Having spent almost three and half decades running single-handedly Nepal’s most respected and hot political house of Ganesh Man Singh, Sirjana Singh, spouse of Prakash Man Singh, is a good knowledge political person. With the marriage of two grown-up sons taking the family affairs, Sirjana decides to use her political and managerial skills as a mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. At a time when many old Congress stalwarts are showing interest to contest the elections, the Nepali Congress with the recommendation of the Kathmandu District Congress has chosen the name of Sirjana Singh for the mayoral candidate of Kathmandu. Mired by so many mismanagements with lack of a visionary mayor, Nepali Congress rightly choose Sirjana Singh, a humble, gentle and reconciliatory behavior, as a candidate to lead the country’s capital. Low profile and soft-spoken Singh can change the face of Kathmandu with her vision and planning
By Keshab Poudel Apr 23, 2022
Following the registration of an impeachment motion in the House of Representatives by members of four ruling political parties, chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has been out for now with a new senior justice acting as the chief justice. With an announcement of CPN-UML to register another impeachment motion against four other senior judges including the acting chief justice, the politics of impeachment has created the most unstable and unpredictable situation in the judiciary. Some political leaders and individuals may have gained and some others demoralized in the process, Nepal’s judiciary has lost over 7 decades of recognition as an apolitical and stable institution
By Keshab Poudel Feb 21, 2022