Permanent instability

There is no principled understanding and long-term thinking to underpin political alliances.

Power-centric politics continues to bedevil Nepal. A disparate group of political parties now rules the country, a group that is united only by their common pursuit of state power. The national parliament is also virtually opposition-less, thanks in no small part to the leader of the biggest party in parliament, who refuses to be confined to the opposition bench and is champing at the bit to get back his recently-lost prime minister’s seat.