When political instability occurs and new elections become inevitable, the practice of going to the polls under the leadership of an independent person is prevalent everywhere.
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Minister Kulman Ghising, who started party affiliation despite being a minister in the civilian government, has finally resigned. Even after the Prime Minister asked him to resign, he had been saying that he was not affiliated with any party. However, he has been removed from the ministerial post after increasing public pressure.
The morality he has shown, albeit late, is welcome. However, questions will remain about him for breaking the socio-political contract of the government in which he became a minister, with which he had public expectations.
Second, like Ghising, the question of party affiliation has also been raised against Jagdish Kharel and Bablu Gupta. In particular, they have expressed their closeness to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). But they have publicly denied party affiliation. Now the question is on them too. They also need to clarify their role. They should choose one of the ministers or parties.
When there is a disruption in politics and new elections become inevitable, there is a trend everywhere to go to the elections under the leadership of an independent person. There is also a trend of forming an interim/civilian government under the leadership of the party that won the movement. It is believed that such a government will not have party requests and prejudices and will not affect the election results by utilizing or exploiting the natural facilities of being in government and the election will be more fair.
After the Gen-G movement, a civilian government was formed under the leadership of former Chief Justice Sushila Karki. The basic objective of this government is to hold elections in the country as soon as possible and hand over power to the elected government.
The challenge for the government is to remain independent from all the parties participating in the elections. But some ministers in the current government have forgotten this 'religion'. Even as ministers of a civilian government, they are seen as party-oriented. Due to this, the Prime Minister himself has to ask for resignation.
The belief of our system is that ministers should be accountable to the Prime Minister. No minister who has been asked to resign by the Prime Minister can continue to hold office. If that is done, it means that they are carrying or implementing wrong objectives.
On the other hand, references to some ministers being members of a certain party and showing closeness to it have become clear. Some ministers are also found running around in party programs. But they are even lying to the people that they are not members of any party. This tendency to lie to the people for personal gain, misuse the influence of office, and betray trust is a continuation of the old political culture. It is unfortunate that ministers of the civilian government formed on the foundation of the Gen-G movement are showing the old culture.
Anyone has the right to enter politics and contest elections after fulfilling the qualifications prescribed by the constitution and law. Ministers are also exempted from that. But the exercise of rights is not/cannot be a matter beyond moral constraints. Because, a person who has the desire and plan to contest elections and enter politics could not have become a part of the civilian government.
Because, this government is a collective effort of people who have earned reputation in various professions to find a way out when the country was in trouble. Citizens have trusted them on the basis of party neutrality.
After tasting the taste of power for a few months, being party-oriented is a betrayal of the citizens. Secondly, a minister may also want to join a party and do long-term politics at this time. For that, it is appropriate to resign from the ministerial post by making his aspirations clear to the citizens. But the tendency to want a ministerial post, a party post and prepare to contest the election yourself is immoral. Even if Ghising realizes this late, others should do the same.
We have a belief that if you want to test someone's morality, you should give them a post. It is believed that a person's morality is really tested only after reaching office. At this time, the ministers of the civilian government have proven this belief correct. Now they have two options. First, if the remaining ministers who have been questioned are going to get involved in party politics, they should resign immediately.
They should apologize for hurting the trust of the Prime Minister and the people, considering their reputation and party neutrality. Second, they should publicly express their commitment that they are not affiliated with any party and will not be candidates in this election and behave accordingly. Similarly, the ministers who have been questioned at this time have shown closeness to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Therefore, in addition to the ministers, it is also a question of ethics for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) itself. That they should publicly announce that they are not in their party and will not contest the election from their party. Otherwise, the ministers associated with him should be asked to leave the government. Otherwise, he will not be any different from other parties.
