Politicians influencing decisions of constitutional bodies comes to light once again

As a minister implicitly admits that the Election Commission was ‘pressured’, analysts point out that independent bodies are increasingly being brought under the control of the executive.

Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali indicated during a telephone interview with Kantipur Television on Sunday evening that certain influence was exerted on the Election Commission to get the Nepal Commuist Party (NCP) as the name for the party created after the merger between CPN-UML and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) in May 2018.