Is the leadership in Kathmandu willing to cede space to the elected bodies at the bottom of the proposed three-tier system government? The elected local bodies were dismissed before these completed their term. Instead, they have preferred to run the local bodies with “hand-picked” nominees, giving them unfettered control of local development funds. Elected members of the local bodies may not necessarily be servile like the “hand-picked” office bearers towards the central leaders. A far more serious problem will be when the elected representatives of local bodies begin to defy central leaders and assert themselves.

Source: Indian Express July 02, 2017 18:36 UTC