OUR FLEXIBILITY CONSIDERED AS WEAKNESS: PRACHAND Kathmandu, Jan 21: Chairman of the UCPN (Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has said that the incident of vandalism took place at the Constituent Assembly (CA) as the ruling parties considered their flexibility as a weakness. At a news conference organised by the party here... CA MEETING PASSES CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION Kathmandu, Jan 21: Today’s meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) unanimously approved a condolence resolution over the death of the former CPN (UML) lawmaker Gopal Singh Bohara. A minute long silence was observed in the meeting, praying for eternal peace to the departed soul.... STRIKE AFFECTS LIFE; VEHICLES VANDALIZED Kathmandu, Jan 20: The nationwide general strike called by the UCPN (Maoist)-led 30-party alliance and Padmaratna Tuladhar-led Indigenous Nationalities National Movement has affected the normal life in the capital from early morning today. The banda enforcers took out rallies from different place...

Kathmandu, Jan 21: Chairman of the UCPN (Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has said that the incident of vandalism took place at the Constituent Assembly (CA) as the ruling parties considered their flexibility as a weakness. At a news conference organised by the party here today to make the party’s views public after the CA vandalism on Monday night, Chairman Dahal said such incident took place as the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) tried to demonstrate their high-handedness at a time when they asked for two more days to forge consensus on the disputed issues. Dahal argued that the consensus environment got foiled after the CPN (UML) and NC insisted to send the disputed issues to the Constitution Drafting Committee without consensus. He said, “Our plan was only to obstruct the constitution writing process and chant slogans in the CA. The clash took place after the NC Chief Whip Chinkaji Shrestha, reached the rostrum forcefully with a proposal for the formation of a questionnaire c...