What does the RSP’s landslide in by-elections mean to major parties in Nepal?

There is a lot of anger in the society right now. For some reason or another, people are angry with the major parties in Nepal or the political establishment. That has helped Rabi Lamichhane and his Rastriya Swatantra Party to win two out of the three constituencies with ease. In Bara 2, Upendra Yadav, with help from the ruling coalition, won as he beat Shiva Chandra Kushwaha of CK Raut’s Janamat party.

The by-elections were a matter of prestige for Lamichhane. Having shocked everyone in the general elections in November 2022, he knew if he wanted to maintain what the party had achieved, he had to win Chitwan 2 and Swarnim Wagle had to win Tanahun 1. Lamichhane’s RSP did both as both he and Wagle won comfortably.