As per the Journalism assignment of 2nd year 2nd semester, a brief analysis over a same News story from different newspaper has to be done. I have taken the very recent Nepali congress voting result of electing of the leader of parliament from its party. There was a voting between Deuba and Poudel in the second round of voting late in the evening, after no candidate got clear majority in the first round. Poudel got 61 votes while Deuba had the support of 48 lawmakers.
This news story is quiet not that in depth news story to be covered from Newspapers. Analyzing the News story we can see from the headline itself that The Rising Nepal, The Himalayan Times and The Kathmandu Post contains quiet a same Headlines. But in Republica more imphasis in the losing party has also been shown. This shows the headline of Republica has created somewhat more sensation in Public by mentioning not the direct result of one side but both the sides. Similarly in Republica apart from The Rising Nepal, The Himalayan Times and The Kathmandu Post the overall detail reporting has been done. We can see just a little information in other newspaper than the detail overall procedures in Republica. This shows that Republica is getting ahead of the old bully in Newspaper market. It can also be that the concept of new thing is good has been emphasized by Republica in audiences.
The Himalayan Times:
Paudel elected NC leader in House
Prakash Acharya
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress on Saturday elected Ram Chandra Paudel as its Parliamentary Party leader, 14 months after the formation of the Constituent Assembly. Paudel defeated his rival Sher Bahadur Deuba by 13 votes to become the leader of the party in the Parliament. Paudel got 61 votes while Deuba had the support of 48 lawmakers. Five NC lawmakers abstained from voting.
Deuba and Poudel contested in the second round of voting late in the evening, after no candidate got clear majority in the first round.
“I have not taken this result as victory or loss. It is just division of work. I’ll move ahead taking Deuba and his supporters into confidence,” said Paudel after being elected NCPP chief. Interestingly, Deuba was not present when the election result was announced.
Party president Girija Prasad Koirala abstained from voting. A source
close to Koirala claimed that the octogenarian leader did not participate in the poll process because he did not want to take sides. He wants to act as a patron and keep the party unity intact, he added.
Along with Koirala, Dr Ram Sharan Mahat, Dr Shashank Koirala, Baladev Sharma Majgaiya and Nilambar Acharya also did not cast votes. Dr Mahat and Dr Koirala are currently in the US, while Sharma is in India. Acharya, a nominated CA member of the party, refused to take part in the election process.
In the first round, Deuba and Poudel got 45 and 39 votes respectively, while KB Gurung and Suprabha Ghimire received 12 votes each. One vote was declared invalid.
According to the party statute, a candidate needs to get 51 per cent of the votes to win the election in the first round. However, a simple majority would be enough in the second round. The leader can later appoint his deputy, according to the statute.
Earlier, 10 out of 17 members in the 19-member working committee of the PP were elected unopposed on the basis of inclusiveness. Jagadish Narsingh KC, Nabindra Raj Joshi, Badshah Kurmi, Ramesh Lekhak, Amrit Lal Rajbanshi, Kabita Sardar Bantar, Ajaya Kumar Chaurasia, Kiran Yadav, Purushotam Basnet and Arjun Prasad Joshi were unanimously elected as members in the working committee. Pramila Rai, Dhyan Govinda Ranjit, Dhana Raj Gurung, Ishwori Neupane, Kalyani Rijal, Lila Subba and Sita Gurung were elected in the PP working committee thro-ugh majority votes.
While Deuba wanted to hold the second round of polls tomorrow, Poudel was adamant on holding it today. Though party president Koirala remained neutral, his daughter Sujata openly lobbied for Deuba. Deuba also found allies in vice-president Prakash Man Singh and general secretary Bimalendra Nidhi. Poudel got support from acting president Sushil Koirala.
NC activists believe PP election points to leadership transfer to younger lot.
The Rising Nepal: Paudel elected NC PP leader By A Staff Reporter Ram Chandra Paudel won the coveted seat of Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader at a keenly contested vote Saturday. Poudel got 61 votes as against 48 votes of his rival candidate, Sher Bahadur Deuba. NC lawmakers voted for the second round of election to choose their leader between the top two candidates; Deuba and Paudel, as nobody garnered a clear majority during the first round. NC statute requires at least 50 per cent to win the post of the parliamentary party leader. Earlier, Sher Bahadur Deuba got 45, Ram Chandra Paudel - 39, while Suprabha Ghimire and Kul Bahadur Gurung got 12 votes each. At least 58 votes were needed to be elected as the NC PP leader. Similarly, nine of the total 17 Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party (PP) working committee members have been elected unopposed. Those elected unopposed include Kiran Yadav (woman), Amrit Lal Rajbanshi and Ajaya Chaurasiya from Madhesi quota and Kabita Sardar from Dalit quota. Likewise, Jagadish Nara Singh KC and Purushottam Basnet have also been elected unopposed. There is a provision to elect one member each from various five development regions as members of the PP working Committee. Arjun Joshi (Western Development Region), Ramesh Lekhak (Far Western Development Region), Badshah Kurmi (Mid-western Development Region) and Nabindra Raj Joshi (Central Development Region) are also among those elected unopposed.
Poudel elected Nepali Congress PP leader
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, June 20 - The Nepali Congress (NC) lawmakers have elected party Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel as their Parliamentary Party (PP) leader on Saturday.
In the second phase of election held this evening, Poudel defeated senior leader and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Poudel garnered 61 votes out of 109 while Deuba could receive only support from 46 lawmakers.
The voting had started at 8:30 pm.
The election procedure entered the second phase as none of the four candidates – Poudel, Deuba, Kul Bahadur Gurung and Suprabha Ghimire—succeeded garnering a clear majority in the polls earlier today.
In the first phase of election, Deuba garnered 45 votes, and Poudel followed him collecting just 39 votes.
Gurung and Ghimire gathered 12 votes each, in the election held from 2 to 4 pm.
According to the NC PP statute, the candidates must garner more than 51 per cent votes. As no candidate received 58 votes from among 109 lawmakers, the election entered the second phase.
The votes of the 24 lawmakers who voted in favour of Gurung and Ghimire, now, have a decisive role in picking up the PP leader.
Among the total 114 voters, NC President Girija Prasad Koirala and Nilamber Acharya did not take part in the voting, while Dr Ram Sharan Mahat, Dr Shashanka Koirala and Baladev Majgainya are abroad.
Meanwhile, 10 leaders have been elected unopposed to the 17-member committee of the PP.
Kiran Yadav has been elected in the quota of Madheshi female and Amrit Lal Rajbansi and Ajay Chourasiya in Madheshi male, in the Parliamentary Party (PP) election today.
Likewise, in the quota of Dalit Kabita Sardar has been elected unopposed and Jagadish Narasingh KC and Purshottam Basnet in others quota.
Ramesh Lekhak has won the election from Far-Western Development Region, Badshah Kurmi from Mid-Western, Arjun Joshi from Western and Nabindra Raj Joshi from Central.
The NC has amended its statute this time around with the provision of leader picking the deputy leader.
This is the first time the party held a proper election for a PP leader. Since the 1991 general election, Party Chairman Girija Prasad Koirala had been the uncontested leader, except for a brief period when Krishna Prasad Bhattarai assumed the post.
REPUBLICA Poudel Crushes Deuba KATHMANDU, June 20: Nepali Congress (NC) lawmakers have elected senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel as their parliamentary party (PP) leader during an election, Saturday. While Poudel got 61 votes his rival Sher Bahadur Deuba garnered just 48 out of the total 109 votes cast in the second round of the PP election held late evening. Talking to media persons after the election result was out, Poudel said that a democratic exercise in the party had become successful after the election. “No one has lost or won as this is an election to take responsibility of the party,” said Poudel.
He thanked all those supporting him and those taking part in the voting process. “This will help to further consolidate unity in the party as parliamentary party leader is selected through a democratic process,” he further said.
Asked if how he would tackle the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Poudel said he would hold dialogue with them to address their demands.
Deuba was not to be seen at the election venue when the election results were out.
This election holds special significance for the NC because it is, among other things, about who will lead the party after Girija Prasad Koirala (GPK). According to the party statute, Koirala cannot contest the post of party president at the next general convention and there is no credible candidate from the Koirala family to step into his shoes.
The PP leadership election outcome, therefore, indicates which faction within the NC will control the party in future.
First round vote
NC senior leader and former prime minister Deuba and party vice-president Poudel had faced off for the top post in the NC´s PP in a second round vote after none of the four candidates -- Deuba, Paudel, Suprabha Ghimire and KB Gurung -- garnered the required number of votes in the first round of election held earlier Saturday. While Deuba got 45 votes his nearest rival Poudel secured 39 out of the total of 109 votes cast by NC parliamentarians during polling held at their PP office at Singha Durbar. Two other candidates in the fray -- Gurung and Ghimire -- got 12 votes each.
One vote was invalid. Party election committee sources said the invalid vote was cast by Poudel himself as he inadvertently placed his tick outside the box.
Officials at the PP election committee said five NC lawmakers did not take part in the election as three of them were out of the country and party President Koirala said he was abstaining from the voting because he didn’t want to favor one candidate against another.
Likewise, another lawmaker, Nilambar Acharya, abstained from the voting saying he was nominated a Constituent Assembly member by the cabinet.
As per the party statute, a candidate for PP leader has to get one vote more than 50 percent of the total vote. This amounts to 58 out of the party’s 114 members in the Constituent Assembly cum Legislature-Parliament.
However, in the second round of voting, a simple majority of members who vote decides the winner. The second round contest is held between the winners of the first and second largest number of votes in the first round, as per a provision in the NC PP statute.
Talking to media persons after the announcement of the election results, Kul Bahadur Gurung said he realized that he has failed to convince lawmakers in his favor. Asked which leader --Deuba or Poudel he would ask his supporters to votes for in the second round, he said, “They should vote as per their conscience.”
Another contender, Suprabha Ghimire, said she won a moral and ideological victory after contesting the election even though she could not win. “I am happy that I have been able to get as big a vote as the party general secretary,” she said, referring to the number of votes secured by Gurung.
The contenders for the post of PP leader had filed their candidacies at 9 a.m. and the voting started at 2 p.m. The voting result was announced after 7 p.m.
While the Deuba faction had pressed to hold the election Sunday, the Poudel faction insisted that it should be held the same evening.
Leaders of both factions had spent over one hour in discussions whether to hold the second round voting the same evening or put it off till Sunday.
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