Puranjan Acharya is a long-time Nepali Congress (NC) member, a political analyst and columnist who has cultivated a reputation as an objective and critical observer of Nepali politics. He was a confidant and advisor to Girija Prasad Koirala and has been a close follower of developments, both within the NC and in the broader political process. Now that two months have effectively passed since Sushil Koirala was elected prime minister, Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Pranaya SJB Rana asked Acharya to assess Koirala’s time in power, the inter- and intra-party dynamics of the NC and CPN-UML coalition and the challenges ahead for PM Koirala in producing a constitution in time.
