Kathmandu, Feb. 1 -- As political parties ramp up their preparations for the March elections, there have been glaring gaps between their approaches and public expectations set by the September revolt last year.

The House of Representatives election is being held two years in advance-on March 5-due to the Gen Z uprising of September 8-9. Regular parliamentary elections were due in 2027.

The uprising against the political parties and governments led by ageing leadership that failed to deliver good governance, curb corruption, or improve basic services was not just targeted at the CPN-UML and the Nepali Congress that were in power but also at the Nepali Communist Party (NCP), an alliance of several smaller communist parties and groups. It ...