Nepal, Nov. 14 -- Governments are frequently formed and are easily overthrown in Nepal. Over the past 35 years since the restoration of democracy in 1990, 32 governments have come into being. With the country's transition to federalism in 2015, even the provinces have not been an exception to this trend. This kind of government instability has had a big impact on Nepal's development efforts: a government-federal or provincial-introduces an ambitious programme, only for the succeeding one to abandon it. Such a practice has not only eroded people's faith in state machinery but also wasted billions of rupees of taxpayer money.

Leaders of mainstream political parties, when in government, often rush to come up with new projects and programmes...