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NEW SPOTLIGHT Aug. 06. 2021 1 NEW SPOTLIGHT Aug NEW SPOTLIGHT Aug. 06. 2021 1 NEW SPOTLIGHT Aug. 06. 2021 2 NEW SPOTLIGHTFORTNIGHTLY Notes From The Editor Vol.: 15, No.-02, August- 06, 2021 (Shrawan. 22.2078) Price: NRs. 100 Editor and Publisher Prolonged political instability and turmoil have Keshab Poudel been a permanent phenomenon for Nepal’s Contributor seven decades of modern political history. Sabine Pretsch Whether the governments had enjoyed a two thirds majority or a thumping majority, they have Design/Layout rarely survived over their full tenure. Following Sahil Mokthan, 9863022025 the fall of the government led by CPN-UML, which had nearly two thirds majority, a coalition Marketing Manager government has been formed. However, the Madan Raj Poudel newly constituted coalition government led by Tel: 9841320517 prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, which has Nabin Kumar Maharjan already secured majority in the revived House Tel: 9841291404 of Representative, is yet to sail smoothly across the political waves. It took almost a month for Editorial Office it to expand the cabinet. The delay in expansion Kathmandu, Nepal of the cabinet indicates that there seem to be Tel: 977-1-4530250 some unease among the key stakeholders of E-mail the government. Despite securing a two thirds’ [email protected] endorsement in the House of Representatives, P.O.Box: 7256 Website the government’s inability to expand the cabinet www.spotlightnepal.com in time has already hinted at a coming political trouble. As per Nepal’s own peculiar political Kathmandu DAO Regd. No. character, such as unstable governments and 148/11/063/64 frequent changes in the constitution, there is Central Region Postal Regd. no sign of this chain breaking any time soon. No. 36/067/068 The split of Janta Samajbadi Party and crisis in CPN-UML show that Nepal’s political course US Library of Congress Catalogue is not going easy. We have decided to look at No. 91-905060, ISSN : 2091-0711 (Print), ISSN: 2091-0754 (Online) the coming political crisis as our cover story for this week. Printing Megha Offset Printing Press P. Ltd., Dhapasi, Kathmandu Tel. : 977-1-4363624 Keshab Poudel Editor NEW SPOTLIGHT Aug. 06. 2021 1 CONTENT NEWSNOTES 3 BUSINESS BRIEF 6 OPINION Dipak Gyawali 8 VIEWPOINT COVERSTORY: POLITICS : Unstable All The Time 10 Dwarika Nath Dhungel, Santa Bahadur Pun And Shyam Prasad Adhikari 16 GLOBAL VIEW Abijit Sharma 20 WOMEN AND PEACE SECURITY (WPS) The Way Forward 21 FORUM Bishnu Adhikari, Parshuram Upadhyaya, Amol Acharya, and Abhas Ghimire 22 NC GENERRAL CONVENTION Ideology Vs Cult 24 ARTICLE Ashika Sharma 26 ADB : ADB approves $165m loan for COVID-19 19 ARTICLE Rabindra P. Osti 27 FORUM Purna B. Nepali, PhD. 30 NEPAL-INDIA Partnership Summit 2021 32 ARTICLE Maryam Sryoka 34 ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION Tourism Attraction 35 ARTICLE Hemang Dixit 36 TAMAKOSI V HYDROPOWER PROJECT : Managing Finance 29 NEW SPOTLIGHT Aug. 06. 2021 2 NEWSNOTES President Appoints Lt General Sharma As Acting CoAS the unique partnerships of Nepal and India in all sectors and President Bidya strengthen the deep-rooted people-to-people ties Devi Bhandari has ap- Meanwhile, PM Deuba in a tweet extended his thanks to proved the government's his Indian counterpart for the congratulations and best wishes. recommendation to ap- Deuba also expressed willingness to work in close relations point Lt Gen Prabhu with his Indian counterpart to strengthen the bilateral relations Ram Sharma as acting between Nepal and India. Chief of Nepali Army. Nepali Congress President Deuba received the vote of With this deci- trust in the lower House on Sunday evening. sion, Sharma's appoint- ment as the next chief Ambassador Kikuta Shares Views With Prime Minister Deuba of the army has been Ambassador of Japan to officially sealed. Nepal KIKUTA Yutaka has General Sharma paid a courtesy call on Prime will assume office as the acting Chief from August 9 as outgo- Minister Sher Bhadur Deuba at ing Chief of Army Staff General Purna Chandra Thapa will the Official Residence of Prime stay on leave before retirement on August 8. Minister in Baluwatar. Thapa will retire on September 8 following which Ambassador Kikuta con- Sharma will be promoted to the post and overtake responsi- gratulated Prime Minister Deuba bilities officially. in person for his appointment Earlier, a cabinet meeting held on July 27 had made and the successful vote of confi- the decision to recommend Sharma's name as Acting Chief dence at the Parliament. Ambas- of the national army as the incumbent army chief to the office sador handed the congratulatory of the president. letter from SUGA Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan, to Prime Minister Deuba on this occasion. Chinese Premier Li Congratulates Prime Minister Deuba Prime Minister Deuba expressed the gratitude to Prime Chinese Pre- Minister Suga for his congratulations. Ambassador Kikuta and mier Li Keqiang Prime Minister Deuba shared the views on bilateral relations has extended a con- between the two countries, as the year 2022 commemorates gratulatory message the 120th anniversary of student-exchanges, moreover, the to Prime Minister post-COVID social and economic development of Nepal. Sher Bahadur Deu- Ambassador Kikuta mentioned that Japan has been ba upon his election working with Nepal as a friendly development partner to to Prime Minister. improve the daily lives of Nepali people, which will be In the mes- also beneficial for the public health of the country in this sage, the Chinese premier expressed his willingness to work COVID-19 situation. The recent donation of about 1.6 million together with Prime Minister Deuba and take the strategic AstraZeneca vaccines for Nepal by the COVAX facility is a partnership between the two countries to a new height, ac- reflection of the long-time friendship of Nepal toward Japan, cording to Hou Yanqi, ambassador of the People’s Republic followed by the medical equipment assistance for the Nepali of China to Nepal. hospitals to fight against the pandemic together. Ambassador Kikuta highlighted the special intimacy Indian PM Modi Congratulates Nepal’s Newly-Appointed between Japan and Nepal. Based on the long-term relation- PM Deuba ship, he hoped to continue the great partnership for more years Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended to come by resuming the people-to-people exchange of two congratulations and best wishes to Sher Bahadur Deuba on countries once the COVID-19 situation will ease. being appointed the Prime Minister of Nepal. The Indian PM took to the social media to extend best Nepal Army Implements Command Headquarters Concept wishes to his Nepali counterpart for successful tenure im- The Nepali Army (NA) has brought into implementa- mediately after PM Deuba gained vote of confidence in the tion its newly designed and approved command organizational reinstated House of Representatives. structure concept. Modi in his With the new struc- congratulatory ture coming into imple- message stated mentation, eight previous that he was looking Divisions Headquarters forward to collabo- -- one in the Kathmandu rating with Prime Valley and seven in the Minister Deuba to provinces -- have been further consolidate scrapped starting on the NEW SPOTLIGHT Aug. 06. 2021 3 NEWSNOTES beginning of new fiscal year of 2021/22. Indian Ambassador Kwatra Pays Courtesy Call On PM From now onwards, three central commands based on Deuba Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali River basins and one for the Kath- Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba received Ambas- mandu Valley will be implemented, according to Brigadier sador of India to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra at his Residence General and spokesperson for the Nepali Army Headquarters in Budhanilakantha. Shantosh Ballave Poudyal. According to a tweet of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The army has called it a three-pronged central com- Prime Minister thanked mand. The army has also made it clear that the new structure the Ambassador for the will not increase the existing budget and posts. congratulations and best With the new structure, NA now has Eastern Command wishes and recalled the (East of Koshi), Central Command (the area between Koshi age-old friendly rela- and Gandaki), Valley Command (Kathmandu Valley) and tions between the two Western Command (Karnali and Far West). countries. Even though the Cabinet approved the implementation “Honoured to call of the new structure in March, it is taking effect only from on; extended congratula- now due to budget, said Poudyal. tions and best wishes on becoming PM of Nepal. Looking forward to working with his Lalitpur Shrine Reconstruction Starts With “Chhema Puja” team to deepen the multifaceted India-Nepal partnership and “Chhema Puja” was performed at Hiranyavarna Ma- people-to-people ties for common progress and prosperity,” havihar and Digi Chhen, tweets Ambassador Kwatra. Lalitpur by the Local community as ritual of German Ambassador Shafer Pays Farewell Call On For- “asking forgiveness” eign Secretary Paudyal before the start of res- Roland Schäfer, Ambassador of the Federal Republic Of toration work. The puja Germany to Nepal, paid a farewell visit to Foreign Secretary was attended by officials Bharat Raj Paudyal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. from Embassy of India In his tweet he said, in Kathmandu, Central “Ambassador Schäfer pay- Level Project Imple- ing a farewell visit to For- mentation Unit, Govt eign Secretary Bharat Raj of Nepal & INTACH Paudyal with whom he Kathmandu. The mahavihar is being reconstructed at a cost had a very close working of NRs. 181 million. relationship over the last 4 Hiranyavarna Mahavihar, popularly known also as the yrs of his tenure.” Golden temple, is situated in the monument zone of Patan “Our team in the Darbar square, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Lalitpur. Ministry enjoyed working It is one of the most important Buddhist temple monasteries with you and we sincerely of Patan. appreciate your contribu- It is one of the 28 cultural heritage projects being un- tions towards cementing Nepal-Germany partnership and dertaken under GoI grant assistance of USD 50 million for cooperation.
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