updated Fri. October 4, 2024
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The Kathmandu Post
February 18, 2018
Feb 19, 2018-Girija Prasad Koirala (GPK) was a towering personality who made Nepali politics revolve around him from 1991 until 2010. What puts him above any contemporary Nepali leader is his strong belief in democracy, resolute stand against the royal adventurism of 2002-05 and his successful effort in bringing theÃâà...
Himalayan Times
February 9, 2018
He is considered to be close to NC President and PM Deuba, and is former district president of erstwhile Nepali Congress-Democratic formed under Deuba's leadership. Paudel is chief secretary of the NC central office. He was appointed to the post after Deuba was elected party president. Originally fromÃâà...
The Indian Express
January 7, 2018
He has also sought to question the Nepali Congress's democratic credentials. “Nepali Congress took more than three months to hand over power to the Maoists who had emerged as the single largest party in 2008,'' Oli reminds the people. Oli seems to believe that Nepali Congress chief and Prime MinisterÃâà...
Kathmandu Tribune
October 11, 2017
He began his politics with the Nepali Congress party, took sides with the breakaway faction Nepali Congress-Democratic led by current Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in 2002. He then joined the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum and then abandoned it to form a new breakaway party named MadhesiÃâà...
Himalayan Times
October 10, 2017
... the party,” said Dev. He said NDF leaders were surprised when they heard rumours of the party's possible merger with NC. Gachhadar was previously in the NC and had won parliamentary elections held in 1991, 1994 and 1999. He was also a leader of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) after NC split.
The Quint
June 8, 2017
Deuba was again removed from power by the King in 2005, when he was also imprisoned on charges of corruption. After a dispute between Girija Prasad Koirala and Deuba, Nepali Congress underwent a vertical split in 2002 and Nepali Congress–Democratic was formed under the leadership of Deuba.
The Shillong Times
June 7, 2017
Deuba was again removed from power by the king in 2005, when he was also imprisoned on charges of corruption. After a dispute between Girija Prasad Koirala and Deuba, Nepali Congress underwent a vertical split in 2002 and Nepali Congress–Democratic was formed under the leadership of Deuba.
The Kathmandu Post
June 6, 2017
He was the Police In Charge of Nepali Congress in the Far Western region in 1991. When the intraparty conflict became intense, he formed a separate Nepali Congress Democratic party being its President from September 2002 to January 2006. In May 2006, he was unanimously re-elected President of theÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 7, 2016
Deuba was the president of Nepali Congress-Democratic, which was formed after the split in the Nepali Congress led by Girija Prasad Koirala, in 2002 following rift between him and Koirala. Both the parties, however, unified in 2007, with Deuba acknowledged as the senior leader of the single party.
