Nepal, Dec. 1 -- The recently concluded federal parliament and provincial assembly elections indicate a paradigm shift in Nepali politics. Not so long ago, Nepal's political landscape was predominantly left but now, with the emergence of alternative democratic forces such as Rastriya Swotantra Party (RSP), Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and independents, the left's stranglehold in Nepali politics has eroded significantly, and the gravity of politics is now more right of the centre.

What the election result signifies is left politics has failed to deliver on the socio-economic transformation they had fervently promised to deliver. Significantly, the monopoly of the electoral process of the established political parties has also been cha...