Small parties decisive in Madhesh, all eyes on the Chief Minister

While the small parties are 'decisive' in the provincial assembly, the big parties are seen as innocent. The issue of government formation in Madhesh has become complicated due to the fact that small parties have to be supported to form the government.

The largest party in the provincial assembly, CPN UML and the second largest party, the Nepali Congress, have been the charioteers in the government led by the third party JSP Nepal for one and a half years. Recently, the JSP Nepal's division has left the current government in a minority in Madhesh. But it is not decided who will be the leader of the new government. The small parties in the 'decisive' position in the formation of the government started to claim the Chief Minister themselves, and the big parties are in trouble.

All the parties are lobbying to form a government under their leadership. The first and second largest parties UML and Congress are trying to form a government by forming a separate alliance.

10 parties are participating in the 107-member Madhesh state assembly. The support of 54 parliamentarians of the provincial assembly is required to form the government. In the provincial assembly, 25 of the UML, 22 of the Congress, 19 of the JSP Nepal, 13 of the Janmat Party, 9 of the CPN Maoist Center, 9 of the Democratic Socialist Party, 7 of the CPN S and the RPP, Nepal Federal Socialists and Citizens Unmukti Party has 1-1 MP .

Except in the case where the three major parties are united, there is no situation where anyone can get a majority without the participation of the smaller parties. Because of this, the small parties who play a decisive role are claiming the Chief Minister.

Upendra Yadav's side has left the current power coalition after the JSP split. But it is not clear how many MPs will be in the Yadav party or the Ashok Rai party in Madhesh. When the leadership of the government changes from the third party JSP, the fourth, fifth and sixth parties have claimed that they should get the Chief Minister.

UML, Maoist Center, Biwid Jaspa and CPN are in the strategy of forming a government in Madhesh with the support of public opinion. But there is still confusion in the alliance as it is not sure how many MPs the divided JSP will have. Even the divided Jaspa and the Janmaat or Democratic Socialist Party, which wants to join the alliance, are claiming that they will join the alliance only if they get a Chief Minister.

The main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, is at stake to form an opposition alliance and run the government. The Congress is in dialogue with Upendra Yadav-led JSP, Janmat and LOSPA. Janmaat Party, which is seen to be decisive in forming the government, has started dialogue with the ruling coalition, saying that it is ready to form the government by making the post of Chief Minister as the bottom line. Congress and Jaspa Nepal are in discussions with LSP and CPN-S to form the opposition coalition government.

Sanjay Yadav, Chief Whip of Janmat Party Madhesh Province, said that discussions are being held with the Central Power Alliance for the formation of a new government in Madhesh Province. He expressed the hope that the power partner parties will agree on the fact that the Chief Minister is the bottom line of public opinion. "Discussions are being held among the top leaders in the Sangh to form a new government in Madhesh," Yadav told Kantipur. As soon as the current Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav is in the minority, UML-Maoists have agreed to form the government together with Janmaat and LOSPA.

If both Janmaat and LOSPA join the alliance with UML-Maoist, it will not be difficult to gather the necessary numbers for government formation. But when Janmaat and LOSPA are both in alliance with the Congress, it is seen that the number of seats of the divided Jaspa will be decisive.

Since then, Chief Minister Yadav has stopped the meeting of the Provincial Assembly called for Wednesday and recommended to end the current session. On the recommendation of Chief Minister Yadav, Chief Minister Sumitra Subedi Bhandari has ended the ongoing second session of the Provincial Assembly from 12 pm on Monday. "On Tuesday morning, an SMS came that the session was terminated," said Yadav, chief whip of the Janamat Party, "the government, which is in the minority, has done unconstitutional work." We suspect that they are trying to bring the budget through an ordinance.

RPRPA, Civil Liberties Party and Federal Samajwadi Party, which have one seat each in Madhesh, have not spoken about changing the government.