It is a shame that the political parties are only entangled in the power struggle when they are supposed to accelerate the development of the province while maintaining good governance.
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Lal Babu Raut of Madhesh Pradesh was the only Chief Minister to complete five years in office. As the coalition was reshuffled at the center and the party was divided, Sahayatri parties changed but he remained as the Chief Minister. Even after last year's election, his party Janata Samajwadi Party led the government.
But this time Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav has been relieved of his post within 17 months. For the first time in Madhesh, a government is going to be formed under the leadership of a party other than Jaspa. Even the government that will be formed now has not seen strong foundations to last the entire term.
Chief Minister Yadav was in crisis this year due to the split of his own party Jaspa as well as the exit from power and withdrawal of support from fellow travel parties. All these situations were not created in Madhesh province itself, they were created by the change in the alliance at the center. Chief Minister Yadav's affiliated JSP was split a month ago. After that, Jaspa led by Upendra Yadav ended its cooperation with UML, Maoists and other parties and left the Sangh government. The UML and the Maoists left the Madhesh government on May 30 and the United Socialist Party on Tuesday.
There is a constitutional provision that a vote of confidence must be taken within 30 days if the party represented by the Chief Minister splits. Wednesday is the 30th day since the Jaspa split. Arguing that the case related to the party split was pending in the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Yadav tried to take the vote of confidence on May 28, counting the day when the UML-Maoist withdrew its support. Accordingly, he wrote a letter to the state assembly secretariat but it was not accepted. After that, Yadav was automatically relieved of his post after he did not receive a vote of confidence when he presented the proposal in the state assembly on Wednesday. Now, according to Article 168 (2) of the Constitution, the process of forming another government with the support of two or more parties has started.
There is an agreement between UML, Maoists and others to form a new government under the leadership of Janmat Party, the fourth largest party in Madhesh province. In the 107-member Madhesh state assembly, there are 24 MPs from the UML (excluding the speaker), 13 from the Janmat, 9 from the Maoists and 7 from the United Socialist Party. Federal Samajwadi Party and Civil Immunity Party, which have one MP each, have also announced that they will support this alliance. Only Congress (22), JSP Nepal (19), LOSPA (8) and RPRPA (1) gave vote of confidence to Chief Minister Yadav. Now, even if a new government is formed by combining half a dozen parties, there is a possibility of a crisis anytime. Chief Minister Yadav also had to add and remove ministers several times to sustain his government.
Now is the time when the state assembly should focus on discussing the policies and programs of the next fiscal year and the government should focus on preparing the budget. The government has not submitted the policy and program for the next fiscal year to the state assembly. There is a legal obligation to bring the budget on June 1. Policy and program and budget formulation are being affected when political parties are trying to seize power. Also, Madhesh province is very weak in terms of budget expenditure. In the 10 months of the current financial year, the Madhesh government has been able to spend only 18.8 percent of the total budget, out of which the capital (development) expenditure has been only 14.4 percent. According to the latest report of the Auditor General, Madhesha has the highest amount (8 billion 31 crores) towards the province. On the other hand, the provincial assembly has not passed a single bill except for the budget in the second term. It is a shame that the political parties are only entangled in the power struggle when they are supposed to speed up the development of the province while maintaining good governance.
All provincial governments have become unstable as no one party has a clear majority and the alliance is changing. With the intention of not changing the government quickly, the constitution states that 'No confidence motion cannot be submitted within two years after the appointment of the Chief Minister and within one year after the failure of a motion of no confidence'. But there is a constitutional provision that a vote of confidence should be taken within 30 days if a party splits or a party withdraws its support. When political parties use this provision to form and dissolve the government, it is becoming rare for the chief minister to stay for two years. There is an example of the Chief Minister changing six times in the last one and a half years. The condition of the state having to go through the cycle of unstable politics which affects the performance of the government should be stopped. Political parties should keep the province isolated from the influence of the change in the power equation at the center.
