Crucial role of RSP, RPP and JP

 The Himalayan Times

2 December 2022

Crucial role of RSP, RPP and JP

The counting of votes of the recently held federal and provincial level elections is almost over. And, the senior leaders of the major political parties seem to have already started playing their political game by congratulating to each other and calculating the possible options of forming the next government under their leaderships. It was for sure the Nepali Congress would become the first party “NC likely to become largest party” (THT, November 30, Page 1) followed by the UML, Maoist Centre and National Swatantra Party (NSP) based on the updated number of votes they have garnered so far. 

Looking at the number of votes obtained by the parties so far, both the NC and the UML have the opportunity to form the new government if they wish to do so and, that government would be the best option for giving political stability in the country for the next five years. But, reaching a majority of 138 seats to form the government, as per the constitution, does not seem possible for them unless they decide to bring in any one of the other three parties, namely, the Maoists, RPP and RSP. However, the role of leading the next government will be a tough decision to make for each of the major political parties, especially the NC, since there seem to be a number of newly elected leaders claiming to the prime ministerial role. 

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People would love to see the RSP, the RPP and even the Janamat Party (JP) not join the government, rather playing a strong opposition role in the House of Representative (HoR) to raise voices related to people’s burning issues and concern, forming a powerful commission to look into the much- talked about corruption cases, such as the wide-body aircraft scandal, Ncell scandal, investigation of properties of all the political leaders and high ranking bureaucrats and many more other corruption scandals. Their roles in the HoR would also be to initiate discussion about restructuring the existing federal system, which they had strongly raised during their election campaign, especially about the role and purpose of the provincial governments. However, the real political drama that unfolds remain to seen soon after the EC completes its vote counting and submits its final report to the President.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj