Chief of the UML's local development department, Devendra Dahal and chief of the RPP's local level mobilization department Sushil Kumar Shrestha signed a five-point agreement to this effect at the UML's headquarters on Wednesday.
KATHMANDU, May 9: Major political parties in the country have forged electoral alliances among them focusing on the upcoming local level elections.
The members of the ruling parties have forged an electoral alliance among themselves while the main opposition party has also done the same with various other parties.
Currently, candidates are busy on their election campaign and parties are busy holding public gatherings and persuading voters to vote for them.
As the final showdown is on our doorsteps, Ratopati talked with Krishna Pokharel, a political analyst, about the alliance formation among parties, interest of the general public and the upcoming local level polls.
How have you reviewed the previous local level election and the current one along with the election costs and election campaigns?
I have not analyzed the situation in depth. The elections are gradually getting extravagant, expensive and chaotic. Candidates are mostly affiliated to the political parties who have been able to win the trust of their leaders.
Besides, use of social media has increased. The Election Code of Conduct of the poll body seems to be effective.
Election charm seems to have decreased among the voters. What do you have to say about that?
It might differ as per the output of elected candidates. Responses of voters are mainly based on activities of previous local governments and the impacts of previous elections at their locations. So, as far as election charm is concerned, it is high at those local levels where the local governments have performed well and vice versa.
What do you think of agendas that candidates have raised? Have they changed?
It is not wrong for a political party to plant new dreams in the mind of voters but such dreams must be practical and acquirable.
As of the previous election, many of such agendas have vanished and the political parties seem to have done very little to acquire them. The top most priority of the local level government should be service delivery in education, health, agricultural and infrastructural development.
Many believe that the electoral alliances forged in the bid to defeat other parties are against the ethics of democracy and are being used as a weapon. What do you say?
Different people can have different ways of analyzing it. As far as I remember, the electoral alliances were forged in the previous elections as well as per local need. Besides, no nationwide electoral alliances have been forged this time too. Almost all the major political parties have forged alliances.
If the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha Party had not forged an alliance among themself, they might have joined hands with CPN-UML.
The remarks that the political system cannot function without electoral alliance or the electoral alliance must not be forged are both extreme.
Political leaders are seen making statements that if the ruling alliance fails, the nation will fail. Is it true? What do you think?
Currently, there are mainly two political forces in action in Nepal – the ruling alliance and the main opposition party.
CPN-UML is the largest party in parliament but is out of the government. It is all because of their Chairman's move. He dissolved the lower house twice at the time when he had a majority in parliament, which resulted in the formation of the ruling alliance against UML that took actions that were against the Constitution and its values. Besides, if the ruling alliance splits or fails, it is not possible to form a majority government in the central and provincial level without forging an electoral alliance as far as provisions in our Constitution are concerned. So, the ruling alliance is an essential scenario of Nepal.
I am not saying that electoral alliance is mandatory in the local polls. If the members of the ruling alliance had not agreed to share seats at the local level, it would have benefited the CPN-UML.
What sort of results are you expecting for the ruling alliance in the upcoming local polls?
The results will certainly be good but it is difficult for them to attain an absolute win. As far as I am concerned, the results will be mixed. There is no such thing as absolute success and failure.
KATHMANDU, May 9: Major political parties in the country have forged electoral alliances among them focusing on the upcoming local level elections.
The members of the ruling parties have forged an electoral alliance among themselves while the main opposition party has also done the same with various other parties.
Currently, candidates are busy on their election campaign and parties are busy holding public gatherings and persuading voters to vote for them.
As the final showdown is on our doorsteps, Ratopati talked with Krishna Pokharel, a political analyst, about the alliance formation among parties, interest of the general public and the upcoming local level polls.
How have you reviewed the previous local level election and the current one along with the election costs and election campaigns?
I have not analyzed the situation in depth. The elections are gradually getting extravagant, expensive and chaotic. Candidates are mostly affiliated to the political parties who have been able to win the trust of their leaders.
Besides, use of social media has increased. The Election Code of Conduct of the poll body seems to be effective.
Election charm seems to have decreased among the voters. What do you have to say about that?
It might differ as per the output of elected candidates. Responses of voters are mainly based on activities of previous local governments and the impacts of previous elections at their locations. So, as far as election charm is concerned, it is high at those local levels where the local governments have performed well and vice versa.
What do you think of agendas that candidates have raised? Have they changed?
It is not wrong for a political party to plant new dreams in the mind of voters but such dreams must be practical and acquirable.
As of the previous election, many of such agendas have vanished and the political parties seem to have done very little to acquire them. The top most priority of the local level government should be service delivery in education, health, agricultural and infrastructural development.
Many believe that the electoral alliances forged in the bid to defeat other parties are against the ethics of democracy and are being used as a weapon. What do you say?
Different people can have different ways of analyzing it. As far as I remember, the electoral alliances were forged in the previous elections as well as per local need. Besides, no nationwide electoral alliances have been forged this time too. Almost all the major political parties have forged alliances.
If the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha Party had not forged an alliance among themself, they might have joined hands with CPN-UML.
The remarks that the political system cannot function without electoral alliance or the electoral alliance must not be forged are both extreme.
Political leaders are seen making statements that if the ruling alliance fails, the nation will fail. Is it true? What do you think?
Currently, there are mainly two political forces in action in Nepal – the ruling alliance and the main opposition party.
CPN-UML is the largest party in parliament but is out of the government. It is all because of their Chairman's move. He dissolved the lower house twice at the time when he had a majority in parliament, which resulted in the formation of the ruling alliance against UML that took actions that were against the Constitution and its values. Besides, if the ruling alliance splits or fails, it is not possible to form a majority government in the central and provincial level without forging an electoral alliance as far as provisions in our Constitution are concerned. So, the ruling alliance is an essential scenario of Nepal.
I am not saying that electoral alliance is mandatory in the local polls. If the members of the ruling alliance had not agreed to share seats at the local level, it would have benefited the CPN-UML.
What sort of results are you expecting for the ruling alliance in the upcoming local polls?
The results will certainly be good but it is difficult for them to attain an absolute win. As far as I am concerned, the results will be mixed. There is no such thing as absolute success and failure.
KATHMANDU, April 18: As the local level election is on our doorsteps, both the ruling alliance and the main opposition party are busy forging an electoral alliance.
Earlier, the CPN-UML had been maintaining that the party would contest in the election against the ruling alliance solely. However, in recent days, UML seems busy building alliances with other small parties.
As the ruling Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha Party have announced an electoral alliance in the upcoming local election, the main opposition party, UML, Kamal Thapa-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Ek Nath Dhakal-led Pariwar Dal, Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, CK Raut-led Janamath Party, Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal, Narayanman Bijukchhe-led Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party, Hridayesh Tripathi-led Janata Pragatisheel Party and a fraction of Nepali Congress-led by Govinda Raj Joshi are preparing to forge a similar alliance, according to UML leaders.
Kamal Thapa-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Ek Nath Dhakal-led Pariwar Dal have already decided to contest in the upcoming local polls using UML’s election symbol. Likewise, the UML is all set to offer a similar choice to the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal.
KP Oli-led UML and Kamal Thapa-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal have already agreed on forging an electoral alliance at Makwanpur, Chitwan, Kaski, Mahottari and Parsa districts.
Likewise, UML is preparing to forge a similar alliance with the Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party in districts of Madhesh Province and a few districts of Lumbini Province.
Similarly, UML and the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal are joining hands in some districts of Sudur Paschim Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province.
Also, the party is looking forward to an alliance with Narayanman Bijukchhe-led Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party in Karnali Province and in Tanahu with a fraction of Nepali Congress-led by Govinda Raj Joshi.
KATHMANDU: KP Oli-led CPN-UML and Kamal Thapa-led Rashtriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPP Nepal) have agreed to form an electoral alliance and contest under UML’s election symbol the ‘Sun’. In a program organized at UML’s Thapathali-based central office, the top leaders of CPN-UML and RPP Nepal Chairman Thapa agreed to form an alliance and contest together […]
KATHMANDU, April 5: Netra Bikram Chand-led Nepal Communist Party is positive in forging an electoral alliance with the main opposition party, CPN-UML in the upcoming local level elections in Sudurpaschim Province.
The party has also begun discussions in this regard.
The two parties are preparing to forge an electoral alliance as per the local needs.
According to Om Prakash Pun, central committee member of NCP, discussions are underway as the UML leaders have proposed forging an electoral alliance. “The parties have yet to make an official decision,” he added.
The ruling coalition of Nepali Congress, CPN( Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha Party have already decided to forge an electoral alliance in the upcoming local level election.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal Chair Kamal Thapa today said that his party would forge electoral alliance with CPN-UML in the local polls slated for May 13.
