Nepal at crossroads, bid to establish people’s rule may get dashed before it truly began: Analysts
Large-scale turmoil and subsequent collapse of the government in neighbouring Nepal have put the Himalayan nation at the cusp of possibilities that could lead stakeholders in that country to find solutions beyond its existing Constitutional framework, quashing the current experiment of a federal republic to dust even before it properly took off, top Nepalese political analysts said.
The current Constitution of Nepal, all of 10 years old, was promulgated on September 20, 2015 establishing the country as a multi-party democracy, marking a shift from a constitutional monarchy to a federal republic.
Nepal reeled under a grave political crisis since Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and key cabinet ministers stepped down on Tuesday amid massive violence in Kathmandu and across the country, with protesters setting on fire the leader’s private house and attacking the residences of former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba, Foreign Minister Arzoo Rana Deuba and other former ministers. — PTI