Attention should be paid to whether the decisions taken by Prime Minister Balendra Shah and the government ministers contribute to fulfilling the petty expectations of citizens who are beyond the reach of power and authority and to bringing about positive changes in the lives of the working class.
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There are various dimensions of citizens' expectations from the government. Some expectations are only personal, some are higher than that. Some are thematic, some are objective. Basically, the essence of citizen expectations is guided by the theoretical concept that the government will understand their difficulties, find sustainable solutions to problems, and make their lives easier.
With the formation of the most powerful elected government, citizens' expectations have increased dramatically. Such expectations range from providing employment to controlling inflation. When Kantipur asked 50 citizens living in different geographies of the country and connected to different professions and backgrounds, the answers they received clearly showed that they are hoping for small expectations to be fulfilled. Therefore, when the government makes decisions, it should pay attention to fulfilling those small expectations and through that, they can experience positive changes in their lives.
It may be that citizens have been forced to go abroad for employment for a long time, and they want it to end. For example, 21-year-old Rasika Chaulagain from Rautahat says that employment opportunities should be available in Nepal. Despite being an agricultural country, the reality and current expectations of agriculture in Nepal are represented by 40-year-old Menaka Chaulagain from Kalikot. She demands that fertilizers and seeds be provided to farmers on time. Bhuwan Kumar Shrestha, 70, who runs a snack shop in Kathmandu, has expressed the common problems and expectations of the lower class. He expects the government to end corruption, look after the poor and the needy, and end inflation as the lower class families are facing great difficulties. Some have even said that health and education should be free. It may be because the citizens have been forced to go abroad for employment for a long time, and they want it to end. There are many citizens who have been hearing about corruption and irregularities in the country for a long time but have not been able to feel that drastic steps have been taken for that. Therefore, there are those who demand an end to corruption and good governance. He is represented by Gyanu Chaulagain, a 55-year-old farmer from Bhaktapur. He says that the main expectation of the common citizen is good governance.
Akriti Dhakal, a 23-year-old student from Saptari, says that transparency should be taken into account while maintaining good governance. Prakash Ghimire, a 38-year-old from Kapilvastu, says that good governance should be experienced by the people. He also expects digitization and e-governance. Similarly, citizens also expect that delays and weak implementation in development should be eliminated, that the justice system should be made simple, fast and accessible, and that all citizens should have equal access to state services.
It is clear that when citizens voted in the 21 Falgun election, they cast aside the burden of arguments, principles, and decades of party favoritism. Instead, they expected to benefit from quick services and changes in their lives through them. The public debates held before the election also highlighted the changing mindset of the citizens. The election results confirmed this. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which did not debate ideas and principles much but emphasized on delivering to the citizens, won almost two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives.
Citizens were unanimous in believing that it would be easier to make and implement decisions in their favor if a candidate from the same party won almost unanimously. When such a strong elected government was formed, citizens now expect the promises of the RSSS and their expectations to be quickly met. The government should be serious about expectations such as employment in the country, an environment for entrepreneurship, implementation of fundamental rights set by the constitution, and citizen-friendly government offices. In conclusion, there can be various standards by which any government can be evaluated as successful or unsuccessful. The government is also busy with issues of national or international concern and is praised or criticized for decisions related to them. Such issues do not concern the citizens at the grassroots level much. Whether they have their kitchens overrun with expensive food, whether they have found employment opportunities, whether their children's education is within their reach, whether their parents' medical treatment is burdensome, whether the services received from government offices are citizen-friendly, whether there is a supportive environment for those who want to do business?
All these issues are of interest to the citizens. The positive answer received in that regard is an essential condition for a successful government in the eyes of the common people. Therefore, attention should be paid to whether the decisions taken by Prime Minister Balendra Shah and the government ministers contribute to fulfilling the small expectations of citizens who are beyond the reach of power and authority and to bringing about positive changes in the lives of the common people who work hard to earn a living.
