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Features
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Throughout his career, Upendra Koirala has occupied a set of high profile positions by appeasing communist leaders
Features
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The biggest group in Province 2, Dalits will occupy almost zero positions of power in the local government.
Features
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The PM creates chaos, and invites ridicule for dissolving parliament at a time when he should be focusing on the Covid-19 crisis
Features
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Prominent posts tend to fall on the socially and politically more privileged Yadavs and Terai Brahmin-Chhetris
Perspectives
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Federalism appears to be working in exactly the two places—with distinct regional identities—where it was most likely to work.