Leaders don’t want overseas voting because that will swing results in unpredictable ways. But technically, online voting is feasible.

The government should encourage the cooperatives to merge. We can bring down their number from 32,000 to around 10,000.

We have to treat the issue of energy trade with India with the sensitivity it deserves. Energy supply is a sensitive issue for India.

We can’t rule out the possibility of party unity with new forces. We shouldn’t be rigid.

You can’t clearly distinguish between international and domestic factors responsible for the change in ruling coalition.

UML wanted to show that it is not too obsessed with exploiting power turn by turn. Power is not our priority.

There is a fundamental question: Why can’t we accommodate human beings while we are ready to accommodate vehicles?

We fielded Krishna Sitaula as National Assembly candidate from Koshi only after reaching an understanding among coalition partners that he would be the upper house chair.

We concluded that no court can say that the Lalita Niwas land is not government land. We had strong evidence to prove that.

The party doesn’t equate an inclusive liberal democratic order with federalism. We should worry more about the ends, not the means.

The continuity of the present coalition is necessary to complete the remaining tasks of the peace process and for the effective implementation of the constitution.

In Nepal’s political history, one finds that those who have emerged overnight have disappeared as quickly.

The police adjustment process should be handled more cautiously as police personnel work with arms and ammunition.

The upper house needs more women who have worked in the field of women’s empowerment.

We must maximise hydropower generation to replace fossil fuels in our market and help the neighbours in their clean energy transition.