HELLO NEPAL

  The Himalayan Times 7 April 2022 Where does Nepal stand? Blame goes to COVID -19 pandemic for the financial woes of many countries, and some of them are in a critical situation. Among them is Sri Lanka, which is passing through a disastrous situation financially. Was COVID-19 really to blame or are there other factors as well? Is it bad governance of the ruling party led by Gotabaya Rajapaksa or the accrual of the mismanagement of past governments? It remains to be seen how the Sri Lankan government will resolve this crisis amidst dozens of lawmakers quitting ruling coalition “Dozens of lawmakers quit ruling coalition as Sri Lanka crisis deepens” (THT, April 5, Page 3). www.nepalitics.com I am not so sure if Nepal will have to face a situation similar to that of Sri Lanka, but I can guess the day is not too far considering handling of state affairs by the federal government in an irresponsible way. Government past and the present don’t seem to be putting much effort on in...

  The Himalayan Times 31 March 2022 Stop deceiving voters Starting an opinion with a negative connotation about our political parties and their leaders may not sound good and palatable, but I think, it is my responsibility, as a citizen journalist, to present the ground reality about the effect of false promises made by the them during the elections and complete failure of fulfilling such promises by their respective governments in the past. I have nothing against political parties having their own political principles and philosophies. However, the way they make rosy and false promises to their voters during the elections should now stop instead become sincere in putting forward relevant, realistic and doable political manifestos and implement them accordingly. Having said these, it remains to be seen how the major political parties put forward their political manifestos for the upcoming local level election which is just one and half months away. As compared to the previo...

  The Himalayan Times 24 March 2022 Ensure voting rights Following the promulgation of constitution in 2072 B.S, three tyres of elections were held to elect people’s representatives for the local, provincial and federal levels of governments under the federal structures. People had enthusiastically participated at all the election level with high hopes of seeing political stability in the country and ultimately a peaceful and prosperous country. Now, the people seem to be losing hope of seeing a stable government and prosperous nation after the almost two-thirds majority government of the then Nepal Communist Party could not complete its five-year term owing to its internal political feud and self-centred politics of the senior leaders. The second general elections of the local level governments are scheduled to take place on May 13 of this year. Major parties, especially the coalition partners of the Deuba-led government, have started looking around for options to get thei...