14 states, dual citizenship key to NMKP poll pledges
KATHMANDU, OCT 30 -
Manifesto says President exercises executive powers and forms govt of technocrats, denying MPs ministerial posts
The Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party has proposed 14 states and dual citizenship—each for the central and state governments—in its election manifesto .
Unveiling its manifesto at a programme in the Capital on Tuesday, party Chairman Narayan Man Bijukchhe presented his party’s proposal for directly-elected President who will be the head of state, the government and the Army.
The President would exercise executive authority and form a technocratic government, barring parliamentarians from becoming ministers. “In history, parliamentarians have been actively involved in making and breaking governments. We propose ministers from outside parliament so that lawmakers will be focused on legislature,” said Bijukchhe.
He said that the proposed system of governance would be “more democratic than the four parties’ tyrannical system prevailing in the country at present”.
The party has stressed carving out states following equal distribution of geographical and natural resources with each state having a part of mountains, hills and the Tarai.
The manifesto seeks compulsory free education for all the citizens up to higher secondary level, compulsory military training for individuals above 18 years of age, free health service for senior citizens, and allowance for unemployed people, among others. “For a society progressing towards socialism”, it has prescribed criteria such as nationalisation of factories, banks, natural resources, agricultural land and water resources, among other sectors and services that directly impact day-to-day life of citizens. The party is for “progressive land reform” and barring Nepalis from keeping property in foreign countries.
The party has stood for a bicameral parliament comprising the House of Nationalities as the upper house—which has three
members nominated from each state—and the lower House of Parliament with a five-year tenure.
The party has fielded 127 candidates in 50 districts in the first-past-the-post category and 99 proportional representation candidates. Women candidates constitute 37.16 percent.
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