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Topic: Nepali Congress


In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Nepali Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nepali Congress is a reform-oriented centrist party, has been in continuous operation since it was founded under a slightly different name in 1947.
In defiance of the ban on demonstrations, the Nepali Congress organized mass rallies together with the different communist factions in January 1990 that ultimately triggered the prodemocracy movement.
Nepali Congress is a member of the Socialist International.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nepali_Congress_Party   (594 words)

  
 Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Congress is the name of the main legislative body in a state that operates under a congressional system of government.
The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislative branch of the Philippine government.
Congress is an alternative name for a large national or international academic conference.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Congress   (332 words)

  
 Nepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For a relatively small country, the Nepali landscape is uncommonly diverse, ranging from the humid Terai in the south to the lofty Himalayas in the north.
Nepali is the national language with 47.8% of the population speaking it as their first language.
Nepali culture is influenced by the cultures of Tibetan, which borders to the north, and India, which borders to the south.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nepal   (3950 words)

  
 Nepal Democracy
Nepali Congress Party is the representative party of Nepalese people who believe in the cause of nationalism, democracy and socialism.
The Nepali Congress that believes the Maoist violence is an outcome of alliance between extreme leftist and extreme rightist and is meant to weaken and undermine the democracy in the country.
The Nepali Congress is in favor of establishing a separate cooperative ministry and rural banks to boost the cooperative movement in the country.
www.nepaldemocracy.org /civic_education/election_menifesto_nc.htm   (4806 words)

  
 NCP(UML)
During the three and a half year rule of the Nepali Congress, 73 citizens were killed while not a single incident of state homicide took place during the time of CPN (UML), no citizen lost their lives.
Nepali people have not seen one single example of the deed of Nepali Congress which was for their best interest and those of the nation.
Nepali people do not want to invite such situation gain; they are not in favour of supporting the Nepali Congress into victory.
www.info-nepal.com /politics/elections/general2056/pubdoc/uml_eng.html   (4095 words)

  
 Year Book 1999 Annex -2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Nepali Congress was born in an important juncture of history of Nepal's democratic movement, which was, of course, a necessity of time as it was the force that opposed feudalism.
Despite having its majority in parliament, the policies and programmes of the Nepali Congress government could not be passed in the House of Representatives on 10 July 1994 because of internal division and disputes in the party.
Although Nepali Congress was still in the position of fighting against feudalism to a certain extent, some youths broke their relation and association with this party accusing it for failing to bring about programmes for the radical change in the society and formed the communist party.
www.hri.ca /partners/insec/Yb1999/Annex_2.shtml   (10397 words)

  
 Appendix -1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
On November 3, a violent clash between the activists of the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) occurred at Bijauri, Dang in which UML activist Narayan Chaudhary was killed on the spot.
In this election, the main contest was manifested between the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML), and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party appeared to be the third force.
The Nepali Congress became victorious in some places considered to have been UML strongholds whereas in some places where the Nepali Congress had secured landslide victory in the 1991 elections the CPN (UML) came out to be victorious this time.
www.hri.ca /partners/insec/Yb1994/Append_1.shtml   (6178 words)

  
 Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The manifesto stated that the main objectives for which the Nepali Congress was established were the termination of despotic Ranarchy and the establishment of democracy under the leadership of constitutional monarchy, based on political and economic equality and justice.
During the movement, they started "a campaign of slander and vituperation against the Nepali Congress, only to be followed by efforts to sabotage the struggle."31 This was their strategy to weaken the Nepali Congress the strength and popularity of which grew immensely as a result its success in the struggle.
He also emphasized that the Nepali Congress was resolutely committed to democratic socialism.41 Throughout his life, he kept himself committed to that philosophy and made it a part of the Nepali congress in view of its importance in the life of the party itself.
www.nepalicongress.org.np /contents/features/nav.php?show=socialism   (5634 words)

  
 Nepal - Political Parties
The Nepali Congress Party, a reform-oriented centrist party, has been in continuous operation since it was founded under a slightly different name in 1947.
During this time, the Nepali Congress Party refused the overtures of a radical faction of the Communist Party of Nepal for a tactical alliance.
In defiance of the ban on demonstrations, the Nepali Congress Party organized mass rallies in January 1990 that ultimately triggered the prodemocracy movement.
countrystudies.us /nepal/61.htm   (1424 words)

  
 COVER STORY (Spotlight Weekly)
The fresh crisis within the ruling Nepali Congress over the alleged non-performance of the government may have grabbed headlines in the Nepali newspapers, but no keen watchers of Nepali politics were surprised at the most recent attempt to rock the chair of the Prime Minister.
Congress is not the only party that has been facing such intenrnal dissension as all major political parties have the history of such perodical crisis.
Although Nepali Congress is the oldest democratic party in the country, it is yet to accept the democratic practices.
www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishweekly/spotlight/1999/Dec/Dec24/coverstory.htm   (3266 words)

  
 Nepali Congress president threatens king with bleak future - Irna
Nepali Congress President G P Koirala virtually threatened King Gyanendra with a bleak future for the monarchy in the Himalayan kingdom if he did not restore parliamentary democracy soon.
This was the first public meeting by the Nepali Congress after the November 22 agreement with seven political parties and the outlawed Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) relative to the agitation for restoration of multi-party democracy in Nepal.
The Nepali Congress leadership has said that the first step towards activating the constitution has to be restoration of parliament.
www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0511303129152027.htm   (401 words)

  
 Nepal - GOVERNMENT
The Nepali Congress Party-dominated government, victorious in the 1959 parliamentary elections, was overthrown by King Mahendra within two years--resulting in the ban on political parties.
The Nepali Congress Party obtained a workable majority within the framework of a constitutional monarchy and affirmed the rise of a nascent democratic force.
The poor showing of the Nepali Congress Party in the urban areas may also be attributed to the fact that, given that the communists had been banned for thirty years, the party did not see them as potential opposition and was overconfident.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/nepal/GOVERNMENT.html   (15149 words)

  
 Nepali Congress: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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Nepali Congress is a member of the Socialist International Socialist International quick summary:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/nepali_congress.htm   (938 words)

  
 Current situation in Nepal: Parties at conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The activists of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) led by Sher Bahadur Deuba and activists of the ousted prime minister’s Rashtriya Prajatantrik Party have also joined the protest fray and are launching non-violent protest rallies demanding the restoration of dissolved parliament.
The leaders of the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML), the key allies of the five party alliances are at loggerheads over the issue of the consensus candidate for the prime minister’s post.
The Nepali Congress split into Nepali Congress (Democratic), the dominant Left parties are divided into various factions and the Rashtriy Prajantra Party (RPP) barely managed to prevent a split thanks to the timely intervention of senior leaders of the party.
www.observerindia.com /analysis/A190.htm   (1725 words)

  
 About Nepali Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Exiled Nepali freedom fighters in India recognized that there was no chance of elimination of feudalism in Nepal as long as the British Raj continued in India.
The Nepali Congress (NC) was formed in the exile in India as a result of the merger of Nepali National Congress and Nepali Democratic Congress.
The Nepali Congress adopted democratic socialism in 1956 as a principle for social transformation.
www.nepalicongress.org.np /contents/general/about_nc   (454 words)

  
 Nepal - The Return of the King
The Nepali National Congress absorbed the Nepal Democratic Congress in March 1950 and became the Nepali Congress Party, and it formally decided to wage an armed struggle against the Rana regime.
Thus, the king was assured of asylum in the Indian embassy, and the Liberation Army of the Nepali Congress Party was able to operate freely from bases along the Indian border with Nepal.
The entire bloc of Nepali Congress Party ministers resigned in November, which allowed the king to appoint a new government for the first time since the nineteenth century.
countrystudies.us /nepal/17.htm   (954 words)

  
 Nepali Congress Party
The text is written in Nepali but shows an image of the current flag of the party, which is horizontally divided red-white-red with four red stars (1+2+1) in the middle of the white stripe.
According to sitaula@panther.middlebury.edu this is the flag of Nepali Congress Party, which is the ruling political party of Nepal
The horizontal-triband layout, red stars and torch are somewhat reminiscent of assorted variants of the flag of the Nepali Congress Party.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/np}ncp.html   (481 words)

  
 Emergency and a crisis
This is despite the issue of the state of Emergency becoming hostage to factional squabbles within the ruling Nepali Congress and the now-united Left Opposition comprising the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) and the Marxist Leninist demanding a slice of power by questioning the need for it.
Within the Nepali Congress, parliamentarian Surendra Chaudhari has openly protested that the "government was being run by the Army", taking particular exception to the Army's distribution of leaflets urging the people to be united against the terrorists.
The UML and the Nepali Congress are status quo parties, incapable of meeting the challenge of the Maoists," he insists.
www.flonnet.com /fl1905/19050500.htm   (2444 words)

  
 Punjab Kesari NewsDetails
412 Nepali Congress activists arrested Kathmandu, (PTI) : At least 412 activists of the Nepali Congress were today arrested across the country for holding protests against King Gyanendra's direct assumption of power and suspension of fundamental rights and press freedom.
This is the largest number of activists arrested in a single swoop by the authorities across the Kingdom since the royal seizure of power on February one, Nepali Congress, the largest party of the Himalayan Kingdom claimed.
As many as 200 Nepali Congress activists, including former MP Padma Narayan Chaudhari, were arrested from Dhanusha district, a party statement said here.
www.punjabkesari.com /frmNewsDetails.aspx?uid=1960   (174 words)

  
 rediff.com: Nepali Congress suspends PM Deuba
Nepali Congress on Thursday suspended Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba from the ordinary membership of the party.
Nepali Congress spokesperson said the party was considering the idea of appealing to the Supreme Court against the prerogative exercised by Deuba to dissolve the House of Representatives on Wednesday night.
Nepali Congress Party president Girija Prasad Koirala has in a statement asked all the members of the Deuba Cabinet to tender their resignations within three days saying that the recent actions of the prime minister were against the party's decision.
www.indiaabroad.com /news/2002/may/23nep.htm   (322 words)

  
 Workers News - 27
Nepali Congress tactfully presented Krishna Prasad Bhattarai as a candidate of prime minister so that the Congress could show to the public that it had managed in-fighting and factionalism in the party and that it had a prospect of gaining a majority.
Nepali Congress, despite public detraction towards the party, leaped ahead more easily than what was expected to be; UML, on the other hand, could not lead even in places much expected despite an increase in popular votes.
CPN (UML)'s Sixth National Congress was held in January 1998 with its motto of "fighting against distortion and deviation and unifying Party ideologically".
www.gefont.org /wnews/workersnews27.html   (5783 words)

  
 ULP - United Left Party
In 1990 leftist parties united under a common banner of the United Left Front and joined forces with the Nepali Congress Party to launch strikes and demonstrations in the major cities of Nepal.
The 1994 elections resulted in a Nepali Congress defeat and a hung Parliament, with a minority government led by the United Marxist and Leninist Party (UML).
Although the Nepali Congress won a clear majority (113 out of 205) in the latest parliamentary elections, held in 1999, the pattern of short-lived governments persists, with three different Nepali Congress Party Prime Ministers holding office from mid-1999 to mid-2001.
www.pyracy.com /nepal.htm   (253 words)

  
 CONGRESS, COMMUNISM AND BREAKDOWN, Nepal Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
Antagonism between the Indian-sponsored Congress Party and the Communists, who looked to China as their only remaining ideological mentor, produced strong political polarities on almost every issue.
For example, Congress supported the cause of Tibetan refugees in a way that the panchaayat regime never did, which the Communists viewed as provocative to China.
Nepalis looked on helplessly as their unaccountable leaders engaged in unseemly squabbles, forged Machiavellian alliances and lined their pockets at the public's expense.
www.infohub.com /Destinations/Asia/Nepal/49852.htm   (612 words)

  
 Nepal Update 19: Nepali Congress is doing a "Harakir"
Now he has succeeded in causing a serious split within the Nepali Congress by opposing the emergency and continuing to press for dialogue with the terrorists.
In the forthcoming elections, the newly merged UML and ML would gain most unless good sense prevails and the schism within the Nepali Congress is sorted out before the elections.
In Humla the Nepali Congress (NC) local leader, Kali Bahadur Bhandari was shot dead by the terrorists.
www.saag.org /notes2/note154.html   (4012 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 297   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Police pounced on the seven, all members of the Nepali Congress party, immediately they stepped out of a crowd and began shouting slogans such as "Down with reactionary forces", "Reinstate democracy" and "Long Live the Nepali Congress", the witnesses said.
The protestors, carrying Nepali Congress flags, staged the brief protest in the Ratna Park area of Kathmandu.
An activist of the Nepali Congress is arrested by a riot policeman as he shouts slogans during an anti-King protest demonstration at Ratnapark in Kathmandu yesterday.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/03/28/d503281302109.htm   (291 words)

  
 rediff.com: Nepalese prime minister left without a party
With the election commission formally recognising the faction headed by former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala as the genuine Nepali Congress party, Deuba's cup of woes seems to be overflowing.
Announcing its interim verdict, the EC said on September 18 that Koirala's faction of the Nepali Congress is entitled to the party flag and symbol -- a tree -- and issued a seven-day deadline to Deuba to register a new party.
The two-day convention decided expelled Koirala and his supporters from the party and elected Deuba as the new head of the Nepali Congress.
www.rediff.com /news/2002/sep/19nep.htm   (765 words)

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