Instability Hits Provincial Administration

The bouts of instability in the provincial governments executed through frequent changes of the chief ministers and ministers provide strong indications that federalisation in Nepal is treading on shaky grounds. The political leaders at the federal level dictate indiscriminately as to how their respective party colleagues should act at the provincial levels and call the shots especially on the formation of sub-national governments through alignment and realignment of the political forces. It looks like that the political leadership has not imbibed the ethos and principles of federal governance. Federalism is predicated on the premises of strong self-rule and autonomy at the sub-national level characterised by non-interference by the political and administrative authorities from above and below.