Nepal, Feb. 27 -- The practice of political parties hitting the road for district- and village-centric programmes and their leaders interacting with common folks is commendable. Of late, it has become a trend of Nepal's political parties to convene local campaigns, for weeks or even months. The main opposition, the CPN (Maoist Centre), on Monday kicked off a month-long 'Tarai-Madhesh awakening campaign'. The Nepali Congress, the biggest ruling party, carried out a '100-day special campaign,' while its coalition companion CPN-UML has started the Jara Abhiyan (a grassroots campaign), which will be conducted at ward levels across the country. Likewise, the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal recently carried out a four-month 'special campaign to ex...