First, directly elect chief ministers and then do so for executive head at centre
By Thira Lal Bhusal & Binod Ghimire We have to think about transferring certain rights from local to provincial level because local units don’t have expertise to oversee all tasks they are entrusted with.
Reduced sentencing was included to remove mistrust between warring sides
By Thira Lal Bhusal & Binod Ghimire The amendment has complied with over 95 percent of the top court’s directives.
We need a powerful road safety council
By Thira Lal Bhusal Contractors are powerful because of their connection with influential leaders including prime ministers and ministers.
Unified Socialist can’t run like this. It’s better to merge with UML
By Thira Lal Bhusal If the party merges with the Maoist Centre, our cadres will eventually return to the UML. Rather than irritate UML, we must take each positive gesture as an opportunity for unity.
Congress-UML constitution revision proposal against election mandate
By Thira Lal Bhusal A polarisation between those who want to protect the statute and those who want to trample on it has become inevitable.
Efforts at conserving, developing and managing rivers are grossly inadequate
By Thira Lal Bhusal Nepal must begin country-wide river restoration initiatives. We need more dialogue and conversation around water challenges and solutions.
Economic reforms are the most we can expect from this coalition
By Thira Lal Bhusal Party leaders haven’t spoken against the selection of gangsters as ministers. Even the office bearers are silent now. This is dangerous.
We should move towards impact-based forecasts
By Thira Lal Bhusal In the case of floods, we have succeeded in saving lives through alerts. We are not so successful in other disasters.
Oppressed classes felt betrayed, other sections didn’t accept Maoists
By Thira Lal Bhusal A force mightier than the Maoists may emerge to take the space it occupied in the past.
Constitution review is certain, amendment only if needed
By Thira Lal Bhusal If the amendment process begins, it will be limited to the extent of ensuring political stability. We won’t touch other aspects of the constitution.
Teachers’ capacity must be enhanced to implement letter grading system
By Thira Lal Bhusal Grading system was enforced without laying the proper ground for it, including through better teacher training.
Nepal should choose small projects under BRI, and with other partners
By Thira Lal Bhusal Differences have not affected the economic and trade relations between Nepal and India. This is good progress in our relations.
National ID number is sufficient. You don’t need a hard copy
By Thira Lal Bhusal Citizenship and National ID are fundamentally different. Unique digital identity numbers can help drastically decrease frauds.
Problem lies in politicians, not provinces
By Thira Lal Bhusal Leaders squander majority, issue ordinance to help parties split and then blame the federal system for instability.
There can be a separate report if ruling parties try to impose their majority
By Thira Lal Bhusal No chance of keeping Lamichhane away from investigation even though the probe committee ToR doesn’t mention his name.