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The fourth presidential election of Nepal, to elect the country's third president since the abolition of the monarchy, was held on 9 March 2023. [ 3 ] The term of the incumbent president, Bidya Devi Bhandari , first elected in 2015 , was set to expire on 13 March 2023.
Many political parties and their leaders remained underground or in exile for the next 30 years of "partyless" politics in Nepal. [23] BP Koirala was released from prison in 1968 and went into exile in Benaras, returning in 1976 only to immediately be put in house arrest. [20]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the vote in Nepal's lower house of parliament after a minor party in his coalition broke apart and its members withdrew support from the government.
The House was reinstated on 23 February 2021 but on 7 March 2021, deciding on a separate writ, the Supreme Court annulled the decision of the Election Commission to grant the name Nepal Communist Party to the party created by merger of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre), and positioned them to their pre merger status. [11]
According to Article 87 of the Constitution, a person who meets the following criteria is qualified to become a member of the National Assembly: [6] citizen of Nepal, completed the age of thirty five years, not having been convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude, not being disqualified by any Federal law, and
19 June – The mayor of the Nepali capital of Kathmandu bans the screenings of Indian films after dialogue in the recent epic film Adipurush stated that Sita from Hindu mythology was born in India instead of Nepal. [31] 29th June Supreme Court of Nepal issued an interim order to legalize same sex marriage to Government of Nepal. [32]
The Government of Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepalese monarchy in 2006, it was officially known as His Majesty's Government .
In other words, candidates from any political party failing to meet the criteria to become a national party will be ineligible to be represented in parliament as a party. [2] [7] There are currently five such political parties which failed to achieve national status yet are represented in Nepal's Parliament. [4]