Nepal’s ‘democratic’ political parties are grooming monarchies within them

As the local, provincial and federal elections are approaching one after another this year, there seems to be a certain excitement in CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli. Speaking at various events, he has been predicting how his party will once again win the elections.

Despite being removed from the premiership following a Supreme Court verdict , Oli has continued to state how he will reenter the prime minister’s office again and the people of the country will put him there. He has even time and again stated that the party will win 65 to 75 per cent of the seats in the upcoming elections.