		Authorities say 43 people have been detained or kept under house arrest - the opposition says it could be 1000.
		Former prime ministers Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Lokendra Bahadur Chand were freed along with some members of opposition parties on Wednesday, the state run radio said.
		The group's chairman Krishna Pahadi, who had planned to lead the protests, was arrested on Wednesday.
	www.nepal.nl /nieuwsarchief/nieuws/NN050210-1.htm (308 words)

	Raise The Fist!
		Elected in May 1999, the government of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has been unstable and fraught with in-fighting over how to deal with the insurgency.
		During almost two hours of fighting seven policemen, including the sub-inspector Bed Prasad Bhushal, died on the spot and another was injured seriously with no single loss on the Maoist side.
		Krishna Prasad Bhandari, a distinguished advocate said, "I welcome Maoists for raising arms against those corrupted people who purchase Pajero cars duty-free from the national fund and sell passports to the smugglers." He said this in a workshop program on "peace, security and the parliamentary elections," Mahima reports....
	www.raisethefist.com /nepal.html (8757 words)

	PRESS RELEASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former Prime Minister of Nepal and the Convenor of the Commission.
		Bhattarai stated that this meeting itself was demonstration of Nepal’s deep commitment and ardent desire to strengthen the SAARC process.
		He further stated that the recent years had witnessed significant political, social and economic changes coupled with a renewed commitment to the eradication of poverty.
	www.saarc-sec.org /old/PR-isacpa.htm (444 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Among those freed are former prime ministers Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Lokendra Bahadur Chand and other key political leaders, it said.
		The US State Department said in a statement Wednesday that the US envoy in Kathmandu, James Moriarty, had been prevented by Nepalese security forces from meeting with several senior political leaders placed under house arrest.
		Witnesses said security was Thursday being removed from the homes of Bhattarai and Chand as well as of rightist National Democratic Party president Pashupati Shumsher Rana, leaders of the pro-India Nepal Sadbhawana Party (NSP) Badri Prasad Mandal and Ananda Devi, and leftist leaders Sahana Pradhan and Narayanman Bijukachhe.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=10607 (201 words)

	United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal - We Blog For Peace And Democracy In Nepal » The Politics of Darshan Bhet ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although, by meeting two former primeministers, he tried to show that he is willing to participate in dialogue, these meetings only indicate that he is hell bent on committing confrontations and violence.
		His meeting with the irrelevant and redundant leaders like Krishna Prasad Bhattarai is an ample proof of this.
		Bhattarai is neither active in the movement nor is he up to date on the recent happentances.
	www.blog.com.np /index.php?p=473 (2688 words)

	CPJ Protests
		The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed by the prolonged imprisonment of Krishna Sen, editor of the Nepali-language weekly Janadesh.
		Though police claim that Sen was freed on February 9 and arrested on an unrelated charge on February 13, CPJ has learned that Sen was never truly released.
		CPJ believes the arrest was prompted by that week's edition of Janadesh, which featured an interview with Baburam Bhattarai, one of the leaders of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal.
	www.cpj.org /protests/00ltrs/Nepal01march00pl.html (384 words)

	politics: Nepali Congress
		With the nomination of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai as the leading candidate of his party, Girija Prasad Koirala managed to unite his party which obviously was on the eve of a split.
		Bhattarai calls for Congress unity (nn 19/02/2006), Koirala in favour of Congress unity (nn 21/02/2006), Koirala-Deuba Meet for Congress Unification (nln 22/02/2006), Koirala, Deuba discuss party unity (nn 22/02/2006), NC-NC (D) unity call ‘lacks weight’ (samn 22/02/2006), Koirala, Deuba break ice (kp 23/02/2006)
		Bhattarai to be NC supreme leader (samn 27/10/2005)
	www.nepalresearch.org /politics/nc.htm (2702 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
		According to NC sources, the compromise envisaging that Mr Bhattarai would “resign voluntarily from office very soon’’ and thus not be seen to have been forced out, was thrashed out late yesterday shortly after Mr Deuba arrived here cutting short a visit to Australia where he had been invited by the Canberra Government.
		Mr Deuba had further pointed out that barely three months ago, premier Bhattarai had promised to relinquish office in April-May soon after the conclusion of the coming winter session of Parliament.
		Premier Bhattarai did not attend today’s NCPP meeting where 87 of the party’s total of 137 MPs were present.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000222/world.htm (2315 words)

	Anti-Slavery - News Release - Delegation meets Nepal PM
		Anti-Slavery - News Release - Delegation meets Nepal PM A high-level delegation from the London-based human rights organisation Anti-Slavery International will be in Nepal from 4 8 January to urge the Government to adopt legislation banning bonded labour.
		The delegates will meet Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Leader of the Opposition Madhav Kumar Nepal, Speaker of House of Representatives Taranath Ranabhat, Chairman of National Assembly Mohammed Mohasin and Chief Justice Keshav Prasad Upadhaya, as well as other key opinion makers, to pressure for effective action to end this form of slavery.
		The three-person team, led by Justice P N Bhagwati, Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, includes the Earl of Sandwich, a member of the British-Nepalese Parliamentary Group, and slavery expert Dr Kevin Bales.
	www.antislavery.org /archive/press/pressRelease1999-NepPrime.htm (565 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Political leaders freed but rights activists arrested in Nepal
		KATHMANDU, Feb 10 (AFP) - Nepalese authorities Thursday freed seven political leaders detained when the king seized power last week but arrested 10 human rights activists staging an anti-monarchy rally, state radio and witnesses said.
		Among those freed were former prime ministers Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Lokendra Bahadur Chand, the radio said.
		The releases and fresh arrests come amid growing international condemnation of King Gyanendra's seizure of power and crackdown on dissent.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-69GGYB?OpenDocument (609 words)

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