MCC vs Deuba government
The Himalayan Times
22 July 2021
It was not surprising to see Sher Bahadur Deuba ascending to the highest political echelon for the fifth time after comfortably getting vote of confidence in the HoR with the support of the Maoist- Centre. JSP-N, Madhav-Khanal faction and some from the Oli’s faction “Deuba wins trust vote, moots national govt” (THT, July 19, Page 1). The root cause of this unusual political drama was the outcome of Oli and his faction’s political monopolisation and high-handedness during the last three years when his government was in power.
In fact, Madhav Nepal, Khanal and Prachanda were also equally responsible for creating the political mess, who continuously tried to corner Oli, which compelled him to take a defensive position. Ultimately, the nation and the people had to miserably suffer from their egoistic and power hunger politics. In the end, Deuba, who had no means to be the fifth-time PM after the general election, has benefitted from their factional politics and been able to form a coalition government for the next 18 months. Deuba will be the PM for this period unchallenged unless and until his coalition partners decide to change their decisions.
Time has come for the Deuba led government to be sincere and responsible government playing nationalistic politics and bringing forward pro-people development programme and sincerely implementing them. The possibility of passing the Millennium Challenge Corperation (MCC) under his government through the HoR has been the talk of the town. If this is the case, then the government has to put forward its intention of implementing the MCC to the people so as to convince them that the MCC is nothing but a development programme that would benefit the nation and the people. If it fails to do so, then his government will definitely have to face a lot of street protests in the coming days.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
