Change in Balance of Power Election was held in the country for the second Constituent Assembly on November 19, 2013. The results changed the balance of power for the previous Constituent Assembly. The largest party in the first Constituent Assembly UCPN (M) got limited to the third position while the second largest party in the…

After the four parties expedited the constitution-writing process, there was a large increase in the demands of rights and protests. Movements in the Tarai took violent forms. The political parties demarcated the borders, but they could not stand by their decisions. Due to their immaturity, though the protests in the Mid-Western Region died down, protests…

The preliminary draft of the constitution reached the people after a long wait. Despite opposition in a few places, people enthusiastically gave their suggestions. There were wide-ranging suggestions from government and non-government sector as well. But there was confusion on the date of promulgation of the constitution through this fast-track process; they kept postponing the…

After a long attempt, there was 16-point agreement among the four political parties. Despite objections of many Tarai-Madhes-centred parties and RPP (Nepal) to the agreement, the process of constitution-drafting moved ahead in the Constituent Assembly. The Supreme Court ruled that the agreement was against the Interim Constitution and ordered that the constitution should not be…

The earthquake brought together the parties with sour relations among them. The political parties got ready to move forward without care for the ruling or the opposition coalitions. To address the earthquake-related issues, the parties endorsed a commitment proposal from the legislature- parliament. In addition, they forwarded a proposal for a strong national consensus government.…