Seven topsy-turvy years

The constitution is by and large progressive. Only if our political parties adhered to it.

It has been seven years since the promulgation of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, discarding an archaic set of laws and making way for the new. The division of governance into federal, provincial and local levels was meant to usher in the economic and social change that people have always yearned for. But the expectations they had of the politicians to bring about desired change have long dissipated. Despite some of its more contentious provisions, the constitution has largely been seen as a progressive document. But our politicians have done little to remove its shortcomings–or to abide by its progressive provisions for that matter.