Rastriya Swatantra Party MPs Show Low Attendance at Training

Kathmandu. The attendance of MPs at the training program organized by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has been low. Few MPs attended the parliamentary practice and leadership development training program organized by RSP on Saturday. 

Although RSP has 182 MPs, Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Party, Ganesh Parajuli, publicly expressed dissatisfaction due to the low attendance of MPs at the training program. 

Inaugurating the training program, he stated that the MPs have given less importance to the training program. He mentioned that the expected attendance was not seen in the training and indicated that not prioritizing such programs is a sign of deviating from parliamentary roles.

He said that the training program organized by the party is not just a formality but an opportunity for self-assessment, experience sharing, and building a new political culture. However, he stated that it is a serious matter that not all MPs are present in such programs.

Parajuli even warned that the party and the parliamentary party would evaluate this. He stated that the public is looking for not just new faces but new thinking, working styles, and results-oriented politics, and therefore MPs need to put study, preparation, transparency, and public accountability into practice.

He emphasized that politics will no longer run solely on slogans, and public trust must be won through capability, study, and results. He mentioned that the public has started evaluating based on 'who did what' rather than 'who said what'.

He said, ‘The public is looking for not just new faces but new thinking, culture, and working styles. The public expectation of connecting politics with service, responsibility, and results has now become strong. At such a time, the responsibility to convert the trust received from the public into results has fallen on all our shoulders. We need to practice the energy of the new generation in politics, transparency, studiousness, and public accountability. We expect effective roles of parliament and parliamentary committees, coordination between the party and the government, parliamentary decorum, conduct, and fact-based debates, accountable behavior connected with the public, and effective leadership development.’ 

Parajuli also said that today's politics will not run solely on slogans but on capability, preparation, study, and results.

He said, ‘The public has now started evaluating based on who did what, rather than who said what. Therefore, it is extremely necessary for all of us to continuously make ourselves capable, responsible, and public-oriented. The Rastriya Swatantra Party has made good governance, transparency, accountability, and results-oriented politics its core foundation from the beginning. Capable MPs and a strong parliament are necessary to implement the party's manifesto, the government's 100 priorities, and the commitments made to the public. This training is not just a formal program; it is also an opportunity for self-assessment, learning, experience sharing, and building future political culture. This program organized by us was scheduled to start at 11 AM. Continuous information was flowing within the parliamentary party, but I have not seen all the MPs present here.’ 

He further added, ‘As the Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Party, I want to request all of you that giving less importance to such programs organized by the party, especially for the capacity development of all MPs present in the parliamentary party, and then prioritizing your other work, is an attempt to distance yourself from parliamentary roles. These matters will be evaluated by the party and the parliamentary party.’ 

Parajuli also urged the MPs to participate until the end of the training and provide suggestions for evaluating its effectiveness and improving weaknesses. He informed that the training program is just the beginning and regular training sessions will be conducted in the future covering more topics. He stated that some sessions have been postponed keeping in mind the busyness of the upcoming session and budget.