An assembly of vandals

Nepali Congress must demonstrate that a well-behaved opposition is paramount to democracy.

Five years of the constitution that transitioned Nepal into a federal democratic republic, and two and a half years since the assemblies in the seven provinces came into place, there seems to be little understanding among our elected representatives as to why they are there. What happened on Monday in the Province 5 assembly just leaves a bad taste. As a proposal to name Province 5 Lumbini and declare Deukhuri Valley as its capital was tabled in the assembly, some assembly members of the opposition party Nepali Congress resorted to vandalism. They flung their chairs and smashed them on the tables as they chanted slogans in protest.