Cabinet reshuffle
The Himalayan Times
28 November 2019
Cabinet
reshuffle
Nepal and its people are now used
to seeing the political drama of the parties and their political leaders. Splits
and mergers of the political parties before and after the promulgation of the new
constitution were quite normal. Following the three levels of elections in line
with the constitution, most of the fringe parties were either side-lined or
completely wiped out. That situation compelled some of the highly ambitious
political leaders either to form a new political party with rosy political
manifestos or take refuge in the bigger parties. Naya Sakti Party and
Bibeksheel Sajha Party are a few of them. Naya Sakti Party, led by Dr.
Bhattarai merged with Upendra Yadav led Medhesi Janadhikar Forum. Bibeksheel
Sajha Party could not remain for long under the same umbrella.
The recent decision of Nepal
Communist Party (NCP) to segregate the functions of two co-chairs after almost
two years of its unification might have encouraged its leaders and cadres to
move ahead unitedly. Now, PM Oli will lead the government for full five-year
term and Prachanda will be leading party. Recently, PM Oil reshuffled his
cabinet sacking some minsters citing their poor performance and inducing some new
ministers hoping for a better performance. However, some of the ministers who
were really performing well were sent home and others with a poor report card
were retained. Political analysts opine that the recent cabinet reshuffle had nothing
to do with the performance and was done simply to balance the intra-party
political equation.
Another interesting political
drama observed by the common people during this recent cabinet reshuffle was played
by the Smajabadi Party Chair Upendra Yadav, whose portfolio was changed by PM
Oli without consulting him.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
