Nepali Congress Leader Sharma Calls for End to Rotating Prime Ministerial System

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress Vice President Bishwa Prakash Sharma has urged an end to the practice of rotating the prime minister's post. Addressing a program in Butwal on Thursday, Sharma emphasized the need to end the tradition of rotating and installing prime ministers on an alternating basis.

He stated that President Gagan Kumar Thapa has been put forward as the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming government. He mentioned that the Congress has made this decision for the development and political stability of the country. During his address, Sharma stressed that the distorted practice of rotating prime ministers after the next election must end.

Sharma proposed a new principle of 'winner takes all' for political stability. According to him, the party that emerges as the largest in the election should be allowed to run the government for the full five years. He argued that if the largest party does not secure a majority of 138 seats in parliament, legal and constitutional arrangements should be made to ensure the largest party achieves the necessary majority, even by adding seats from proportional representation.