Political tussle continues

_{The Himalayan Times}

_{24 January 2019}

Political tussle continues

Nepal has been practicing its federalism for the last one year soon after the completion of three tiers of elections. Accordingly, local, provincial and federal governments are in place in line with the new constitution. Most of the three tiers of governments are in the hands of the Nepal Communist Party. The Nepali Congress could not perform well during the elections because of its intra-party feud and factionalism. Since then, the K.P. Oli led two thirds majority government is at the political helm that seems to be not performing well as per the people’s expectations.

 In the mean time, it seems the ruling party does not want to bow down an inch in incorporating its own agreements made with Dr. K.C  in the past regarding the National Medical Education Bill (NMEB). The main opposition wants to see the government endorsing the bill without any deviations. This situation has invited political tussle between them, resulting in the obstruction of the House “NC stalls House over medical bill, hospitals” (THT January 22, Page 1).

NC boss Sher Bahadur Deuba has threatened to launch a fresh agitation in protest of the communist government’s high handedness in state affairs and failure to put rapists and other culprits behind bars. Having mentioned all these issues, time seems to be running out for the government in cleaning its blurred image if it continues to flex its political muscle and fails to listen to the people’s voices in the days to come.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj