Crystal gazing Nepal’s next five years

The independents contested the election to clean up the country’s politics and fight corruption.

“No, Not Again”, cried the “independents” and their supporters campaigning for the recently completed parliamentary elections. It was a call to the electorates to reject the mainstream parties and their bosses, whom they had trusted with their votes in previous elections, only to be betrayed again and again. Once elected, the politicians used their power to enrich themselves and their parties, with little regard for the public good. They made political corruption a norm. So, independents cautioned, do not make the same mistake. Do not vote for them again. The independents included political activists who were not tied to any mainstream political parties and the recently formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) members.