‘No decision made in RSP without discussions’

Sumana Shrestha, central committee member of RSP and a federal lawmaker, on her experience as a lawmaker, the current health of her party as well as national politics.

Last year’s general elections and this year’s by-elections suggest a wind of political change is blowing across Nepal. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has emerged as the fourth largest force in the federal Parliament in its first foray in parliamentary politics. The Post ’s Nishan Khatiwada talked to Sumana Shrestha, the central committee member of RSP and a federal lawmaker, about her experience as a lawmaker, the current health of her party as well as national politics. Excerpts: