Initial trends of vote counting in Nepal have come to the fore. Looking at these trends, on the one hand, the possibility of ruling party forming the government again is being expressed, on the other hand, a party has emerged which has given a serious challenge to the big parties and old parties of Nepal. In fact, the Rashtriya Swatantra Party of Ravi Lamichhane, who was famous as a strong journalist of Nepal, is going to become the fourth major party by registering a strong presence. The interesting thing among all this is that this party is only five months old.
Ravi Lamichhane does not come from any political background, but he is a very famous TV host who opens a front against the power. Who is known for his sharp interviews. He first came into limelight in the year 2013 when he tried to set the world record for the longest talk show.
Apart from this, Ravi Lamichhane has also conducted sting operations on many big leaders and government officials of Nepal. He is not only the favorite journalist of his country, but he is also famous as a journalist who exposes corruption.
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How did the political journey begin
Who would have thought that a young journalist would form a party four months before the election and contest the election and at the same speed would be successful in making his place among the public. His politics is just like the story of a movie.
Journalist Ravi resigned from the post of Managing Director of Galaxy 4 TV in the year 2022 and announced to form his own party. A few days after the announcement, he formed the Rashtriya Swatantra Party and fielded his party in the Lok Sabha elections. Lamichhane has registered his victory by defeating the ruling Nepali Congress candidate and an old leader who was a minister at the Center in Chitwan parliamentary seat.
Ravi Lamichhane had tried to connect with the public by releasing a video a few days before the voting. He told in the video that he is not fielding his candidates in the provincial elections. The reason behind this is that he has always objected to the existing provincial system.
built in five months
The most interesting thing about journalist Ravi Lamichhane’s party is that this party was formed only five months before the elections and till now five more candidates of Rashtriya Swatantra Party have won. At the same time, four other candidates are on the cusp of victory. The allocation of parliamentary seats in Nepal is based on proportional representation. This is the reason that journalist Ravi Lamichhane’s party can get many more seats in the parliament and it can become the fourth or third largest party in this country.
NIP included these issues in the election
Journalist Ravi Lamichhane’s party raised all those issues before the elections so that the public could connect themselves. During his election campaign, along with inflation, the issue of corruption was fiercely raised.
NIP raised many issues like the condition of the country’s economy, increasing unemployment, due to which the people of Nepal are worried. Talking about the economy of Nepal, there is an upheaval at present. After the Corona epidemic, the condition of the tourism industry of this country also worsened.
Second general election after the implementation of the new principle
This election in Nepal is also very important because this is the second general election after the new constitution of the country came into force in the year 2015. There are a total of 275 seats in the Parliament of Nepal and 165 seats are required to form the government.
There are a total of 2412 candidates in the fray for these 165 seats. Out of which 2187 are male and 225 are female. Members will be elected on the remaining 110 seats under the proportional representation system.
Whose power is in Nepal now
Presently the Nepali Congress is in power here and Sher Bahadur Deuba is the Prime Minister. If you look at the trend coming during the counting of votes, there is a fierce competition between two faces in the election. The ruling Nepali Congress alliance under the leadership of Sher Bahadur Deuba and the main opposition leader KP Oli is witnessing a open fight.
In this coalition of Deuba, Deuba’s party Nepali Congress, Prachanda’s party Maoist Center, Madhav Nepal’s Unified Socialist Party, Mahant Thakur’s Loktantrik Samajwadi Party are included. On the other hand, Nepal Communist Party led by Oli and Janata Samajwadi Party led by Upendra Yadav have formed an alliance.
Governments have been changing
There have been 32 governments in India’s neighboring country Nepal in the 32 years since democracy was established. Democracy was established here in the year 1990 and the monarchy was abolished in the year 2008. Ten governments have come and gone in this country since the year 2008 till now in the last fourteen years. The changing coalitions and governments in this country have given rise to people’s disenchantment with the political system. In response to this, during the elections held this time, many new faces have entered the fray to compete with the old politicians.
Why eyes are fixed on Nepal elections
After today’s vote counting, not only India but also China and America’s eyes are on which party wins in Nepal. In view of its increasing competition with China, America is trying to establish its presence and influence in this country. Nepal is associated with India and China, but America is also involved with this country in the US-backed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of $ 500 million.