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Political Parties In Crisis
Political Parties In Crisis
August 9, 2017
Kathmandu:
Rastriya Janata Party: On the fourth day of the four-day central committee meeting held in Kathmandu, leaders of the Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) made a decision on not participating in the third-phase local level election to be held in Province number two on September 18, 2017.
This time RJP leaders have been serious warning the government of not only RJP would not participate in the local election but also would disrupt if the government were not to meet the demands fully. They also declared to pull out the support for the government.
Most of the RJP leaders have been almost deadwoods. They have no confidence in whether they would be able to force the government to meet their demands. They have neither resources nor any strong support at the grassroots level. They had had to go to the former Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Yadav for support and resources to launch movement in Nepal.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa blamed the government for splitting his party. So, he declared that the support for the government was ended. Chairman Thapa is no doubt a very smart guy otherwise he would not be able to merge his party with the parent party, and trick some of the influential leaders causing them to quit the RPP and set up another RPP.
Chairman Thapa has developed the habit of blaming anybody he does not like for anything going wrong in his party ignoring Thapa himself is responsible for not being able to keep the stalwarts of the party with him. He could have consult with Pashupati Shumsher for appointing 42 members to the central committee but he not only did not consult with Pashupati Shumsher but also even failed in informing him on the appointments he made.
Probably, Chairman Thapa would realize soon not Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba fuel to split his party but he himself had done so.
Losing support: Prime Minister Deuba has lost the support of two parties on the same day when he needed more support from other parties, too particularly the opposition CPN-UML for passing the Constitution Amendment Bill in the parliament. He has not lost the hope for passing the bill. In fact he has committed to pass it. His government has even started off taking it seriously.
