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
