Madhesh's power crisis ends after dialogue between Congress, NCP, and JSP Nepal
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Although the provincial assembly parliamentary parties are free to make decisions including government formation, there is a tendency to look to the center when a crisis arises in the ruling or parliamentary party. The party center also does not leave the province-level problems to be solved from there.
The Congress, UML and CPN, which are in the opposition in the union, are in the provincial government. The last time the Janamat Party withdrew its support, a crisis arose in the Madhesh government. JSP Nepal, LSP and CPN had also prepared to withdraw their support to the government. But the Congress, CPN and CPN Nepal have averted the government crisis by taking the initiative from the center.
Oli's intervention to resolve the dispute between the UML Far-Western parliamentary party leaders The Janamat Party withdrew its support on Monday, expressing dissatisfaction with the work of Madhesh Chief Minister Krishna Prasad Yadav. After that, after discussions at the center between Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa, CPN Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN Nepal President Upendra Yadav, CPN and CPN Nepal have continued their support to the Congress-led government.
Congress Joint General Secretary Farmullah Mansur said that there is no problem in the Madhesh government now. 'There is no problem in the Madhesh government. The dispute within the public opinion had raised some doubts,' he said, 'The government led by our leadership has the full support of the NCP and JSP Nepal.'
NCP's Madhesh in-charge Mahindra Ray Yadav said that it would not matter if the public opinion withdrew its support from the Madhesh government. 'This is the government that will move forward now. A decision has been made to cooperate within the coalition,' he said.
JSP Nepal leader Manish Suman said that the government is in a convenient position even if the public opinion withdraws its support to the government. 'It does not matter if the public opinion withdraws its support to the government. The Madhesh government has a clear majority. We will take a vote of confidence within a week,' he said.
Former Chief Minister of Madhesh Province and General Secretary of JSP Nepal Lalbabu Raut said that there has been no discussion or decision within his party to change the Congress-led government in Madhesh Province. ‘There has been no discussion or decision within the party or the parliamentary party on the agenda of the Madhesh Province government,’ he said, ‘JSP’s support for the Congress-led government remains.’
The Janmat Party has split into two factions after withdrawing its support for the government. The then parliamentary party leader of the Janmat Party and Finance Minister of the Madhesh Province government, Mahesh Prasad Yadav, had written a letter to the Office of the Provincial Chief on Tuesday stating that his support for the government remains.
After two separate letters, the Office of the Provincial Chief has issued a statement regarding the letter of withdrawal of support signed by 9 MPs. The statement issued on Wednesday afternoon said, "We have received a letter from the Janmat Party withdrawing support from the Madhesh Provincial Government formed in accordance with Article 168, Clause 2 of the Constitution, with effect from 22 Baisakh, and we request your information."
Janmat Madhesh Parliamentary Party leader Chandan Singh said that support was withdrawn because the Madhesh government had failed. He also accused the Congress-led Madhesh Provincial Government of not being able to spend the budget and strengthen federalism. He added, "Madhesh did not feel the government."
After the ruling Janmat Party withdraws support, a vote of confidence must be taken within 30 days. Even though the Janmat Party has asked to withdraw from the government, Finance Minister Mahesh Prasad Yadav and Sports and Social Welfare Minister Basanta Kushwaha remain in office.
The Janmat Party led government in Madhesh till the time of the Gen-G movement. Satish Kumar Singh had announced his resignation from the post of Chief Minister during the Gen-G movement. Later, he was removed from the post of Chief Minister by his own party Janmat. Then, LSP MP Jitendra Sonal became the Chief Minister. But Sonal resigned as Chief Minister after the then two Maoist MPs, Rahab Ansari and Mala Karna, rebelled during the vote of confidence vote.
The then Provincial Chief Sumitra Subedi Bhandari appointed UML parliamentary party leader Saroj Kumar Yadav (Mahottari) as the Chief Minister as the largest party. After the oath was administered in a cottage in Mahottari, the dispute reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had issued a mandate to Yadav to seek a vote of confidence within 24 hours. Yadav resigned as Chief Minister after seeing that he would not get a vote of confidence. After that, a government was formed under the leadership of Congress parliamentary party leader Krishna Prasad Yadav.
There are currently 101 MPs in the Madhesh Provincial Assembly. There are 22 from Congress, 24 from UML, 12 from Janamat, 15 from NCP, 26 from JSP Nepal, 1 each from Nagarik Unmukti Party and Nepal Federal Socialist Party. Abhiram Sharma of LSP, Saroj Singh Kushwaha of JSP and Kanchan Bichha of RPP are suspended, while Satish Kumar Singh of Janmat, Bharat Prasad Sah of NCP and Rahabar Ansari resigned as provincial MPs while running for the House of Representatives elections.
A dispute arose in the UML parliamentary party in the Far West. The issue was resolved after the MPs of the provincial assembly discussed it with Chairman KP Sharma Oli. The UML chairman, who is recovering from a stone surgery, has not held any political meetings. However, on Wednesday, he discussed it with the MPs of the Far West Provincial Assembly. He said that the party leader should not be changed now and directed them to play their parliamentary role effectively.
There was opposition saying that the leader of the UML parliamentary party in the Far West Provincial Assembly, Rajendra Singh Rawal, had made a unilateral decision. Rawal said that there was no discussion about changing the party leader during the discussion with Chairman Oli. ‘There was an informal discussion with the chairman about making parliamentary activities effective,’ he said, ‘There was no agenda to change the party leader. That is just more gossip.'
The UML provincial committee had expressed dissatisfaction with Rawal's style. Then the dispute reached Oli. 11 MPs from the Far West participated in the discussion with Oli in Gundu.
Deputy leader of the parliamentary party Santosh Kumari Sharma Thapa said that the role of the party leader was reviewed with Chairman Oli. 'We MPs had a discussion in Gundu, the role of the party leader was reviewed,' she said, 'The party provincial committee also filed a written complaint against the leader. But no decision was made.'
According to an MP, Oli had said that the government ministers could be changed without changing the party leader. In the cabinet led by Congress Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah, UML MPs Hira Singh Sarki are the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Surendra Pal for Physical Infrastructure, Bir Bahadur Thapa for Land Management and Nirmala Devi Shah for Physical Infrastructure.
Experts say that continuous interference from the center will weaken the provincial government and even affect development work. 'It is wrong to interfere repeatedly from above. "All the party's authority lies with the central leader," said federalist Khimlal Devkota, "that is why the parties constantly interfere in the provinces." He said that the provincial government has not been able to function independently due to interference from the center.
