Political barometer: Jana Andolan II and thereafter

The following is a dateline of important political events in the country after the Jana Andolan II in April 2006 which ended the direct rule of then King Gyanendra. Nepalnews will continuously update the timeline.

	2009
June 20:	Nepali Congress elects Ram Chandra Poudel as its parliamentary party leader after 14 months of CA polls. Poudel defeated senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba.
June 17:	Five new ministers, six state ministers sworn in; Madhesi parties remain out of the game
June 16:	Bharat Bahadur Karki appointed as the new attorney general
June 12:	Nepali Congress leader Shailaja Acharya passes away at the age of 65 while undergoing treatment at TU Teaching Hospital.
June 6:	Madhesi Janadhikar Forum splits following the induction of Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar in the government as deputy prime minister.
June 4:	In the second phase of expansion, prime minister inducts eight ministers form MJF and NC into cabinet
June 3:	NRB initiates liquidation of first private sector development bank Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel resigns
May 29:	First republic day observed.
May 28:	Maoists make major reshuffle of the PLA combatants without consent from the integration committee
May 23:	Bomb attack at the Assumption Church, Dhobighat. Three people killed.
May 25:	PM Nepal sworn in, inducts two UML leaders in cabinet
May 24:	Madhav Kumar Nepal is new PM
May 05:	Video of Shaktikhor where Pushpa Kamal Dahal was speaking to PLA members about Maoist strategy to capture state leaked out to media.
May 04:	PM resigns slamming president’s move to reinstate army chief Katawal.
May 03:	Govt sacks Chief of Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal, appoints Kul Bahadur Khadka as acting army chief.
April 29:	Min Bahadur Rayamajhee named new Chief Justice
April 10:	CA by-election held in 6 seats. Maoists win three, NC, UML and MJF share one each.
March 05	PLA starts taking applications; 300 youths apply on first day
March 02:	Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa arrives for Nepal visit
February 24:	Jhala Nath Khanal elected new chairman of CPN (UML)
February 17:	UML’s 8th convention starts in Butwal
February 05:	AISC decides to start rehabilitation of disqualified Maoist combatants.
January 16:	Unified CPN-Maoists forms 15-member secretariat.
January 13:	CPN-Maoists, Masal unite, drop Prachandapath.
January 01:	TMLP withdraws support to govt

	2008
December 15:	CA forms 14 committees to start works of writing new constitution
December 14:	70-MW Mid Marshyangdi starts operation
November 12:	PM Dahal reaches New Delhi to attend BIMSTEC summit
October 31:	UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon arrives Kathmandu for a two day visit.
September 26:	PM Dahal addresses UN General Assembly in New York.
September 27:	PM Dahal meets UN Secretary General (SG).
September 22:	PM meets US president George Bush though US has not lifted terrorist tag on Maoists
September 23:	PM meets Russian and Cuban leaders in New York.
September 14:	PM Dahal starts five day India visit.
August 23:	PM Dahal leaves for Beijing Olympics closing ceremony.
August 22:	Pushpa Kamal Dahal sworn is as Prime Minister, small cabinet announced including Maoist and MJF.
August 21:	UML-MJF-Maoists announce Common Minimum Programme, NC also floats coalition government sans Maoists.
August 17:	Four-member delegation headed by Janata Dal (United) leader and chairman of Indo-Nepal Parliamentary Forum, Sarad Yadav, arrives in Kathmandu.
August 01:	Maoists decide to lead coalition government
July 21:	Dr Ram Baran Yadav elected first president of Nepal. Maoists decide not to join government.
June 20:	Maoist ministers resign from Koirala-led interim government.
June 18:	With the initiative of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and local residents, the burial place of Dekendra Thapa, a journalist slain by the Maoists is found in Dailekh district. The Maoists, then underground, killed Thapa, reporter of the state-own Radio Nepal in 2004.
June 05:	Maoists decide to give up claim for the post of president, saying that the first president of republican Nepal should be chosen from the civil society.
May 27:	Maoists elect Pushpa Kamal Dahal as parliamentary party leader. CA members sworn in.
May 24:	Maoists suspend Bibidh from the position of commander of third division of People's Liberation Army (PLA) for his involvement in the murder of Koteshwore based businessman Ramhari Shrestha.
April 29:	Maoists stake claim on government leadership.
April 25:	Election results under proportional representation out: Maoist bag 100 seats, NC 73 and UML 70.
April 22:	Votes count under first past the post system over, Maoists bag 120 seats, NC 37 and UML 33.
April 10:	Polls day: EC said 60 percent voted.
April 08:	Seven Maoist cadres killed in Dang. First meeting between Maoist and US top leader: Ex US president Carter meets Maoist leaders.
March:	Large number of PLA members leaves cantonments ahead of polls over the month
March 26:	Maoist cadre Ganga Bahadur Bhujel killed in Solukhumbu.
March 18:	Two Maoist cadres killed in Rolpa.
March 01:	Maoists claim it has returned all land and properties seized during the conflict period in Dolpa district to their rightful owners.
February 06:	Maoists resurrect parallel government.
January 22:	Maoists pledge to return the land and houses seized by the party during the decade-long insurgency.
January 07:	Maoists slam army chief’s remarks that politically indoctrinated combatants would not be integrated into the army.
January 02:	Prachanda indoctrinates PLA members in Shaktikhor how to capture state power. The video footage was later leaked out.

	2007
December 30:	Maoists re-join the government.
December 23:	Seven parties agree for federal republic to a motion registered by Maoists on October 10.
September 25:	Nepali Congress and Nepali Congress unite again after five years.
September 18:	Maoists quit government.
July 22:	Maoist ministers reject NA security guards.
June:	Terai based armed groups kill many Maoist cadres in a series of events.
May 01:	Second round of arms registration begins.
April 10:	Maoists register as political party at the election commission. Storage of NA arms starts
April 01:	Interim cabinet announced, Maoists join government. Interim cabinet
March 21:	29 people killed in Gaur massacre in clashes between Maoists and MJF.
March 15:	Maoist cadres seize 13 trucks of Nepal Army for two and half hours in Rajahar area of Nawalparasi on suspicion that weapons were being ferried.
February 23:	UNMIN completes first phase of army verification. Maoists have 30,852 combatants and 3428 weapons
January 31:	Parties reach agreement to transform Nepal as federal nation after CA elections
January 18:	Maoists announce dissolution of all their parallel government structures.
January 16:	Interim legislature-parliament endorses interim constitution.
January 15:	Interim parliament formed. Maoists given 83 seats. Interim parliament endorsed Interim Constitution Full text of the interim constitution

	2006
November 30:	Mohan Baidya and C. P. Gajurel released from Indian jails.
November 28:	Government, Maoists sign arms management accord.
November 21:	Maoist and Seven Party Alliance (SPA) sign Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
November 08:	Seven Parties and the Maoist sign political agreement bringing Maoist officially into mainstream.
November 02:	Maoists control ten Nepal Army (NA) vehicles on the Mahendra Highway in Sarlahi district for nearly five hours on suspicion that the vehicles might be carrying weapons.
October 29:	Maoists extend ceasefire by three months
September 18:	Indian police re-arrest senior Maoist leader C. P. Gajurel immediately after he was released from Madras central jail upon serving three-year-long sentence.
August 10:	Maoist PLA begins gathering. Set up first camp in east.
July 28:	Maoists extend ceasefire by three months
June 16:	First summit talks held between Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Dr Baburam and PM Girija Prasad Koirala at Baluwatar. Prachanda goes public.
June 13:	Government frees 124 Maoist detainees
June 11:	Home Minister Sitaula, top Maoist leaders hold talks in Kaski.
May 21:	Maoists talks team arrive Kathmandu.
May 18:	Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala tables a “historic” proposal before the House of Representatives depriving King of all the privileges enjoyed by him and declares the reinstated House as “supreme.” The House endorses the proposal.
May 10:	Maoists constitute a three-member negotiation team to hold talks with the government. Negotiation team includes Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Dina Nath Sharma and Dev Gurung.
April 30:	New government forms under the leadership of NC president Girija Prasad Koirala.
April 27:	Maoists declare six month ceasefire.
April 24:	King Gyanendra steps down after Jana Andolan II