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Framing a democratic constitution for Nepal proved to be a difficult and intractable job ever since the monarchy was abolished in 2008. Several draft constitutions were presented to the Constituent Assembly but each effort was aborted because the members of the CA, representing different political interests and ethnic groups, could not come to an agreement that would pave the way for the adoption of an inclusive constitutional charter.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sincere but in a hurry to force the pace for modernization of Indian society. He knows that unless people acquire new aspirations and develop new habits with a change in the traditional approach, they cannot be induced to work hard to fight their circumstances to better their economic conditions. The element of charity imbedded in all social welfare programmes undertaken so far was the main hindrance to the rapid pace of economic development. It tended to make people depend on governments to improve their life standards.

At long last, with only a few months left for the next State Assembly polls in West Bengal, opposition parties are beginning to put their houses in order.

LONDON: Emergence of leftist Jeremy Corbyn on the political scenario of Britain has not only unnerved the social elites, rich and conservative Britons, but it has also invited the ire of the armed forces. The serving army general warned that Corbyn could face a “mutiny” from the military if he became the prime minister. Though the Ministry of Defence has condemned the incident the remark has come as rude shock for the people of Britain as how could a general of a democratic country use this language? A Ministry of Defence source said it was unacceptable for a serving officer to make political comments about a potential “future government”.

The storm raised by the crescendo of demand for a share in reservations for Other Backward Classes has a potential of impacting the prospects in the assembly polls in Bihar due next month. The threat held by the confused but fierce young man of Gujarat to rope in farming communities from other states in demand for a share in reservation can be exploited by leaders to their advantage, that built their political set ups by espousing causes and interests of OBCs. Fears of an adverse impact on the poll prospects, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have handed over the electoral battle to the care of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The aggressive approach and emphasis on the economic development in his address to the massive election rally at Bhagalpur on Tuesday suggests that he has taken over the command. He had earlier addressed two rallies at Muzffarpur and Saharsa in last week of August but emphasis was only in criticizing the state government for its failure on the economic development. His veiled attack on the chief minister Nitish Kumar did not contain his usual material of building a new dream.

Is Punjab becoming a BIMARU (sick) state like what Bihar was before Nitish Kumar became its chief minister? Perhaps yes, if one goes into the state’s deteriorating economic situation.

The saffron brotherhood has a remarkable capacity to let loose new warriors on an unsuspecting public at regular intervals.

LONDON: While the detractors and opponents of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn have been scaring the Britons with the scenario of worst impact of his continuing as the leader, least to speak of his possible election as the prime minister, on the politics and economics of Britain, his supporters claim that there will be a grassroots rebellion if the party tries to prevent Jeremy’s attempts to redemocratise Labour and pursue his own course.The latest criticism to Corbyn’s leadership comes from Mark Carney, the Governor of Bank of England. He holds that the economic policies put forward by Jeremy Corbyn could “imperil” Britain's economic recovery besides “hurting” the poor and elderly. It is not clear whether he was speaking the mind of the Governor, an economist.

When Dr Raghuram Rajan announces his next bi-monthly monetary policy review on September 29,amid unrelenting pressures for a rate cut from North Block and corporates, he would miss a major constraining factor, now that the Federal Reserve has deferred its first post-crisis hike in US key interest rate kept at near zero since 2008.

It may be misleading to call the coming election in Bihar a referendum on the Narendra Modi Government. Voters are not delivering a judgment on Modi’s performance as Prime Minister. They recognize, it is too early to do that. Neither is it that a victory in Bihar will solve all of the Modi Government’s problems. Nevertheless, Bihar is a political test for Modi, for BJP President Amit Shah and for their generation in the BJP.