Politics for development

The Himalayan Times

26 September 2019

Politics for development

The number of political parties that mushroomed during the transitional phase got completely downsized following the three tiers of general elections held in accordance with the new constitution. The then UML and the NCP-Maoist fought the elections under an alliance and won almost two-thirds majority seats, pushing the Nepali Congress to the opposition bench. Other political parties also suffered heavily. However, some of them survived, securing lesser seats than they had gained during the CA elections.

But to the common people, it does not make difference which political party reaches the political helm, provided that they democratically run the nation, give good governance, abide by the constitution, respect human rights, punish the corrupt, maintain social and cultural age-old harmony, provide equal equity of the fruit of development, maintain proper law and order, generate job opportunity for its citizen, provide basic education and health services and so on. The people’s only concerns would be to observe whether the elected political parties and their governments are sincerely performing these jobs and fulfilling their promises as made to them during the elections.

Now, Nepal has a powerful NCP government, led by KP Oli for the last sixteen months. However, it has not been able to give the minimum level of satisfaction to the people. Some of its undemocratic acts have been widely criticized in the recent days. And, now it has been criticized for organizing a program on XI Jinping Thought “Communist say socialism better than capitalism (THT, September 24, Page 1). I am not a politician to comment on NCP. However, I can say as a citizen that it would be much better for any political party if they do politics to suit the taste of national interest rather than importing a political philosophy of another country that may destabilize the social and political harmony of the nation. However, it is entirely up to the political leaders and their parties to decide which way they want to follow.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj

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