Earlier in the day, the prime minister paid floral tributes to a bust of Mahatma Gandhi here. The PM was presented with a Mithila-style painting by Nitish Kumar.

With 37 MPs, the RPP is the fourth largest party in Parliament and could be key in passing the second constitution amendment bill tabled by the ruling coalition to bring Madhesi dissenters on board. This is why Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal agreed to …

The government on November 29 registered the constitution amendment bill at the Parliament Secretariat at the insistence of the agitating Madhesi and Janajati forces which have been protesting against the constitution. The opposition parties’ mass …