CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party are for allowing Rabi Lamichhane’s party to head the ministry while leaders of prime minister’s party seem strongly against it.

Labour Minister Dol Prasad Aryal will also lead the parliamentary party.

Dahal’s Maoist Centre, Yadav’s Janata Samajbadi, Nepal’s Unified Socialist and Bhattarai’s Nepal Samajbadi are trying to come together in any form.

Parties accuse Oli and Dahal of taking decisions unilaterally. Nagarik Unmukti Party fields its own candidate for an upper house seat, going against the alliance.

Gandaki government leads the way by cutting the number of ministries from 12 to seven.

Parties like Janata Samajbadi and Loktantrik Samajbadi find themselves ignored in power-sharing negotiations.

In its bargain for positions, the new party led by Rabi Lamichhane seems to have forgotten its own commitment to cutting costs of legislature and administration. Experts see the party no different in its quest for power.

The chaotic scenes at the Yeti Air accident site, say experts, were a sign of Nepal’s poor response mechanism.

All chief ministers are male. Constitution is silent on what should be done if the authorities fail to ensure proportional representation.

Unified Socialist wants to include the term 'communist' in the new party's name, but Janata Samajbadi Party is insisting on using 'socialist' instead.

Madheshi leaders have been most vocal about the need to strengthen provinces and, by extension, federalism.

The meeting was held a day before Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal faces a vote of confidence at the House of Representatives today. Top political leaders had addressed the first sitting.

Three political parties—Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party—reached the parliament for the first time.

Similar populist programmes have in the past proved to be ineffective and unsustainable.

Attempts of some influential leaders to become lawmakers post-election is an insult to voters, analysts say.