SPN not to quit govt immediately: Leaders

November 23, 2019 07:09 am

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Regardless of  internal pressure from a section  in the  Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN) to take umbrage and quit the government following the unilateral move of Prime Minister KP Oli to change the ministerial portfolio of party Chairperson Upendra Yadav and recall a state minister from the party in the recent cabinet reshuffle without any prior notification, SPN leaders have said that they will not be walking out of the government immediately.

KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN) leaders have accused Prime Minister KP Oli of disregarding coalition culture by keeping them in the dark about the cabinet reshuffle. Prime Minister Oli late Wednesday evening brought in nine new faces into the cabinet in the first major reshuffle since he took office in February last year.

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN) Chairman Upendra Yadav has begun consultations with senior leaders and aides to reassess his party's position in the government amid mounting pressure to sever ties with the ruling alliance.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN) Chairman Upendra Yadav is facing growing resistance within the party over his ‘dubious stance’ as the party fails to decide whether it should leave or remain in the government.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) is considering postponing the general convention yet again as a section of leaders make fresh push for merger with the Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN).

Infighting deepens as RJPN weighs options

September 2, 2019 08:05 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Infighting in the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has deepened as the party struggles to reach to a decision on proposed merger with Samajwadi Party Nepal (SPN). RJPN presidium members spent much of Sunday afternoon weighing on two available options -- go to a merger or hold the first general convention. But the meeting ended inconclusively after six-member presidium failed to forge a consensus on the issue.

KATHMANDU, May 6: The formal announcement of unification between Naya Shakti Nepal and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) has been made amid a function held in the capital on Monday.