Former National Assembly Member Khim Lal Devkota Discusses Non-Party Local Governance

Kathmandu. Former National Assembly member Khim Lal Devkota is also a federalism and planning expert. Ratopati conducted a detailed conversation with Devkota, who also served as the coordinator of the Special Parliamentary Committee for the Study and Monitoring of Federalism Implementation, on the topic of how appropriate non-party local governments are. Specifically, the ruling party, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has the concept of 'non-party local government'. The RSP, which won nearly a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives election held in February, has formed a government solely on its own. The government led by Balen Shah has also...